... is that they repress men's sexuality. Harding and McMurphy agree that Nurse Ratched's control comes from the fact that men can't be sexually aroused by her; Mrs. Bibbit has prevented Billy from becoming a functioning adult by preventing him from losing his virginity. Another really important point is that they destroy men's ability to laugh. McMurphy says, "A man go around lettin' a woman ... . The second justification for the madness of the patients is the number of failures in the outside world: Harding's bitter marriage, Billy's domination by his mother, and the Chiefs years of abuse ...

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... that's what we feel. So many theories, yet still not enough support to back them up. From what we do have however, gives us simply the following. End Log entry #6 Synopsis The immediate culture/society following the post-nuclear world faced hardship and imbalance. From and epidemiological approach, we concluded that most people of this time-line died fairly early in ... ...

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... lives outside the hospital were meaningless. After time, some men wanted to stay in the hospital voluntarily as they didn't feel that they had anything outside the hospital. For instance, Billy Bibbit was still extremely attached to his mother at the age of thirty one. On the other hand he was afraid of Nurse Ratched's strict rulings. Yet still enjoyed the ... ...

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