Among these arguments that Charalambous defends are the following: although homosexuality has been practiced and accepted since ancient times, homosexuals were never considered to be on the same level as or as an alternative to marriage and the biological family; the primary significance of marriage is sexual reproduction, an age old solution to survival; and gay parents pose more of a threat of nurturing homosexuality in children than straight parents do.# Reviewing the article numerous times, I was positioned between aggravation and disappointment; it is unfathomable that the author of thi...

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Specifically, Manley highlights the disparity between the belief that a woman's sexual chastity was priceless and the extent to which this supposedly invaluable entity was treated as a bargaining tool, a material representation of the value of a "proper" woman. ... Though sexual chastity may have been considered an entity "whose price was inestimable" it certainly was not above being traded like a material commodity - so long as it came with the proper packaging. Thus, the text reveals the paradox: sexual chastity was not a measure of how truly virtuous a woman is, but...

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Therefore, in terms of Eisenstein's argument that women's girl bodies determine democracy; free from violence and sexual abuse, free from malnutrition and environmental degradation, free to plan their own families, free to not have families, free to choose their sexual lives and preferences, I agree with this view; that is, "democracy" [from this perspective] would examine a freedom, liberty, or independence of women and girls in order to gain access; such as, to have reproductive freedom, a secure , qualitative life and their own chosen life, the same social position comparing to me...

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Benzodiazepines are safer for use than central nervous system (CNS) depressants because these medications have few actions outside the CNS, thus having lower potential for abuse and producing less tolerance and physical dependence. ... Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's) work by blocking reuptake of serotonin to inactivate its brain action, causing stimulation to reverse depression.The side effects of SSRI's are sexual dysfunction, nausea, headache, nervousness, insomnia and anxiety. ...

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