Overall, everyone in the classroom seemed to have a clear understand of what is rape and what it means to consent to sex. However, I disagree with how everyone presented their opinion on consent. Specifically, we seemed to simplify what rape and consent means and made the definition very black and white. This begs the question, if we are a representation of our college campus and we are all aware of what consent and rape is or is not, why do we have so many sexual assault and rape cases at the University of Maryland? I do not think rape or consent is that simple to define and identify. This highlights the problem with rape culture and consent. There is a disconnect between what people perceive to be rape and reality.
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You stated towards the end class that you believe America is still a moral society even if we have declined in sexual morality. I disagree and support the arguments made in the “A Historical Prologue: The ‘Vices of Levity’ and the ‘Diseases of Democracy’”. When analyzing the two cultures, the standard of the earlier stricter culture is arguable more moral than the liberal culture we have shifted towards. Indubitable, our culture has experienced a decline in sexual morality. We live in a society where an individual can become a glorified public figure from making a sex tape or where posting nude pictures is a common norm. We have a glorified hook up culture. These are just a few examples of the sexual morality in today’s culture. I believe morality has a ripple effect. To expound upon that idea, a decline in sexual morality leads to a decline in other aspects of morality, more specifically social and ethical morality. For example, a decline in sexuality morality causes an increase in sexually transmitted diseases and arguable more children born from wedlock. When a child is born out of wedlock, they are more likely to live with a single parent. I recalled the article “Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty” that explained that being raised in a household with a single married parents increases a child’s probability of living in poverty by an outrageous 80 percent. I took the idea discussed in the article a step further. A decline in sexual morality, leads to more children being born out of wedlock, which then this contributes to an increase in poverty rate. Poverty is correlated with an increase in crime, drug and alcohol use, violence, divorce rate, and unemployment. These all contribute to social and ethical moral. The ripple effect shows that sexual morality can influence and contribute to the decline of other aspect of
For example, during the …show more content…
You stated towards the end class that you believe America is still a moral society even if we have declined in sexual morality. I disagree and support the arguments made in the “A Historical Prologue: The ‘Vices of Levity’ and the ‘Diseases of Democracy’”. When analyzing the two cultures, the standard of the earlier stricter culture is arguable more moral than the liberal culture we have shifted towards. Indubitable, our culture has experienced a decline in sexual morality. We live in a society where an individual can become a glorified public figure from making a sex tape or where posting nude pictures is a common norm. We have a glorified hook up culture. These are just a few examples of the sexual morality in today’s culture. I believe morality has a ripple effect. To expound upon that idea, a decline in sexual morality leads to a decline in other aspects of morality, more specifically social and ethical morality. For example, a decline in sexuality morality causes an increase in sexually transmitted diseases and arguable more children born from wedlock. When a child is born out of wedlock, they are more likely to live with a single parent. I recalled the article “Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty” that explained that being raised in a household with a single married parents increases a child’s probability of living in poverty by an outrageous 80 percent. I took the idea discussed in the article a step further. A decline in sexual morality, leads to more children being born out of wedlock, which then this contributes to an increase in poverty rate. Poverty is correlated with an increase in crime, drug and alcohol use, violence, divorce rate, and unemployment. These all contribute to social and ethical moral. The ripple effect shows that sexual morality can influence and contribute to the decline of other aspect of