Human sexuality

etc. We also learned what sex can be influenced by: psychology, culture, and biology. Psychology mainly refers to our mood and personality. With culture, this refers to our own standards of sexuality, religion, and what media is like in our culture. Lastly, biology refers to our genetics and how as humans sexuality is compared to animals. Most of us are more influenced by one of these than…

universal human sexuality), than one could argue yes. However, the reading also makes an interesting counter argument. That for some within the asexual community, their relationships are not considered queer, or unconventional, but are instead fully in line with the conventional standards of society. My personal take on the questions of queerness within asexuality, is that it is indeed queer as an orientation. As previously stated, by radically challenging the notion of universal human…

based on sex” are those who simultaneously endorse the “right” to abortion, homosexuality, and divorce. The unisex mentality, therefore, is an assault against sex. It denies the existence of unique mother and father roles. It denies the existence of human rights for unborn babies. It denies the existence of the norm of heterosexuality by affirming the life-denying practice of homosexual acts. It denies the existence of divine sanction for marital permanence by its approval of…

homoeroticism by elite males was a response to social reality and that male homoeroticism was, widely, regarded by early Christians mostly in its association with polytheism and idolatry, makes scholars less prone to assumptions which place their own modern sexuality onto a historical people who could have, and often did, recognize sexual acts and orientations very differently than someone from modern times…

relationship seems to be erotic as well as constantly threating and violence. Humans have different degree of sexuality. They seem to react and aroused by certain kind of act in their bodies. Even though sexual preference can change occasionally, but sexual plasticity increase due to different sexual partners and getting to adapt to new partners. Sexual plasticity…

and his relationship to the supporting character Giovanni. Due to a lack of bravery, David develops more shame towards himself and the relationship. Outside of literature, different art forms and their artists take on this struggle of questioning sexuality linked to bravery and shame. In a recent article by Wallace Mack, he compares the song Siegfried, which on the studio album Blonde by Frank Ocean, to Giovanni’s Room. Frank Ocean is a Grammy winning, R&B singer/songwriter…

Depictions of sexuality is a key element that intersect in the format of both Ali, Fear Eats the Soul (1974) and Maedchen in Uniform (1931). While the films are released over 40 years apart, both these films depict sexuality and explore sexual taboos in Germany. Ali, Fear Eats the Soul, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is a tale of interracial love and explores the impact of racism on human relationships. Leontine Sagan’s Maedchen in Uniform contains themes of lesbian relationships and…

temptation and seduction of the Goblins as Laura does. She actively attempts to conquer it. And bravely tampers with economic and sexual spheres. Goblin Market leaves an ambiguous ending which highlights Rossetti’s issues with dominance, gender and sexuality but fails to offer any resolution in relation to the subject of female heroism. “Morning and evening, Maids heard the goblins cry” from the outset of the poem it is evident that the Goblins call can only be heard by women. It appears that…

their agency and teach that female sexuality and desire is simply human sexuality and desire, and while the message has in theory been accepted, in practice there is still much push back. Any woman could attest to the demeaning words coined for women when they are empowered in their bodies and sexuality. Words such as ‘slut, ' ‘whore, ' and ‘bitch’ are even said to women for rejecting male advances. Chris Kraus, in her work, I Love Dick, shows how female sexuality today still causes of…

beginning of time until present day in literary works. While there are many examples of this truth, Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is exceptionally poignant. Kincaid’s careful use of form and character identities work in perfect tandem to convey the truths of human femininity. The first and arguably the most obvious technique that Jamaica Kincaid utilizes in her work is a very specific and unconventional form. The work follows no conventional rules of literature. The work is one continuous sentence…