Men who have sex with men

Gonorrhea and syphilis are on the rise in the U.S., mostly in men who have sex with men (MSM), a trend the government said is linked to inadequate testing among people stymied by homophobia and limited access to health care. The rate of new gonorrhea cases rose 4 percent in 2012 from the year before, while syphilis jumped 11 percent, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today in a report. Rates for chlamydia, the most common of the bacterial sexually transmitted diseases,…

since the beginning of civilization. There have been a different institutions that have shaped what it means to be masculine throughout history. Patriarchy is a system that men hold the power and women are excluded. Masculinity has been associated with aggressiveness and power. This supports how men around the world are the dominant group in political and economic institutions. There is an idea that shaped masculinity and its called patriarchy. For men to personally define what it means…

what it means to be “male” or “female” have shifted drastically over time, as illustrated by the drastic shifts countries that champion equality have recently made. Hunter-gatherer society is no longer the norm, and women are no longer expected to remain at home while men work. Adding to the discussion, Psychology in Everyday Life’s fourth chapter discusses human gender and sexuality. To start, the chapter begins by stating that cultural ideas about gender have changed over time. A story is…

In contemporary society, sexual relations are significantly marked by a powerful double standard, in which only women’s sexual behaviors are policed and disciplined. More specifically, a girl who wears a mini dress and high heels on campus, has several casual sex experiences, and likes expressing her love by kissing and hugging in the public is labeled as a “slut” or a “whore.” However, if a boy enacting the same sexual behaviors may earn positive sexual reputations as a “player.” Derek Kreager…

example some gay men can have masculine or feminine traits. So just because you are a gay man does not mean that you have to act feminine and the same goes for women. Just because a woman is a lesbian does not mean that acts more masculine. I feel that the concepts of sexual identities, biology and desire can be quite complicated because you can be biologically born one sex and be attracted either to the opposite sex or like the same sex or like both sexes. Or you can be born one sex and…

virginity because it does not exist. Virginity is a title that men gave to young women in order to control them. So much pressure is put on young women to not be sexually promiscuous and to stay moral and pure. Women are not praised for their intelligence, independence, or achievements, instead they are praised for doing absolutely nothing and staying pure and morally correct. This huge emphasis on virginity goes all the way back to the time where men would give their daughters away and if they…

century. Miscegenation is interracial sex, and is something that was very common in America during the era of slavery, and was still prevalent after the civil war that freed slaves, due the belief that people of color were considered property. Many white men (predominately in the south) still had beliefs that they could do as they pleased with the bodies of African American women during the 19th century. During this era, many Caucasian men had interracial sex with newly freed African American…

While women have fought tirelessly to be treated as equal to men, the oppression of women persists because women’s sexuality continues to be emphasized by society more than other attributes and characteristics. Patriarchy not only has men at the forefront of political and religious decisions, but also it allows men to control social and cultural institutions. This results in misplaced authority over women, their bodies, and how they are perceived by society. Men and boys believe they should be…

social milieu as both men and women actively pursue sex as they please. Nevertheless, gendered values in the earlier century significantly shaped how men and women viewed female sexuality. While illustrating males who strongly objectify and sexualize women, La Ronde nonetheless plays with the irony of masculine possessiveness plus the rise of women’s active sexual encounters for the purposes of improving their power and experiencing love. Despite numerous sex partners, men generally perceive…

has been debated for many years. The question may be answered depending on when you were born and what the culture of friendship and dating were at the time. There have been many studies linked to friendship, including opposite-sex and same-sex friendship as described in the article, by April L. Bleske and David M. Buss, titled: Can men and women be just friends? This article discusses the methodology of two studies performed to test evolution-based hypotheses and their outcomes. Friendships…