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Cyber: sexual chat on the Internet

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Online services such as the Internet have fostered the development of new uses for computers, such as a means for social interaction through chatrooms. Net users can meet on line and participate in simulated sex, or 'cyber', as practitioners refer to it. Cyber is sometimes seen as safe on the grounds that no physical contact is involved, but emotional attachments can occur. Temptations that threaten couples can occur in everyday life, but the mechanisms for dealing with these have been developed over time. Cyber is a new and growing phenomenon, and serious temptations are especially common for new practitioners. There is a need for new practitioners to be prepared for these temptations.

Internet, Dating (Social customs)

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Spanish fly redivivus: dietary supplements as sexual stimulants

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It has become increasingly common in the US for men to consume dietary supplements in the hope of improving their sexual pleasure and performance. There is evidence that sales of specialized supplements, some of which are clearly marketed as improving sexual function, are rising. Those who purchase and consume these supplements are building an identity as people interested in sexual performance, possibly also capable of it. The alternative dietary community can be regarded as a classic subcultural formation.

Sexual behavior, Dietary supplements, Sexual excitement

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Sexual surveillance and medical authority in two versions of 'The Handmaid's Tale.'

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Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale,' depicts the medical profession as part of a surveillance mechanism that defines masculine sexuality and patriarchical dictatorship. The novel combines the concept of the omniscient, avenging god with the postmodernist theories that objectify the omniscient, avenging eye. Women are presented as unwilling victims of the oppressive and avenging eye.

Analysis, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Women novelists, Despotism, Tyranny, Atwood, Margaret, The Handmaid's Tale (Novel)

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