Adolescent sexuality

explores the concept of gender and sex through society’s perspective. Fausto-Sterling initiates the selection by introducing readers to the story of Maria Patiño. Patiño who is a Spanish Olympic hurdler who was forced to have a sex test to prove her sexuality. She tested positive for being a male and was eventually “barred from competing on Spain’s Olympic team” (Fausto-Sterling, 4). Readers eventually learned that the reason why Patiño tested positive for being a male was that she was born with…

While reading The Virgin Suicides, I was struck by the fetishization of these teenage girls as well as how poorly the community and the Lisbon family itself handled these events. Eugenides' work was a well put together narrative, but frequently lingered for long passages of text on the physical bodies of these children, with the weak justification of being from the point of view of a collection of teenage boys, as if that makes it more acceptable. Moreover, the girls collectively fail to become…

The Type of Men I Find Attractive Attraction works in an enigmatical way. The physical and emotional attractions are different, but they have the same objective, catching our eyes to create a fascination and a magnetic and reaction which changes our emotions or feelings towards something or someone. There are several qualities that we consider attractive in men both physically and intellectually. An attractive man should be good looking, honest, confident, purpose-driven, attentive,…

Haptic: Touching is a physical contact between two people. Touching can be of two kinds: positive touching is a playful touch that indicates different kinds of relationships, while control touching indicates the different types of aggression. (Schmitz 2012, 203-205) Proxemics: The study of how people use their personal space is called proxemics. The anthropologist Edward T. Hall has defined four types of zones in which communication occurs, these are: • Intimate space area starts from the…

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is D.H Lawrence's most debatable works. This novel was banned in the USA for more than 30 years because of its sexual scenes and use of profane four-letter words. The book went through many printings because of interest in its sexual content. It was published privately in Florence, in 1928. After being banned for many years, it is allowed again to be published. In general, we can find it is a book about human nature. The heroine, Connie, usually we call it Lady Chatterley…

Critique of “How ‘The Addams Family’ Totally Gets BDSM Relationships Right” BDSM, an intimate kink that is expressed throughout a few couples in real life as well as in film. BDSM can be recognized as bondage, domination, or discipline, sadism, and masochism. In the Fifty Shades of Grey movie series as well as The Addams Family, BDSM is perceived throughout the two main couples. Casey Cipriani, the author of the article “How ‘The Addams Family’ Totally Gets BDSM Relationships Right”, writes…

correct. Most movies, including Fifty Shades of Grey, and TV shows like Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars miss this topic, all feature scenes of nonconsensual sex, which lead to the misinterpretation of sexual themes by the group who needs them most, adolescents. The lack of verbal sexual consent in popular TV shows and movies further adds to the issue that many believe consent is not needed in order to perform sexual…

Introduction: Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage, discipline, dominance, and sadism, masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an eBook and a…

Sexuality education exposes both young boys and girls to a lot of material that tends to reduce their risk of diseases and unplanned pregnancy. Sex education at school is given to increase the boys and girls knowledge and the importance of sex-related issues…

Teenage pregnancy is rising in numbers each and every day. Teen girls and boys are having sexual intercourse before they are taught the true meaning behind the act. Teens having babies is about the best thing that has happened to the twenty-first century besides the iPhone. If she really loved and cared for her family, she would give them a baby at a young age. Teens typically start having sex around the age of seventeen, and this is also the most common age of having a baby. There is no way a…