Category: Sexuality
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The Rise of Hentai in America, Part 1
(This paper was done in 2006 for a women’s studies course at Ohio State University. Some of the facts may be a bit outdated, some have been updated, but I still stand by the interpretation of the texts. Part 1 here discusses the subject matter; Part 2 compares hentai to live action pornography; Part 3…
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Teenagers Using Media Texts for Sexual Identity Exploration
What turns me on, turns me off?: Usage of media texts by adolescents for sexual identity exploration. (A graduate school psychology final paper, edited for posting, with link containing the full paper.) When the audience for the media and its content is children, research into the mass media typically focuses on two mediated “sins”: violence…
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