Week 7 Assignment
When it comes to sexual behavior, it all boils down to the rules that are set by moral reasoning. What is consider wrong or right varies across all cultures. How a culture may view these rules of moral reasoning will results in what is viewed as proper behavior for the culture. For example how suicide is viewed as a dishonor to Westerners and for Easterner it is viewed a an honor giving the situation.(Matsumoto, D, 2001) Morals are not set in stone and are always followed, however individuals such as Kohlburg view on moral reasoning and Piaget theory of moral reasoning. This gives other psychologists and chance to study other cultures views of moral reasoning and develop an conclusion. For example in Asian and African …show more content…
Japan views the sex is something this not up for discussion. It is unneeded and uncomfortable. There is no sex education, individual in Japan do not find information about sex until teen year or college. Africa is consider to have one of the world highest HIV rates. This maybe because in Kenya the sex talked is considered taboo and that sex is only learned through peers and elders. Sex discussions are rare because it is unmanly to talk about passion so talking about sex is irrelevant.
The thought of having sex varies across culture some believe that sex is something that should not happen before getting married. Premarital sex has very different view across the world. In African culture premarital sex for a man can be something that is celebrate or looked upon as an achievement. However in Japanese culture premarital sex is looked down upon. Family and or status are the big reason for Japanese culture to engage in sexual …show more content…
(2003). Guilt and shame in Chinese culture: A cross-cultural framework from the perspective of morality and identity. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 33(2), 127?144.?Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Commons, M., Galaz?Fontes, J., & Morse, S. (2006). Leadership, cross?cultural contact, socio economic status, and formal operational reasoning about moral dilemmas among Mexican non?literate adults and high school students. Journal of Moral Education, 35(2), 247?267.
Gardiner, H., & Kosmitzki, C. (2011). Lives across cultures: Cross-cultural human development (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.
Humphries, M. L., & Jagers, R. J. (2009). Culture: A possible predictor of morality for African American adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 19(2), 205?215.
Jensen, L. (2008). Through two lenses: A cultural?developmental approach to moral psychology, 28(3), 289?315.
Matsumoto, D. (Ed.). (2001).?The handbook of culture and psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University
When it comes to sexual behavior, it all boils down to the rules that are set by moral reasoning. What is consider wrong or right varies across all cultures. How a culture may view these rules of moral reasoning will results in what is viewed as proper behavior for the culture. For example how suicide is viewed as a dishonor to Westerners and for Easterner it is viewed a an honor giving the situation.(Matsumoto, D, 2001) Morals are not set in stone and are always followed, however individuals such as Kohlburg view on moral reasoning and Piaget theory of moral reasoning. This gives other psychologists and chance to study other cultures views of moral reasoning and develop an conclusion. For example in Asian and African …show more content…
Japan views the sex is something this not up for discussion. It is unneeded and uncomfortable. There is no sex education, individual in Japan do not find information about sex until teen year or college. Africa is consider to have one of the world highest HIV rates. This maybe because in Kenya the sex talked is considered taboo and that sex is only learned through peers and elders. Sex discussions are rare because it is unmanly to talk about passion so talking about sex is irrelevant.
The thought of having sex varies across culture some believe that sex is something that should not happen before getting married. Premarital sex has very different view across the world. In African culture premarital sex for a man can be something that is celebrate or looked upon as an achievement. However in Japanese culture premarital sex is looked down upon. Family and or status are the big reason for Japanese culture to engage in sexual …show more content…
(2003). Guilt and shame in Chinese culture: A cross-cultural framework from the perspective of morality and identity. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 33(2), 127?144.?Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Commons, M., Galaz?Fontes, J., & Morse, S. (2006). Leadership, cross?cultural contact, socio economic status, and formal operational reasoning about moral dilemmas among Mexican non?literate adults and high school students. Journal of Moral Education, 35(2), 247?267.
Gardiner, H., & Kosmitzki, C. (2011). Lives across cultures: Cross-cultural human development (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.
Humphries, M. L., & Jagers, R. J. (2009). Culture: A possible predictor of morality for African American adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 19(2), 205?215.
Jensen, L. (2008). Through two lenses: A cultural?developmental approach to moral psychology, 28(3), 289?315.
Matsumoto, D. (Ed.). (2001).?The handbook of culture and psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University