Sexology

Male and Female Gender Stereotypes: Gender Differences in Sexual Desire 663740197 University of Illinois at Chicago Abstract Sexual desire is one of the most natural and instinctive urges men and female both experience. It is seen to be the main driving force in the human population’s evolution and growth. Males and females are also believed to have different perspectives and driving forces behind their sexual desires. Whereas men are believed to be biologically driven to…

Sexuality is a complex understanding of sexual acts and desires, that fluctuates based on variables such as culture, gender, religion, exposure, and preference. When trying to understand medieval sexuality, it is crucial to keep in mind one lens from modernity. In modern society today, it would be extremely difficult to find two people who felt and believed the exact same way in reference to sexuality. This variation, though influence by different factors, still existed in medieval culture,…

You May Not Even be Helping the Homosexuals Conversion therapy is a therapy method that pressures homosexuals to extreme levels of stress and depression, which ultimately leads to suicide and/or mental disorder. Despite large, credible organizations and doctors, like the American Psychiatric Association, The National Association of Social Workers, the Human Rights Campaign, and many more condemn the use of conversion therapy. Those who exercise conversion therapy have no data to support their…

Biology Has More to Say about Sexuality than People Do The most fundamental question of psychology is whether or not behaviors and characteristics are a result of our genetics or the conditions our body is put in after birth. This nature versus nurture debate is far from being settled and forms the foundation of most behavioral studies. A common behavior studied is homosexuality, defined as, “love, desire, and/or sexual acts between people of the same sex” (Roof). The term homosexuality is…

This essay will posit that in contemporary Western societies a cultural contradiction is apparent. On the one hand there is anxiety surrounding child sexual abuse (CSA) particularly around the concept of ‘the paedophile’. Yet, this concern is situated within a socio-economic and cultural context that simultaneously constructs children as sexually desirable. This essay will argue that these should not be seen as separate issues but rather as interconnected. That is, it is only through seeing…