Sexuality and Gender on the Social Media: Julia Alison
Introduction
Julia Allison a former sex columnist and social media enthusiast is today 34 years. Julia became famous back in 2008 after wearing condom made bustier to a Gawker party that was attended by several journalists. This was a good-old-days strategic method to attract the media attention. Julia is remembered for her micro-fame as the Time Out New York dating columnist (Forbes). Today, Julia is an entrepreneur, journalist, relationship expert, public speaker, ELLE.com columnist, BRAVO star, and a former WIRED cover girl. She has made numerous appearances on CNN, CBS, NBC, MTV, VH1, MSNBC, Fox, The Chicago Tribune and several others. It is worth noting that this paper looks at the …show more content…
Understanding of the terms promotes insights about the gender social function. Sex is the physical or biological state that can help in differentiating between a “man” and a “woman.” Gender is the social explanation of how sex manifests in personality, behaviour, capabilities, preferences and how sex should be experienced. People with male sex organs are expected to assume a masculine gender. Gender, on the other hand, is something historical. It is generated by the popular culture and the media. Gender is taught and built by schools, family, nation states and peer groups. Gender is reinforced through fashion, slang, admonition, songs, sayings, and discourse. Therefore, anybody who goes against the expected societal genderism faces disconnection from the society (David 22). Gender is a social classification system where the male-gendered items are valued more than the female-gendered items. This system of gender plays out in the women and men bodies, building hierarchies of almost everything from the academic departments, colours, types of clothes, websites, electronic gadgets, etc. This inequality has therefore rated male bodies as average or normal. Sexuality, on the other hand, is an individual understanding of desire and expression. Some common ways of expression of desire through sexuality are bisexuality, pansexuality, heterosexuality or …show more content…
Social media is indeed a technology that promotes stereotypical “male” and “female” ways of expression and interaction. Tumblr today is popular amongst young women and high school students, it is therefore considered feminine. The venture capitalists, journalists, media, the bloggers and technology conferences are responsible for this stratification. The use of social media today is very diverse, and till characterised by different idioms of practice depending on the class, race, gender, and location, etc. The social media are also created for a certain group, the developers of the platforms determine the group they intend to be more active. Gender, sexuality and social media technology is a very technical subject. It is deeply dependent and rooted in human cultures and beliefs (Sharlene
Introduction
Julia Allison a former sex columnist and social media enthusiast is today 34 years. Julia became famous back in 2008 after wearing condom made bustier to a Gawker party that was attended by several journalists. This was a good-old-days strategic method to attract the media attention. Julia is remembered for her micro-fame as the Time Out New York dating columnist (Forbes). Today, Julia is an entrepreneur, journalist, relationship expert, public speaker, ELLE.com columnist, BRAVO star, and a former WIRED cover girl. She has made numerous appearances on CNN, CBS, NBC, MTV, VH1, MSNBC, Fox, The Chicago Tribune and several others. It is worth noting that this paper looks at the …show more content…
Understanding of the terms promotes insights about the gender social function. Sex is the physical or biological state that can help in differentiating between a “man” and a “woman.” Gender is the social explanation of how sex manifests in personality, behaviour, capabilities, preferences and how sex should be experienced. People with male sex organs are expected to assume a masculine gender. Gender, on the other hand, is something historical. It is generated by the popular culture and the media. Gender is taught and built by schools, family, nation states and peer groups. Gender is reinforced through fashion, slang, admonition, songs, sayings, and discourse. Therefore, anybody who goes against the expected societal genderism faces disconnection from the society (David 22). Gender is a social classification system where the male-gendered items are valued more than the female-gendered items. This system of gender plays out in the women and men bodies, building hierarchies of almost everything from the academic departments, colours, types of clothes, websites, electronic gadgets, etc. This inequality has therefore rated male bodies as average or normal. Sexuality, on the other hand, is an individual understanding of desire and expression. Some common ways of expression of desire through sexuality are bisexuality, pansexuality, heterosexuality or …show more content…
Social media is indeed a technology that promotes stereotypical “male” and “female” ways of expression and interaction. Tumblr today is popular amongst young women and high school students, it is therefore considered feminine. The venture capitalists, journalists, media, the bloggers and technology conferences are responsible for this stratification. The use of social media today is very diverse, and till characterised by different idioms of practice depending on the class, race, gender, and location, etc. The social media are also created for a certain group, the developers of the platforms determine the group they intend to be more active. Gender, sexuality and social media technology is a very technical subject. It is deeply dependent and rooted in human cultures and beliefs (Sharlene