Essays on Sexuality

How we view ourselves as male or female

Human beings have always viewed themselves as male or female through an individual’s genitalia and their reproductive organs. This is one way that has been used to describe humans for a long period. When the sex of a person is mentioned, the physical features are the main items that are checked to ensure the sexuality of the individual in the case. People therefore; think of their sexuality by linking it to their physical appearance and to their reproductive organs. This is taught from an early age and children can distinguish between males and females at such a young Continue reading...

A Christian View of Sexuality Within Marriage

Abstract
The Gift of Sex, by Clifford and Joyce Penner, is a comprehensive, Christian educational guide for married couples about sexuality. Divided into a preface and five sections, the book uses Scripture and the authors’ expertise in marriage therapy to offer important information to couples concerning sexuality so that readers may overcome problems or enhance a relationship that is already good. The book educates married couples on Bible-based considerations about sex, physical aspects of sex, and unifying the religions and physical aspects of sex in order to have a more fulfilling relationship with each other. It answers questions, offers Continue reading...

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Sexuality is an issue that accompanies every person that is going through the stage of puberty. However, sexuality in this sense is not only the biological maturation of the body but of the mind as well.
Sexuality is a universal issue that should be addressed and explained clearly towards young people as they are the ones who are at risk of being victims to the dire consequences which comes from being ignorant of sexual issues. It is important for these adolescents to be able to comprehend the responsibility when it comes to engaging Continue reading...

[Client’s Name]
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Sexuality is an issue that accompanies every person that is going through the stage of puberty. However, sexuality in this sense is not only the biological maturation of the body but of the mind as well.
Sexuality is a universal issue that should be addressed and explained clearly towards young people as they are the ones who are at risk of being victims to the dire consequences which comes from being ignorant of sexual issues. It is important for these adolescents to be able to comprehend the responsibility when it comes to engaging Continue reading...

Introduction

In this self-reflection paper, I discuss how I’ve undergone development with respect to sexuality based on cultural, familial and peer influences. This discussion will draw from various scholarly sources on sexuality and human development.

An Overview of my yester to current years

I was brought up in a Catholic home and the subject of sexuality in that setting was not talked about at all. I have a sister who is two years older than me and we were taught not to have sex until when we get married. I can recall that there were no discussions on sex or birth control or relationship matters. Interestingly, my Continue reading...

Sex education is a contentious issue that emanates from the ideological personal-political divide of sex and sexuality. As a form of state intervention, sex education emanates from policies that encourage schools to include it in their respective curricula. Understandably, sex education in the foregoing regard has cause considerable tensions from various sectors of society, particularly those with conservative ideologies such as religious and certain civil society groups. Yet, in the quest of state actors to pursue certain policy goals such as mitigating overpopulation, reducing cases of rape and sexual harassment, preventing the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases and overcoming other Continue reading...

Introduction

Sexuality is an important aspect that features prominently in the lives of all individuals. Sexuality is however perceived differently by various people and/or societies. One of the main focuses of change of perception towards this vital subject is involved with the elderly. Sexuality and the chronically ill older adults is an important subject that has been widely discussed. Verna Pangman and Marylyn Seguire in Sexuality and Disability broadly discussed the issue of sexuality and the chronically ill of the older people.

Summary

Though sexuality as a whole has been extensively discussed and researched in this article, the Continue reading...

Introduction

Research shows that the concerns of sexual stereotypes ends up associated with class and racial differentials in America. There is a need to consider the influences of race and the social status of families on the level of communication about sexuality between teenagers and their parents. The research by Elliot reported in the book entitled “Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of their Teenagers” cuts across different races under varying social status. Elliot reveals how different classes of individual from varying races perceive sexuality and works towards passing the underlying stereotypes to their children. Statistics Continue reading...

Orientalism encompasses an academic discourse featuring a patronizing attitude by Westerners towards Asian and African societies. The West perceives Asian and African societies as undeveloped and static and in this way, creates a fallacious oriental culture by which Asians and Africans can be studied, shown and reproduced. On the other hand, in this fabrication by the Westerners, the West is taken to be developed, flexible, dynamic and superior. An etiological analysis of this term will suffice. Orientalism finds its origins in the word “Orient” which translates to the East, as seen by the West. Further, the term Orient has Continue reading...

Introduction

In this discussion two articles have been selected for reflection. They are ‘Prisons for our Bodies: Closets for our Minds by Patricia Hill Collins (2004) and Keeping Sex in Bounds by Abby Ferber (2004). First a summary of both articles will be presented. Afterwards an interpretive analysis of gender and intersections will be explained. Thirdly, my personal reflections will be offered and finally an evaluation of how both articles articulate contemporary gender issues will be highlighted.

Summary of Articles

Prisons for our Bodies: Closets for our Minds - Patricia Hill Collins
In Prisons for our bodies –Closets for our Minds Patricia Collins ( Continue reading...

Introduction

Thesis Statement
“Deliberately ambiguous”, as Seth MacFarlane the producer of the show “Family Guy” describes him, Stewie Griffin is a confused child, when it comes to his sexuality, although he has all the abilities and features for being a genius. Stewie Griffin is a character born out of the Macfarlane’s ambitions of featuring a personage meant to generate humor because of his sexual confusion and in the same time facing the biological and psychodynamic challenges of his age.

Aims and Purposes of the Paper

The current paper aims to debate Stewie Griffin’s sexuality, as the character develops in the TV series “Family Guy”. Continue reading...

Introduction

Gender is relevant for work and organization in the 21st century in many ways. The one that will be discussed is sexuality and organization and how it has improved over time due to formation of reforms to make it easier for people to work well in an organization. Sexuality can range from different things such as homosexuality, sexual harassment, heterosexuality and transsexuals. Homosexuality is the sexual or romantic attraction between members of the same sex. It is divided into two gays for men and lesbians for women. Heterosexuality is the romantic attraction between a man and a woman. There Continue reading...

Sexuality is part of the human condition. It is also intimately personal; this applies to everyone on the planet. It does not matter if you are on People Magazine’s list of The 10 Most Beautiful, physically disabled or mentality impaired. Individuals with disabilities experience sexual desires like everyone else. However, just the same way that a disability may affect diet and exercise, it can affect how a disabled person experiences their sexuality. It is important to remember though; sexuality just does not go away, no more than hunger and the need to eat.
When I started going through Continue reading...

The recent years have seen the advent of many crusaders of sexuality and gender related issues, with many scholars basing most of their work on feminism. This is because of the modern realization that the roles that each and everyone plays in the society that we live have been ‘constructed’ through our interaction with others and society at large. 21st century scholars realize that the world is moving away from the traditional norms, and is moving towards a more inclusive setting where everyone realizes the roles played by the next individual.
This paper seeks to explore the works of Continue reading...

The Canadian Perspective

Sexuality in the Media

For many years, the media have played a significant role in the provision of sex-related knowledge in society. Topics ranging such adolescent issues, gender equality, and women empowerment, advertisement, and changes in sexual orientations and sexual attitudes have been featured heavily in the media (Ferrante, 2010). Increased effects of globalization coupled with the rapid economic changes and growth in the social environment have contributed heavily to the diversity of changed perceptions regarding sexuality. Although sexuality is often streamlined to refer to certain aspects in society, a significant body of academic literature categorizes sexuality into a Continue reading...

Giving Birth Control to Teenagers

Human sexuality is the most confusing and the most repressed topic in contemporary society. According to Freud’s theory on psychosexual development, when people enter the genital stage in puberty, they experience a sudden increase of sexual energy. Consequentially, teenagers begin to explore their sexuality, sexual orientation, and identity. Their sexual development depends on both internal factors and external factors. Genetics and neurotransmitter functionality are considered internal factors while social agents are considered external factors. Social agents that influence sexuality concepts and beliefs in teenagers are parents, peers, school, religion, and the media. However, messages regarding sexuality from different Continue reading...

Abstract

In the present paper, the issues of female sexuality and abuse in the framework of generational development are analyzed. The studied topic refers to the characters of Tyler Perry’s screening of the famous feminist play of 1970s “Four Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. In this context, the main aim of the present essay is to make psycho-social analysis of the one of the main characters named Tangie in respect to her relationship with her mother Alice and sister Nyla. In this context, all three characters and their interconnection are Continue reading...

Sexuality is one of the fundamental precepts of human behavior, but it is one that is relatively poorly understood. Sexuality encompasses a spectrum of behaviors, interests, and choices, from the relatively mainstream to the seemingly bizarre, and even the dangerous. The way the media has portrayed sexuality and sexual issues has changed over time, but one thing has stayed constant: sexuality is continuously discussed by the media, regardless of how it is portrayed or what is normalized and accepted by society at any given time. The way sexuality was perceived in the past is very different from the way Continue reading...

Introduction

Matters of sexuality and fertility especially during rehabilitation for the past thirty years have remained controversial because not so many people want to talk about them (Phelps et al., 2001). Persons with spinal cord injuries are in need of answers on how to handle their sexuality. These questions cannot be ignored. Most of them ask questions about their attractiveness, ability to have kids and relationships. To make the matters worse, studies on sexuality among people with spinal cord injuries are scarce (Karellou, 2003).
On a positive note, advances in this sector have provided ways through which such people can Continue reading...

Michael Foucault was born in 1926 and died in 1984 victim of AIDs. Foucault was a philosopher and a historian of great repute. He was French and had been associated with structuralist and post-structuralist movements. Philosophy is not only the discipline, in which he prospered in; some of his discussions bordered on medical and social analysis. Philosophy has always been the questioning of the exiting knowledge. However, Foucault was part of the new philosophers whose criticism revolved around knowledge. Thus, Foucault preferred to critic in such a way that the knowing powers were challenged and it was necessary to Continue reading...

Research has managed to establish some form of relationship between mass murder in Germany and sexual morality. Despite the issue of sexuality being seen by many as a frivolous subject for discussion in the wake of the horrific crimes related to Nazism, the truth of the matter is that through studying sexuality, the correct perspective in understanding the history of Germany in the 2oth century is met. There is much debate as to which role sexuality and sexual immorality played in the period characterized by the world war. Through such discussion, one gets a proper insight as to the Continue reading...

Question 1

Cynthia Griffin has identified Edna Pontelliers lack of language in attempt to express her sexual desires as the central theme, however he has also established female sexuality as part of the general theme in the essay “Un-Utter able Longing: The Discourse of Feminine Sexuality in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening” . In this novel, Cynthia looks at the way issues of sexuality are being presented and how people use varied means to explain or to present their position on the issues of sexuality. Cynthia has established that lack of language is a major blow to feminine sexuality and instead the Continue reading...

Introduction

Sexuality consists of an interest in a person being sexual. Excitement is also part of sexuality and refers to the arousal that a person experiences because of a sexual stimulation. The excitement occurs when the brain of either a male or a female gets aroused by the presence of an opposite gender person that he/she perceives as attractive. A sexual disorder occurs whenever either a person’s desire or excitement tends to be towards people of the same gender. Historically, sexuality was shaped by beliefs based on cultural and tribal differences. A research by Foucault indicates that the sexuality Continue reading...

Introduction

Sex is a very sensitive topic. For some countries, especially those that are characterized by extreme levels of conservatism, discussing sex or any topics or issues related to it in public is considered taboo. In most western countries however, the topic of sex, and not exactly the act of doing it, is viewed quite differently. Most educational institutions offer complementary sex education classes to students, which are usually those in the secondary and tertiary school levels. In the United States for example, this practice is considered both legal and ethical. But nonetheless, there is still a significant portion of Continue reading...

Introduction

Sexuality is a crucial part of human life; it determines how we perceive ourselves and interact with others (Dyson, 6). Throughout the lifespan, individuals learn about sex and sexuality from a variety of sources; these sources can be constructive or destructive, conservative or open. How and when we learn about sexuality, determines acquires attitudes, values beliefs, behaviors, practices, roles and relationships (McKay, 71). Sexuality involves; sex, sexual orientation, gender roles and identities, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. Individuals acquire information on sexuality through; parents, siblings, culture, peers, the media and personal experiences. All these factors contribute, in some way, to Continue reading...

Psychology

Sexuality in the Movies: No Strings Attached (2011)

Introduction

Sexual behavior raises several questions about a person’s personality. Every person may express similarities or variation of sexual behaviors depending on their personal preferences and that of their partner. Sexuality encompasses a particular behavior. However, sexual behaviors are nevertheless highly influenced by factors such as the mainstream media. In this regard, sexuality in the media will be discussed to explore the portrayal of sexuality and analyze the actions depicted by the characters in the movie. For this discussion, the 2011 movie entitled “ No Strings Attached” will be the subject of Continue reading...

This essay is an analysis of both popular media and scholarly article on sexuality. The scholarly article that has been analyzed is by Jiankang, Chao et al. He wrote the article “sexual knowledge, activities and attitudes of men in the military”. His article was about understanding, experience and knowledge plus attitudes regarding the sexuality of military recruits. The key constituent of Chao, et al, 2010 article is values, attitudes, skills and knowledge regarding sexuality. It is clear that the battle with HIV/AIDS involves parties that have enough knowledge to handle it. It is critical to ensure that people have Continue reading...

Alienation

The concept of alienation is a one of the central constructs of Marxian theory. This concept was used for description of a capitalist mode of production when workers lost control over the means of production. In accordance with Knox & Pinch (2010) it is described as “a mechanism of social change” and relates another concept of deviant behavior in wider sociopolitical connotation (p.215). Later alienation was used by the early deterministic theorists because it was of a great interest when studying spatial variations of people behavior (Amin, 2002).
Marx outlined several reasons of alienation. Firstly, alienated person feels like Continue reading...

There are a number of influences that shape the socialization of a child. It is reasonable that the actions individuals take and the consequences of those actions are grounded on rational, logical decisions adopted and evaluated by choice. Notably, forces eliminated from the immediate scenario of decision making, impacts on life. The process of socialization is never without the hidden pull of social influences that deprive individuals of self-control (Greca, 1998). Socialization agents include mass media, school, peers, public opinion, religion, spirituality and volunteer groups (Hellar, 2010). There is a significant variation of the impacts brought forth by socialization Continue reading...

Sexual education: annotated bibliography

Brewer, G., Brown, M.B., Migdal, M.J. The importance of appropriate sexual education. Washington, D.C.: the Center for Inquiry Office of public Policy, 2007. Web
The paper investigates the role of school programs about human sexuality, providing the overview of existing programs and criticizing abstinence-only sexual education. After having observed differences between abstinence-based sexual education in the U.S. and programs, functioning in other industrialized countries, authors have provided their views on comprehensive sexual education program to be developed in the U.S. This source is crucial for the research as it provides multifaceted view on importance of sexual education and basic Continue reading...

Introduction

Human sexuality is how human beings express themselves sexually. Usually driven by desires of sexual pleasure, human sexuality has physical, biological, and emotional aspects. Biologically, human sexuality refers to the reproductive system as well as fundamental biological drive which exists in all the species and can include sexual contact and sexual intercourse in all forms (Birnbaum et al, 2001). Emotional aspects deal with deep emotions relating to social bonds and associated sexual acts. Physical aspects around sexuality range from medical considerations to physiological or psychological and even sociological aspects of sexual behaviors. In this paper, I will strive to Continue reading...

Sigmund Freud, commonly known as the father of psychoanalysis, was one of the most famous thinkers of the Twentieth Century. The importance he gave to those maladies that modern medicine could not cure embarked him on a path that allowed him to propose a new way of dealing with human suffering. While many people have criticized his theories, almost to the point where nobody actually practices psychoanalysis the way Freud intended, his thought remains a milestone in psychological studies and Western civilization in general. Due to these deformations, only texts by Freud will be used, with the purpose of Continue reading...

Sex and sexuality education is an important part of growing-up, and every adolescent should be engaged in timely conversations on the topic, otherwise he or she may face the danger of staying ignorant or misinformed. The hazard lies not only in the possible disappointments in oneself and a partner, which may cause the establishment of patterns of dysfunctional relationships, but also in becoming susceptible to serious problems, among which are the unplanned teenage pregnancy, problems with social adaptation, acquired mental disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDs and many others. While some schools give their students superficial knowledge about sex Continue reading...

- Introduction
It was Sigmund Freud who first suggested that human psychosexual development is heavily influenced by one’s relationship with one’s father or mother (Katz-Wise 2). However, in reality, the development of sexuality is quite different and significantly more complex. Gender identity has become different from sexual identity, and one’s sexual orientation is different still (Katz-Wise 2). Before detailing the prevailing arguments regarding sexual identity and all the issues that go along with it, it is first important to understand the nature of the discussion.
Sexual identity, for the purposes of discussion here, will be taken Continue reading...

Toni Morrison’s Sula and Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” are two texts that explore the African-American woman’s quest for sexual and social autonomy, in that both texts contend that the African-American woman’s construction of a sexual identity is primarily shaped by the women who raise her, as well as societal expectations and traditions. The process by which an African-American mother or mother figure teaches a young African-American female about sexuality is often laden with religious indoctrination, accusations of licentiousness, personal anecdotes about male duplicitousness, and fearful warnings about chastity. Both texts illustrate how the enforced standards and Continue reading...

The Bible has a huge role in the development of social ethics. It is an indispensable source of Christian faith as it witnesses to Christ. It is important to analyze and study sexuality critically in the context of various biblical texts. There is a high distinction on peripheral and central aspects of human sexuality in the Old Testament. Such distinction is arrived at by differentiating descriptive ancient cultural values from God's will.
In the biblical time, in Israel, biblical texts described the cultural, social, psychological and historical conditions of people. These factors are put into context as they relate Continue reading...

In order to understand pornography we must first understand the effects that it has on the human mind. This will enable us to understand why the pornography industry is ever expanding at an alarming rate. It is a proven fact that pornography can be addictive. Just like a person can get addicted to alcohol and drugs they can in a similar way get addicted to pornography. When a person starts viewing pornography a certain part of the brain gets stimulated. This stimulation is translated as pleasure. Thus as a person continues viewing more and more porn they get more Continue reading...

This article gives highlights of the way sexuality was perceived in the seventeenth century. It is clear that sexuality was characterized by a lot of frankness where people could just talk about sexual practices without any secrecy. The codes regulating the sexual practices utterances were more lax in the seventeenth century compared to those of the nineteenth century. The children were engaged in the affairs of the adult without any concern or fear by their parents. The article therefore gives more emphasis on the way the issue of sexuality was perceived both in the seventeenth century as well the Continue reading...

Abstract

Over time, vital relationships in one’s life, like the familial, become significantly soured. And, as relationships wither, so does people’s well-being. Marital sex life experiences changes with marital duration, and especially after having children, which affects their relationship and inner balance, one way or another. If marital sex is defined as a means of expressing one’s emotions and need to be loved, then it is clear why marital sex changes are considered an important factor to a couple’s and a family’s well-being. This paper will focus on exploring the reasons why and how marital Continue reading...

(Sexual Relationships)

Talking about sexual relationships is opening the most important chapter, though the least assumed one, of the life’s themes: the drive to fulfill one’s deepest need to be complete as a person. Sex is, ultimately, a quest for personal fulfillment disguised in another strong feeling: pleasure. It is pleasure, the intense, magical, addicting pleasure of sex that is the reason why religions – with all its strict moral values – , societies and ethic have always been so violently concerned to restrict, shape, twist and control its expression. The erotic world is a world apart, with a mystical Continue reading...