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The Notions Of The "Closet" And The "Secret" In Oscar Wilde's, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Jessica Maria Oliveira Jun 2019

The Notions Of The "Closet" And The "Secret" In Oscar Wilde's, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Jessica Maria Oliveira

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis will discuss the notions of the “closet” and “secret” within Oscar Wilde’s, The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as offer a clear and precise definition of queer theory to assist in elucidating many of the concepts being discussed. Close reading techniques will be utilized to further uncover the metaphoric, symbolic, and otherwise figurative importance of certain aspects of The Picture of Dorian Gray and supporting texts. Through Judith Butler’s conceptualization of sex and gender, as well as Jacques Derrida’s interpretation of the “secret”, this paper will explicate the intricacies of Wilde’s work and unveil queered aspects …


A Cross-Sectional Study Of The Relationship Between Substance Use And Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students, Summer Britton May 2019

A Cross-Sectional Study Of The Relationship Between Substance Use And Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students, Summer Britton

Honors Theses - Providence Campus

Objectives: Sexual risk behaviors among adolescents lead to 10 million new STIs in the United States each year and have resulted in 194,377 infants born to women aged 15-19 years in 2017. The present study aims to examine the relationship between substance use and HIV/STI-related sexual risk behaviors among a national sample of adolescents in the United States. Methods: Participants included 9th - 12th grade adolescents (N=14,765) who completed the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The independent variables were alcohol, marijuana, heroin, and prescription pain medicine use. The dependent variables were ever had sexual intercourse, condom use at time …


Politicizing The Absence Of Sex: Asexuality As A Tool For Radical Feminism, Rikki N. Bergen Apr 2019

Politicizing The Absence Of Sex: Asexuality As A Tool For Radical Feminism, Rikki N. Bergen

Women's Studies and Feminist Research Presentations

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Defined By Both Absence And Presence: Virginity As A Marker Of Girlhood, Rikki N. Bergen Apr 2019

Defined By Both Absence And Presence: Virginity As A Marker Of Girlhood, Rikki N. Bergen

Women's Studies and Feminist Research Presentations

Through reference to scholars from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, this essay will explore the cultural obsession of using virginity as a marker of girlhood or womanhood, and the effect that this has on women and girls.


Invisible Intersex: How Discourse Serves To Perpetuate Violence, Zoe A. Philippou Apr 2019

Invisible Intersex: How Discourse Serves To Perpetuate Violence, Zoe A. Philippou

Student Publications

Critical discourse analysis surrounding intersex individuals makes it is clear that the violence against intersex individuals stems from a sense of othering due to the silence surrounding the public discussion and representation of intersex individuals. Additionally, the current discourse serves to create a circular argument of blame instead of serving to decrease the violence done upon intersex individuals. This research serves to explore the discourse surrounding intersex individuals and propose social and institutional ways of working to end the stigma surrounding intersexuality.


Transnational Sex-Positive Play Parties: The Sexual Politics Of Care For Community-Making At A Kinky Salon, Christina Bazzaroni Mar 2019

Transnational Sex-Positive Play Parties: The Sexual Politics Of Care For Community-Making At A Kinky Salon, Christina Bazzaroni

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

To date, feminist geographers and geographers of sexualities have yet to fully interrogate post sexual revolution society. In this dissertation I examine the politics of sex-positive play parties, through the case study of Kinky Salon (KS) – a global organization that claims to catalyze a contemporary sex culture revolution. This project expands on previous feminist geography and geographies of sexualities scholarship centering queer, kinky sex, demonstrating that non-normative sexual practices are informed by and contribute to sexual revolution legacies. I extend feminist geographies’ theorizing of affect and emotion to show how sexual intimacies are care-work, with the emotional power to …