Men who have sex with men

different authors have taken on this idea with different backgrounds, in different time periods and genres, which make these societies hard to fully dictate whether or not a person would like to live in one. One story that describes a society without males was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman during the era of first wave feminism. Her story, entitled Herland, depicts three men who stumble across an all-female society, who are invited to speak to the women who have not seen men in two…

domestic roles which they must accept. The “Colonies”, an area that supports limited life, and group hangings exist as scare tactics to suppress any rebellion amongst the handmaids and in the household. This society is believed to be perfect by those who created it; however, human nature compels individuals to rebel against an authoritarian government. The operation of a secret nightclub showcases the rebellion within. The club operates as an escape from the household for the Commanders and an…

A) Gayle Rubin’s “sex hierarchy: the charmed circle vs. the outer limits” is a chart that displays society’s view on what is correct and incorrect sexual practice. The inner part of the circle is what is seen as “normal” sex while the outer circle is deemed “abnormal” or bad sex. The inner and outer circle categories are polar opposites of one another treating sexuality in black and white terms that states that there is only one proper way to have sex. This approved form of sex takes form as a…

inequality, roles and stereotypes, I have a very different position than I had at the beginning of the semester. To start, I recognized the existence sex stereotypes, or the beliefs about what qualities an individual should possess based on their sex, but I had no idea how damaging and defining they were. The constricting spheres that sex stereotypes create, also create sets of “behaviors socially defined as appropriate for one’s sex”, or gender roles (Lips, 2008, p. 70). Men and women feel…

The last portion of our in class discussions and readings in Phil 235 this semester have been on Sexism. I think it is extremely interesting and not only that, but important to talk about. It seems that today, more than ever, sexism is being brought up on almost a daily basis. Maybe it’s because I’m reaching that age where individuals can really start to think for themselves and see the problems in everyday society. Or maybe discussion on Sexism has been around since the beginning of time. I…

Introduction Are college students ready for sex? The responsibilities? Do the higher education institutions expect college students to know if theirs sexual behavior is appropriate and not appropriate? The qualitative research about college student’s sexual behavior in the 21st century. The researcher explains the changes in college student’s sexual behavior base off society norm. The gender roles have change from traditional male and female, which society dictated. In fact, women…

Same-sex marriage is one of the most controversial yet sensitive topics that have been discussed around the world. Politicians often hold debates on this subject trying to decide whether it should be legal for same sexes to be married. It is often viewed as being wrong by religious people because marriage is portrayed as a woman and man uniting, not woman to woman or man to man. Although there are many people say that banning same-sex marriage is an act of discrimination against homosexual…

bees do it, and so have we since before time even existed. But how much has the act of sex really changed through time and even in the past decades? Do we express it more? Do we express it less? And who are we expressing it with? As we begin to progress as a society in todays day in age, sex is becoming more a part of our culture and a part of our daily choices. The act of sex is becoming more open to talk about and more open to act upon no matter how you identify yourself and who you associate…

Both sex and gender have a massive impact on the way in which one behaves, how one is perceived, and even how one is viewed by others. The terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ are closely linked, yet they are not synonyms. Looking at both sex and gender is not something people really take to consider the difference between the two. “Aren’t there just men and women? What is the difference between gender and sex?” In today’s society the terms sex and gender has two separate connotative meanings, sex being the…

Solnit’s book, Men Explain Things to Me, is atypical of others in that it is made up of various essays in which Solnit addresses different areas of feminist thought regarding womens’ oppression. Though the entirety of Solnit’s work in Men Explain Things to Me could be analyzed in terms of theorist Bell Hook’s ideas in the “Feminist Masculinity” chapter of her analytical work, Feminism is for Everybody, this essay will serve to examine only the overarching idea presented in the “Men Explain…