Essays on Sexual Health

Throughout the history, there were created many films that involved the elements of sex and sexuality. One of such films is Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 movie, Boogie Nights which describes the pornography business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this industry viewers have a chance to meet a lot of characters which are passing through different problems. The protagonist of the story is a handsome seventeen year-old nightclub dishwasher, Eddie Adams, who was introduced to the pornography industry. One night pornographer Jack Horner noticed Eddie and turned him into a porn star Dirk Diggler. ...

Upon listening to several personal interviews with people suffering from various illnesses, controversial issues regarding misconceptions and unfounded beliefs about patients suffering Alzheimer’s disease came to life. The disease, largely affecting people at their middle or old age, is characterised by loss of memory and a general deterioration of the mental abilities of individuals. The disease is possible to contain through care by qualified professionals. However, the interviews revealed varied misconceptions by the patients that were either totally unfounded or spread by an ignorant portion of the society. Part of the reason was that the disease causes the ...

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Abstract Sexual aversion disorder is characterized by the presence of aversion and avoidance of making a genital contact with sexual partners. In the DSM-IV-TR, the characterization of the problem was extended by the inclusion of some of the features of phobias such as anxiety, fear, and disgust; thereby describing it as a phobia. However, the disorder was deleted during transition from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5, probably due to the presence of scarce studies on the topic. Sexual aversion disorder is commonly found in women as compared to men, and it is commonly found in women in the ...

Adolescent pregnancy is one family planning issue that is being addressed by initiatives under the Healthy People 2020. Adolescent or teen pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in females aged 19 years or younger (UMMC, 2011). Baseline figures show that in 2005, there were 40.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 15 and 17 years old and 116.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 18 and 19 years old (ODPHP, 2016). This issue needs to be addressed because of the physical, social, and economic consequences to young girls, their children, their families, and society. Teens have a higher ...

Improving Health Inequities

Health inequities refer to the systematic differences in the status of a given population. The youth population of the age between 6 and 12 present in the Bronx, District 4, faces various health inequities. Majority of the teens of the mentioned age tend to engage in premature sex, which leads them to encounter health inequalities relating to pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and obtaining sexually transmitted infections. Other inequalities include the huge variation in mortality rates between the youths and the elderly individuals in the Bronx. Reduced life expectancy among the youths of the mentioned age is also a pressing health inequality. ...

Introduction

Human sexuality is a vital part of existence, carrying the reproductive function but also the interaction and the need for intimacy and love. The mere existence of human species is due to sexuality, which is one of the basic needs for living. From the most ancient times, or from the biblical beginning of Adam and Eve, sexuality is entrenched in human behavior as a necessary condition for spreading the human species, but also as a capacity for sharing loving feelings towards another human being. Although the effects of sexuality are visible in the public spheres through relationships and/or children ...

The human sexuality nowadays seems to be everywhere: in magazines, books, television and Internet. It is a topic that everyone is speaking about. Despite this fact, it still stays as something not revealed until the end. In my opinion, all these screaming articles and shows that are about to open our inside sex liberties are on the opposite somehow are closing us up. All these things could be very uncomfortable as we still speak about our personal life, our sexuality and sexual activity. On one point, the society expects us all to be deliberated and comfortable about it, but ...

Based on my the CDC report on my community (Downtown Newport News, VA), the primary health problems and issues in my community are cardiovascular problems such as death due to coronary heart disease and stroke. In addition, the morbidity rates of gonorrhoea in my community are very high as well (CDC, n.d.). According to the US Census Bureau Website (n.d.), there is an estimated total 182,385 people living in the community as of July 1, 2015. There are more people under the age of 18-65 living in the place, compared to the ones below 18 years old (23.5%) ...

Human sexual behaviors encompass actions that bring sexual stimulation between two or more individuals (Garcia 42). Sexual behaviors may as well affect the uninvolved individuals. The issue of human sexual behavior is complex because various factors are involved before and after sexual activity. Individuals of different sexes also depict their sexual behaviors and activities differently. After taking the course, my stance, as a sexual being, has changed and evolved for the better. I understand that reproductive and sexual wellbeing are essential if I am to achieve a safe, responsible, and fulfilling sexual life. Sexual wellbeing can only be realized ...

The complexities of human sexuality play a vital role in the lives of every person and everything they do. It is imperative first to understand that this is a topic that focuses on every aspect of humans as sexual beings. Some of the areas that are widely covered by this notion include sexual identity, desires, feelings, sexual health and wellbeing, intimate relationships, goals and even the way people perceive and express sexual feelings towards each other. Through the lessons learned in this class, I have become knowledgeable about my sexuality through the study of human sexuality and that will ...