Ugh: I just watched The Magdalene Sisters. I've always considered myself to have a strong stomach for film (i'll give you partial credit for this, Dr McEwan, with Water Baby Water and Kissed) but this film REALLY did not sit well with me. I don't want to spend too much time on it, because I (while I would love write about this film) really don't think it sufficiently applies to my topic.

Sorry for the long delay in postings (spring break was a massive failure at a vacation in the dominician, landing me in the hospital with a parasite-- just got back to school yesterday, so i am a bit behind). But, spending time in a hospital with only spanish dubbed episodes of Save by the Bell, does leave one with time to think. I've been reading Lolita, which has shed some interesting light on the initial root of pedophelia. I dont know how I didn't think of this, but the fact the fact that Humbert Humbert seems to have his pedofelic urges rooted in a stunted pubecent sexual encounter may imply the pedophile's juvenile status. Does this further emasculate male pedophiles?

Also, I'm thinking of renting Mystic Pizza. Now, I know this hardly has the artistic merits of some of the other films I've been looking at, but I think that is what makes it useful. Additionally, its the only film that tells a pedophilic story from the perspective of the child. Maybe the mainstream-ness of the film could also shed some light on the cultural views of the erotic juvenile.

Ketchup!

Ok, so I have been continuing with my paper (just don't look at my last blog date to verify!). I don't know if this is at all useful but I've started reading Lolita (the novel) and I've been thinking a lot about the reconciliation between so-called 'innate' sexuality, and social constructions of sexuality.

I've added The Magdalene Sisters to my netflix queue so I'm looking forward to seeing that..

Not sure if this is at all applicable, but on the Daily Show, they did a feature with this guy who had something like a 13 inch long penis and they kept focusing on how there was nothing legitimate for him to do besides porn. This probably has no real effect on my paper but it did make me wonder about these 'sexual abnormalities' and how society feels the need to remove them from mainstream society. His penis makes him a freak- and the show satirically suggests that it must overtake his being. He cannot possibly have any other capacity for skill and is sectioned off as sexual anomaly. Of course, his sexual abnormality is not immediately visible, but once it is revealed, it is uncontainable (no pun intended). He is a sexual threat because he is pure sex. Similarly, perhaps pedophiles are in a similar position- once their incontainable sexuality is revealed, they are outed. Maybe it is the degree to which they are sexually 'sensitive' (as in turned on by the smallest things- both literally and figuratively- children). Maybe this is a stretch though..