Analysis Of The Wait Is Sexy By Yvonne Orji

Yvonne Orji is an actor on Insecure, an HBO series. On her Ted Talk, “The Wait is Sexy,” she was trying to convey the message that waiting is worth it. Over the course of her life, she realized that plans do not always go accordingly, she has to lived by faith and not fear, and she expressed how relationships do have certain aspects worth waiting for. Throughout the Ted talk, many sociological ideas were emphasised by her, also. Yvonne Orji did not try to persuade her audience to wait for sex, rather she tried to portray the idea that people should value themselves more to obtain a quality relationship.
When Yvonne was sixteen years old, she asked permission from her Nigerian parents to date. Due to their values resembling traditional beliefs, …show more content…
The influence of religion, family, friends, culture, and even the media can influence who we are. Yvonne religion, her parents’ values, and her friends ideas of the norm all were considered in the decisions of her life choices. Through a functional perspective, relationships serve as a part of society to connect us. Relationships would unite those in society who share the same values, passions, and ideas. People are functioned to be pieced together with someone else. Therefore, everyone should have someone who they are bonded to. Society have someone for everyone to share those same values with. Yvonne pointed out that there are over seven billion people in the world, so she believes her partner is out there.
Overall, waiting on all the aspects of a relationship is worth it. Yvonne expressed how it was acceptable to not always follow through with our own plans, she conveyed this matter with the agents of socialization such as her faith, and she made several crucial points about waiting. I was persuaded by this argument to value myself enough to seek all that I want in my relationships. This Ted Talk did feature many ideas of sociological perspectives as