Human sexuality can take on a number of connotations; all of which can vary depending on someone’s background, personal view and beliefs. Over the years my understanding of sexuality has changed as I have grown and matured. Present day, my sexuality plays a major part in my everyday life. My sexuality determines how I interact with others and is integrated into my feelings and reactions.
I consider myself a very sexual being, my femininity is emanated into who I am. My sexuality allows me to engage in lovemaking, having babies, and identifies me as a female. I take great pride in wearing clothing and fragrances that extenuates my sexuality. Sexuality can be both physical and emotional and my belief is that it can be enjoyed, responsibly, by all.
The Influence of Family, Culture, Religion, and Media on your Perception of Human Sexuality.
Growing up, my mother would tell me a man can sleep with a thousand women and still wake a man, but if a woman did that she would wake up a slut. She would criticize low cut clothing, short shorts and miniskirts, making me believe those things made me look slutty. This stuck with me throughout most of my teenage years. It made me scared to express my sexuality, choosing the longer shorts rather than the short cute ones. She prohibited me from expressing …show more content…
Society attempts to make me, as a woman, feel weak and ashamed of my sexuality and femininity. Clothing I may wear may be deemed inappropriate and distracting to men or boys. Responsibility should not be put on me, as a woman, to control the thoughts or actions of others. Society, sometimes, frowns upon women who do not want to have children or marry, these women are often thought of as being less of a woman. A man that wants to wait on marriage and family are considered smart and are encouraged to get an