Human sexuality

When hearing the word happiness, some people may interpret it with: being surrounded by or having friends, spending time with family, having a healthy relationship with either a man or woman, having food and water that is available to them, living in some kind of structure, and having what they truly need at the moment or in the near future. Then there are the other people, and not attending to be rude, who have very different views of what true happiness consists of. They perceive it as having…

The moral reform movement was a collective effort by ill-equipped parents, “settlement workers and vice reformers joined with club leaders, probation officers, social workers, and sex educators” to combat the scourge of prostitution and to bring under control the newly sexualized population of young working women in the 1900’s (Alexander, 1995, p. 41). Once the young women got a taste of freedom, they “profess utter lack of respect for their parents and contempt for their home life” and…

For years, Song of Songs was honestly the book of the Bible that terrified me the most. My mom always told me to wait until I was older to read it, few sermons ever draw material exclusively from it, and the topic of sex is usually either ignored or discussed in a negative way in the churches I have attended. However, I did finally read the book this summer, and I have actually been looking forward to Dr. Miller’s discussion on it, especially now that I am in a dating relationship. The book is…

Japan is the develop country. Among of all other market, sex market industry is very developing in Japan, and this is the problem need to concern and be solved. There are many products relate to sexual in Japanese such as comics, movie, music, TV shows, massage, and service. These cultures exist for long time ago and now it is very develop which becomes one of the concerns of the country. There are many things relate to sexual in public which I think it is never exist in this world until I…

Paraphilia is a pattern of sexual attraction/behavior that deviates from the social and cultural norms. To have a paraphilic disorder, their unusual sexual interest needs to cause them distress or victimizes others for longer than six months. How does one develop a paraphilia? There are some certain neurotransmitters and hormones that are linked to paraphilic interests. It could also develop from people having poor interpersonal skills. Some people may have learned their paraphilia from…

Introduction A relationship is a communion between individuals who share experiences, interests, emotions, and passion. Relationships begin with butterflies, small gestures of interest in one another and may continue to healthy romantic love. Healthy romantic love contains biological roots related to neurotransmission, evolutionary basis focused on procreation, cognitive and social learning aspects including attachment development and cultural features which often portray many depictions of…

Sexuality is central to travesti self-perception. In his interviews with travestis, Kulick (1998) found that an attraction to men is recurrently attributed as a leading cause of becoming a travesti (Kulick, 1998:96). Thus, travesti subjectivity in Brazil is based on two crucial sexual narratives: the first narrative consists of feeling like a woman due to a sexual attraction to men, and the second narrative resists sex change due to sexual attraction by men. Transgender individuals, for example,…

In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, we are introduced to a character named Holden Caulfield. Throughout the story Holden struggles both internally and externally with thoughts or actions that involve the concept of growing up. Events within the story that depict Holden’s internal struggle with growing up can be found when Holden has the interaction with Sunny, learning about Stradlater’s relationship with Jane and finding “Fuck you” written in the wall of Phoebe 's school. Growing up for…

Have you ever questioned why someone cheated on you? Have you ever been accused of cheating on someone? Many people have asked these questions, in fact, 41 percent of marriages have had one or both spouses admit to infidelity, and that’s only the people who actually admitted to being unfaithful (Infidelity Statistics). The definition of cheating is different for every person you ask. Some people see cheating as even looking at another person, others are more open to the action of cheating. In…

Cultural Perspective on Romantic Relationships: China and the United States Established cultural differences and upbringing are two highly interpersonal, intertwined concepts that affect various dating environments. Regardless, romantic relationships are crucial for health and well-being in the lives of young adults in the majority of cultures. The United States has a very self-centric way of viewing these relationships due to its evident, independent culture. In contrast, some collectivistic…