Sex

and interprets perceived differences among humans and gives us ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ people” (Shaw & Lee, 116). Typically, one of the most exciting moments during a woman’s pregnancy is when the doctor informs her of the sex of the baby. Immediately after learning the sex of the baby, the woman, her family, and her friends begin…

Bonk and It’s Relation to the Modern World Mary Roach, the author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, has dived into the history and world of sex science. Roach has extensively researched and participated in the progression of learning about the human body. The way scientists look at sex isn’t as black and white as society may see this taboo topic. Roach shows the complexity and range in topics all relating back to how humans get it on, whether it is for reproduction or just for…

Anne Fausto-Sterling in the reading “Dueling Dualisms” does a great job in illustrating the social construction approach experienced in the society today. Fausto-Sterling, believes that sex and gender are both socially constructed and take place in the human’s biology, which then play a role on the persons’ physiological aspects as well (Fausto-Sterling 127). This could be seen in the example Fausto-Sterling incorporates of Maria Patino’s case, where the phenomenal athlete was banned from the…

I don’t know about you but when I go out, the last thing in my mind is, What would happen if I get kidnapped or something along those lines. Nope, I just go on with my day, and seeing unfamiliar faces every day, not caring who they are or what they do. I see cars, and not even once do I think “I wonder what they are up too.” Nope, I just go on with my day, but like all of you. I don’t see what’s really happening, I am unaware of the world in the shadows sometimes. I’m not aware that, the moment…

Transgender and intersexed are not what one thinks of when contemplating about societies overall interpretation of gender definitions. Transgender meaning that one?s gender expression does not match their assigned sex and intersex being person who is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the definition of female or male. The biological body is stereotypically assumed to be a single organically combined natural object. It is very difficult to find good information in…

involving desire for intimacy, love and sex. However, because of different beliefs and experiences, the concepts of desire for intimacy, love and sex are unclear. Many people have different perspectives of these human experiences. Thus, the researcher believes that human beings tend to confuse desire for intimacy, love and sex, conceptually and experientially. To prove this point, the researcher begins with the differences among desire for intimacy, love and sex. Then, he explains the reasons…

Sexual orientation is one of the largest sex differences in humans. While the vast majority of the population is heterosexual, there is a small portion of people that are bisexual and heterosexual, who are attracted to the same sex. According to Freberg (2015), sexual orientation is “a stable pattern of attraction to members of a particular sex (p.344).” In this research paper, I will briefly discuss the biological contributions to sexual orientation. We will first discuss the contributions of…

Goffman, as we are born into a certain sex, not gender. Goffman determines that finding our gender is rather a journey and process that we learn through discovering ourselves and our understandings of what is “appropriate” to us. Furthermore, society limits some of these ideas because it restricts what “rules” are acceptable and also restricts the image of how to perceive the identities and genders of people. However, people have to separate the meanings of sex and gender in order for these…

problem, they were abhorred in society, and in many cases, executed at birth. More so, such executions were not limited to infants, but adults were at risk as well (Adroutsos). Ultimately, throughout all phases of Roman antiquity, the notion of a third sex, such as hermaphrodites, defied…

commonly agreed on that the use of physical force to make someone have sex with you is a clear instance of rape. However, can someone be raped without the use of physical violence? Conly’s approach to rape removes the traditional idea of force playing a key role in constituting rape, but instead focusses on what drove that person to allow sex to happen, despite there being no presence of violence and not wanting to have sex (Conly, 2004, p. 98). Igor Primoratz’s definition of sexual harassment…