Essays on Physical Intimacy

Statutory Rape Law: The Case of Matthew Koso

I agree with the ruling of the Court in the case of Matthew Koso. The purpose of statutory rape legislations is not only to prevent teen pregnancies, but primarily to protect minors from engaging in sex at an age when they are presumed to be incapable of giving consent. The Nebraska statutory law places the age of consent at 16, and the age of perpetrator for prosecution to be initiated at 19 (ASPE 2008). Koso impregnated the girl at the very tender age of 12 when he was in his 20s, before he actually married her some two years ...

Visual Argument

As the Oxford Dictionary defines it, friendship is a relationship between two people who share a bond of mutual affection. People have different motivations why they engage in friendship but the image presented in this paper leans towards the claim that the primary drive of men in involving themselves in a cross-sex friendship is to have either romantic, or in the case of the cartoon above, sexual relationship with women. In fact, evolutionary psychologists believe that cross-sex friendship was developed as a form of “sexual strategy.” Since friendship between heterosexual men and women somehow requires proximity to develop, sexual tension becomes so apparent ...

Intimacy, whether virtual or physical, refers to the feeling of ‘belonging together’ with a relationship partner or spouse. An intimate relationship is an affiliation where partners feel connected either physically or emotionally. Physical intimacy, in most cases, entails romantic affairs accompanied by sexual activity. Emotional intimacy refers to a sense of sentimental attachment to someone (Hodson, Kristin, Alisha Worthington, and Thomas 5). The act of intimacy has in the recent past, been common in people living in different regions. This is referred to as virtual intimacy: studies reveal that it is possible for an individual to develop a romantic affinity for another, ...