Essays on Lesbianism

Both “Fire” and “The Great Mirror of Great Love” are erotic literature concerning same-sex love. “The Great Mirror of Great Love” is a compilation of forty short stories about love between boys, men, and women. The author Ihara Saikaku was the first eighteenth-century Japanese male writer in the history of Japan to depend entirely on his authorship. Therefore, his works were mostly erotic literature concerning boy streetwalkers and brothels following the age-old belief that sex sells. Alternatively, Deepa Mehta’s “Fire” is about two Indian women who are married in the traditional setting with their male partners but experience ...

Event: Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend

Introduction Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend is a five-day event in Palm Springs City, at the tip of the Coachella Valley within the Colorado Desert, California. It is held at the end of the March every year. This year I was part of the 20,000 people who flew to California for the debauchery, and this paper will summarize my observations and analysis of the lesbian community. First, lesbianism, as observed in Dinah, is not about hatred for men, or anti-men or feminism, but rather, a celebration of identity. While the girls were predominantly happy, most of them agreed ...

The Deeper Meaning and Effects of Gender Roles in Religion

Both males and females according to the story of creation are were created in the same likeness and image, but the bitter truth is that they share so many differences in the same way they do things, even in religious aspects. Religious roles are divided based on gender. The kind of gender separation in religious duties as well as the control over gender roles has in great extent led to a deeper meaning and understanding of societal power and their reputation, as well as their consequences in religion. In Jewish for example, male and females differ in so many ...

Canon Doyle’s version of characterization is entwined with social issues, especially with regards to relationships. The time and the context of Doyle’s stories gives a critical, yet contrasting relationship developed between male and female partners. Thus, the concept of sexually comes in, and Doyle is keen to express this concept through his stories involving Sherlock Holmes and his acquaintances. However, this concept would hold a different social paradigm in the modern society, as Sherlock’s nature would be interpreted otherwise. Asexuality is defined in Sherlock’s stories as lack of taste, mood, or interest in women and ...

Introduction

Internet has a wide variety of information to choose from. It has many benefits to our livelihood. It is one of the major sources of information we have existing today. However, just as Sigmund Freud said that “dogs love their friends and bite their enemies,” internet also can be of much benefit to us but can on the other hand, be very disastrous. Lives have been changed a great deal by what people see in the internet. People who have been affected most are the youths. It is necessary that one gets good internet education before using the internet in order ...

A number of social and political movements were emerging in the second half of the twentieth century due to the long oppressions and injustice. The feminist movement was one of these movements which stimulated women get their rights and the right place in the society. New ideas and demands took place and women were in a hurry to enjoy all the rights, exploit all the enjoyments which were considered restricted to the men only. This paper discusses the Lesbianism, Identity of women and Politics during the feminist movement.

The purpose and basic reason to discuss this topic is to assess ...