Asexuality

grouped together based on their common traits, they find a way to exclude even within themselves. In the LGBT+ communities, there is a large problem with acceptance of identity, most noticeably bisexuals, gender-fluid people, trans-gender people, and asexuality. In these communities there seems to be a hierarchy to decide how much anyone belong. Bisexuals in heterosexual relationships are shunned, assumed to be straight, or not gay enough to belong. Transsexual and…

If you saw a small, innocent, helpless child stranded and trapped in a dangerous place or position that could affect its entire life, would you try to save it or would you go on with your life as if nothing ever happened? Approximately 135,813 children were adopted in 2008, all of these children were saved from a potentially dangerous life that could’ve led to a terrible, unfortunate ending. People argue that adoptees deserve to know their origins, but closed or confidential adoptions are…

What do you understand by the concept “Systems of Privilege”? Why is there resistance by those who possess it to recognize it? Support your answer with examples from BOTH of the following articles (1) Peggy McIntosh “White Privilege and Male Privilege” and (2) Iris Marion Young, “Five Faces of Oppression.” Try to connect the two readings and be sure to provide specific examples from both, including all five types of oppression. When you grow up, you start to realize that there are some things…

because they are not playing the role men are expected to. They are being told they are acting like women, which is bad because being a woman is bad. Additionally, this often harmfully leads to an implication of transsexuality, homosexuality, or asexuality. A silly (but justified) example of this is clear in online discussions of Twilight. Edward, the quiet, sparkly vampire, is referred to as a bitch countless times. One occurrence of this is in a list titled “Characters We 'd Like To Punch,”…

homosexuality are the only possible sexualities one can identify as, when in reality, sexuality is a spectrum. Sexualities such as bisexuality( the attraction to only two genders) and pansexuality(the attraction to all genders) exist, along with asexuality(the lack of sexual attraction), exist and are highly neglected by the small screen…

Make Love Not War The idea of “Sexuality” has many different definitions. Merriam-Webster describes sexuality as “the quality or state of being sexual: the condition of having sex, sexual activity, and the expression of sexual receptivity or interest especially when excessive.” Sexuality involves many factors such as physical, emotional, and biological behaviors or actions. When it comes to animals and other species, humans like to feel uniquely superior. However, when it comes to sexuality,…

Children: The Ideology of Parenthood In life, there is the family that we derive from, and the family that we appoint. A family can yield a novel timeline in our daily routines, and the children that accompany a family can provide limitless possibilities for happiness and love; but, this is not everyone’s distinct future. There are individuals who do not comprehend why people want children, and then there are the antitheses: those who become quite feverish when it comes to the mere notion of…

To begin with, the negative messages that women with disabilities receive regarding their sexualities translate into “difficulty with dating, decreased likelihood of marriage, and higher divorce rates” (Hershey 472). Furthermore, the prevailing asexuality myth limits these women’s access to reproductive health information. Even trained healthcare providers neglect to ask their disabled patients about their sexual lives and screen for problems including STIs and unwanted pregnancies (Hershey…

Brett takes a fairly critical stance in examining the analysis of scholars who have proposed that these composers were gay. Many of them have little or no proof, aside from their unmarried status, which often suggests a tendency toward solitude or asexuality more than homosexuality. Brett is not…

The music industry is a major media institution that is widely influential in the way that people perceive their surroundings and how they experience discrimination and oppression within society. Popular media, such as music, acts as a catalyst for social construction (Glantz 3). Whether by way of radio, MP3 downloads, or music videos, people throughout the country, and all over the world are exposed to dominant ideologies through music that shape their thoughts and behaviors. One specific genre…