Human sexuality

engaging in the BDSM relationship, she quickly wants to explore her sexuality in greater detail and learn her own ‘dark desires’ quickly after losing her virginity to him. The author does an exceptional job with this book because it allows readers to grasp what this type of relationship is like, since it is not a typical form of sexual expression. This book is groundbreaking because it truly tests societal norms in terms of human sexuality. It also lets the reader know that his or her sexual…

difficult. In researching the topic of sexuality, it requires a much more complex process of receiving an understanding. Michael Foucault is one of the many researchers to dive into research for an understanding of sexuality. Foucault got critical when he discovered different layers of sexuality, specifically of the scientific and psychiatric understanding aspect of the topic. Foucault’s quotation in “The End of the Monarchy of Sex” is a driving force that sexuality is in the power of oneself,…

was a cultural element that the Catholic Church had associated itself with, in a sense, and began to influence Catholics. Greeley’s argument is that sustaining from sex, chaste, is not because of physical virginity, but because of one’s beliefs of human love and their commitment to God (Greeley, Premarital Sex). To…

Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem”: “the casualness toward sexuality, so common in the blues, sometimes extended to homosexual behavior (Garber, 320).” As the increasing homosexual behavior in Harlem founds its way through the blues, it demonstrated less of a stigmatizing view of sexuality and turned it into something positive, “normal,” and human. This new found embrace of sexuality, especially among black lesbians, pushed for a new way of life that, in…

the cultural considerations that aroused during the intake, and the clinical considerations to improve as a therapist. This paper would help me reflect on how learning about my sexuality impacts my work with clients. Experience Filling…

people especially Catholics to protect themselves and be more careful when it comes to having sex which is something good when it comes to human sexuality. Due to the Zika virus people are more likely to use ways to protect themselves because of the fact that the Zika virus is very alarming and concerning nationwide. This could have a positive effect on human sexuality because perhaps people could avoid more than one disease by wearing condoms. On the other hand, condoms might become more…

causing sexuality and promiscuity to be cornerstones of Huxley’s carefully constructed society. When we compare Huxley’s world with our own, it gives valuable insight into the direction of this trend. Because of the changes to the family unit and increasing promiscuity, we find a harmful lack of intimacy growing in our society, a development mirrored in A Brave New World. Brave New World portrays a society where the family unit has been eliminated entirely and extremely open sexuality…

The Black Female Body in Venus and Intimate Apparel Being a white female-presenting person lends its own perspective to the race and gender divide in our country. On the one hand, I face oppression every single day simply by virtue of walking down the street and being catcalled; or foolishly attempting to prove that I know something (anything) to a man who does not believe a woman can form her own coherent opinions. On the other, I have no way of truly understanding the effect of racial…

Thinking Sex: Notes for the Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality by Gale Rubin’s is a brilliant essay on the history of sexual persecution. Gale is calling for a “radical theory of sex” to combat the persecution of sexual minorities and to develop a better, and comprehensive understanding of human sexuality. On pages 13-14 she uses diagrams to illustrate the divisions between what is allowed and what is looked at as unfit and near satanic. This graph is called “The Charmed Circle” and…

American woman living in Georgia. Through the course of the novel, Celie develops a multitude of relationships, all of which help her develop into an independent woman. Especially important in her metamorphosis, is the experiences that affect her sexuality and sexual identity. , Celie is continually drawn to female figures throughout the novel, and later bonds and learns…