Young Women in Raunch Culture
Women in the past has made progress in the feminist movement in hopes of achieving equality between men and women. They did this so that anyone can have the freedom to choose what they want to do with their life without any law restrictions. Although modern society fulfills women’s desire of achieving equality for the most part, the concept of Raunch Culture treats women like obscene objects through certain people’s perspective. Because of this some believe that women’s progress in the feminist movement is dragging them down once again. One author, Ariel Levy creates a stance pertaining to Raunch Culture in Female Chauvinist Pig: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture is that it places women behind in the feminist …show more content…
In this scenario, Levy brings up Deborah Tolman’s observation regarding two teenage girls’ experience with sex that “often becomes a conversation about being wanted” (Levy 163) and they “had remarkably difficult times experiencing or expressing sexual desire.” (Levy 163) This observation demonstrates the dangers of utilizing sex acts solely for the affection of males rather than fulfilling sexual desires, enabling Levy to assume that women participating in sexual conduct is the result of the selfishness of men. What leads Levy to convey such an assumption is the fact that the young girls she interviewed said “sex for them was ‘an ego thing’ rather than a lust thing” (Levy 162) which implies that they might be confused about the concept of sexual intercourse and its purpose. Since sex is often a source of achieving sexual desires (or lust) using it as a source of attracting men’s attention would be unnatural. Additionally, it may interpret it as unequal in terms of sexuality because women are often stereotyped as lewd in the media more than males, but not unequal in social power since both men and women are able to have the same jobs in modern society. In this context, it seems that Levy believes that sexuality and empowerment have a connection. A connection in which it grants women access to complete empowerment by …show more content…
A solution for young women to understand the concept of sex is through sex education. Although it may be effective in protecting their innocence, it limits the freedom of how women use their own bodies based on their decision. Levy seems to refute sex education despite it “talking to them about how to understand and cope with and enjoy their sexuality.” (Levy 167) However schools utilizes sex education in hopes of keeping women from being treated unequally once again as many assume that women are the scapegoats of sexuality, but the limited freedom from sex education would mean nobody would have the freedom to fulfill their sexual desires. In the article, U.S sexual education fails to inform its youth, by Mona Adem, there are two types of sex education that remains inconsistent as to how an individual would protect themselves from STDs and pregnancies. The first is Abstinence-only education where it teaches students to abstain from sex until marriage. This is created in hopes of keeping young women in modern society to stay innocent at a young age so that teenage girls will not have to use sex as a means of feeling loved. Similar to the first type of sex education, Comprehensive sex education teaches students how to protect themselves from diseases and pregnancies if they choose to perform sexual intercourse. However, this type of sex
Women in the past has made progress in the feminist movement in hopes of achieving equality between men and women. They did this so that anyone can have the freedom to choose what they want to do with their life without any law restrictions. Although modern society fulfills women’s desire of achieving equality for the most part, the concept of Raunch Culture treats women like obscene objects through certain people’s perspective. Because of this some believe that women’s progress in the feminist movement is dragging them down once again. One author, Ariel Levy creates a stance pertaining to Raunch Culture in Female Chauvinist Pig: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture is that it places women behind in the feminist …show more content…
In this scenario, Levy brings up Deborah Tolman’s observation regarding two teenage girls’ experience with sex that “often becomes a conversation about being wanted” (Levy 163) and they “had remarkably difficult times experiencing or expressing sexual desire.” (Levy 163) This observation demonstrates the dangers of utilizing sex acts solely for the affection of males rather than fulfilling sexual desires, enabling Levy to assume that women participating in sexual conduct is the result of the selfishness of men. What leads Levy to convey such an assumption is the fact that the young girls she interviewed said “sex for them was ‘an ego thing’ rather than a lust thing” (Levy 162) which implies that they might be confused about the concept of sexual intercourse and its purpose. Since sex is often a source of achieving sexual desires (or lust) using it as a source of attracting men’s attention would be unnatural. Additionally, it may interpret it as unequal in terms of sexuality because women are often stereotyped as lewd in the media more than males, but not unequal in social power since both men and women are able to have the same jobs in modern society. In this context, it seems that Levy believes that sexuality and empowerment have a connection. A connection in which it grants women access to complete empowerment by …show more content…
A solution for young women to understand the concept of sex is through sex education. Although it may be effective in protecting their innocence, it limits the freedom of how women use their own bodies based on their decision. Levy seems to refute sex education despite it “talking to them about how to understand and cope with and enjoy their sexuality.” (Levy 167) However schools utilizes sex education in hopes of keeping women from being treated unequally once again as many assume that women are the scapegoats of sexuality, but the limited freedom from sex education would mean nobody would have the freedom to fulfill their sexual desires. In the article, U.S sexual education fails to inform its youth, by Mona Adem, there are two types of sex education that remains inconsistent as to how an individual would protect themselves from STDs and pregnancies. The first is Abstinence-only education where it teaches students to abstain from sex until marriage. This is created in hopes of keeping young women in modern society to stay innocent at a young age so that teenage girls will not have to use sex as a means of feeling loved. Similar to the first type of sex education, Comprehensive sex education teaches students how to protect themselves from diseases and pregnancies if they choose to perform sexual intercourse. However, this type of sex