This act says, if someone maliciously cause bodily injury with or without weapons and when the crime is committed because of religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of any human being regardless of interstate commerce it is considered a hate crime even if in that state that crime was not listed in their legislation. In general the development and enforcements of criminal laws is a power held solely by the states. This is…
such as, “The Invention of Marriage”, “Who Needs Love” and “The Hijras: An Alternative Gender in India” all relate and differ to marriage and sexuality with the Ju/’hoansi tribe. In the first article, “The Invention of Marriage” by Stephanie Coontz gives an understanding of what marriage is. Coontz defines marriage as a “social intervention, unique to humans (Coontz, 2005, p.83). Protective or provider theory is what is often used for marriage. This theory suggest that women and infants could…
lives by, the family enjoying church on Sunday mornings, family gatherings and eloquent dinners is an image of beauty, elegance and grace, loyalty, truth and honor. Look through the curtain and see the hidden sexist, racist and fascist society. The sexuality of women is viewed in three distinct ways: the virgin,…
Outlook on Sexuality, Human Nature, & Relationships By: Reyaz Ahmadi December, 13th, 2015 There are many different aspects to human emotions, causing many different attitudes to form toward different things. There is sexuality, human nature, or relationship. Many human beings have many different sexualities, which will determine what relationships they will be in. Everyone goes through different stages in life and experiences many different things. Just…
Human Sexuality PSY312 14 October, 2015 Hypersexuality Should Not be a Mental Disorder in the DSM Hypersexuality is a mysterious topic to researchers. How do you study something that some may take pride in and others may be too ashamed to share? Truly the only way to study hypersexuality is through the lens of other mental disabilities that cause distress to a person’s well being. As such there have been many correlational studies that look at hyper sexuality when in tangent to other…
learned about asexuality in a human sexuality class. For the first time, he felt quiet relief when…
research allows us to closely examine human behavior and derive meaning related to choices and action (Johnson & Waterfield, 2004). When used by healthcare workers, qualitative research can help us to understand the entirety of illness, past the physiology,…
Human Sexuality- Fall 2015- Bruett Kelly Morrin Approach: 1, Source: Lerner, 2003 In a world where female genitalia is almost always mislabeled, there is a hero for the generations that is trying her best to reform society’s view and nomenclature of what is really going on “down there.” “‘V’ is for Vulva, Not Just Vagina,” is a wonderfully written article that grabs the reader’s attention with wit and offers insight about a topic that is not discussed all too frequently. Lerner did a…
differences between sexes, specifically in relation to category specificity. They suggest that the non-specificity of the female sexual arousal response is among the many sex differences suggesting female and male sexuality are not opposite sides of the same coin. The functional roles of sexuality may be so different for females and males that extrapolating from one to the other makes no sense. Sexual arousal is an emotional state instigated by processing of external (visual or tactile) or…
The representation of women in “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue,” “The Miller’s Tale,” and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, shows cultural anxieties, women’s sexuality, and inferior place in society. Each of these women defies society’s expectations of them. They all have sexual desires and have no shame in expressing that, whether it is with their husband or another man. The Wife of Bath is perhaps the most rebellious female character of the three. Medieval society was very different compared to…