Essays on Gender And Sexuality

Introduction

The film, “If these Walls Could Talk,” is a compilation of three generational segments of stories that exonerate the plight of women in the society against the general view of the dominant sex. This film was released in 1996, and it exclusively discusses the controversial issue of abortion, which seeps in three distinct generations. The three segments of the film entail different generations and decades, but the setup for the entire story transpires in the same house. The first story is a widow, whose husband was killed on the battlefield (Stuart, 2008). Demi Moore is the woman in the ...

Although not many of us realize it, gender is an important aspect in how we present ourselves in the society we interact with daily. The gender and sexuality of a person has an impact on his or her behavior, actions, and attitudes in general (West & Zimmerman). In order to see how gender influence actions, I decided to analyze my behavior myself. Immediately after waking up in the morning, I first check my phone for messages and updates from my social media accounts. Afterwards, I get up from the bed and go through my morning routines—washing my face, taking ...

Introduction

Human sexuality refers to the capacity for one to have sexual feelings. It can be expressed in differently including same-sex relationships, heterosexual interactions and even relationships among different partners. The form of sexuality one follows is guided by their life teachings and influences by culture, global interaction, and religion. These factors determine how one would choose to live their life. Over time sexuality has changed especially in the past century. Freedom to express one’s sexuality has increased, and people are more willing to transform due to reduced fear of persecution and reproductive limitations. This paper will explore the ...

Sex and sexuality is one of the most important issues pertaining to women and gender studies. While sex refers to an individual’s gender, sexuality refers to an individual’s expression as a human being, which begins at birth and continues until death (Weeks 9). Sexuality is also defined as the relationship between an individual’s gender role and identity, body image, sexual orientation and relationships (Weeks 7). In other words, sexuality constitutes an individual’s values, attitudes, behavior and knowledge, and is mostly influenced by the family, culture and society. Some of the major sources of sexuality are ...

Sexuality and gender have no place in the modern world, but while reading the work of Diane Seuss and Emily Dickinson, it is clear sexuality and gender are a part of every aspect of life, similar to a universal truth that has no chance of changing any time soon. Poetry has the ability to tell a story through multiple verses, lines, or stanzas. This paper will focus on the works of Seuss and Dickinson, while discussing the formal elements of both poems. The first poem described is “Still Life with Self-Portrait” by Diane Seuss discusses the painting by Cornelius ...

Judith Butler, a controversial writer and professor of philosophy, known to write about gender and sexuality, along with a recent interest in war, discusses the topic of “what counts as human” and “what makes for a liveable life,” in an essay titled, “Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy.” Butler examines the paradigms set by society and politics of what is considered the “norm” and how one is only acknowledged in his or her humanity based on these standards. Those that are outside the expected norm, such as homosexuals, bisexuals, transgender and transsexual are not given the same ...

Films like Tootsie (1982) and Victor/Victoria (1982) belong to genre that is called gender farce which is a subgenre of comedy films. More often than not they portray people who have to pretend to be someone else, most of an opposite sex, in order to overcome some life obstacles. Thus Tootsie and Victor/Victoria present viewer with light and entertaining farce that depicts the silly situation with cross-dressing and living a double life. However, besides witty and humorous remarks lay serious topics of gender identity and roles which are dressed in irony and sarcasm. Moreover, both directors manipulated and played ...

Summary of the Thesis or Main Ideas in this Book

Thesis statement Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes use dramatic and compelling narratives to highlight the plight of homosexuals as well as give an insight of transgenderism and biological sex as part of the gendered notion itself. Travestis are a group of males who adopt feminine lifestyles, names, and clothing as well as linguistic pronouns and depend mainly on prostitution for survival. The author gives a deep analysis of transgendered approaches used by society to understand homosexuals and LGBT prostitutes. Kulick examines the causative effects of Travesti prostitution and gives a positive and affirmative explanation to ...

One might suspect from the outset that dominant media portrays Asian and American men differently from Asian and Asian women; hence, one might look for contrasting media representations. Shek (2007) suggested that, in history, dominant mainstream culture has pictured Asian and Asian American men and women to be very different. Asian women are formed in an “aesthetically pleasing nature, sexually willing and speechless” as well as “dark” and “primitive” (Shek, 2007, pg.74). Shek suggests further that while Asian women were “exotic and appealing, the men, on the other hand, were almost always considered as predatory figures as tyrannical and ...

Background

Jennifer Boylan is a successful book author, writer, and pianist. She has written several books and almost all of them were successful in terms of sales and popularity. Jennifer Boylan has so far published a total of eleven books. Two books were memoirs, three were novels, five were adult books and the rest could be classified with a pseudonym that Jennifer Boylan herself fabricated. One of the interesting characteristics of Jennifer Boylan was her habit of giving almost every interesting thing that catches her attention a pseudonym. She even calls her wife by her pseudonym sometimes and even in public places. Majority of ...