Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures

perspectives will be discussed as well as common social contributors to mental illness with in the concept of gender and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender and inter-sexual community (LGBTI). The aim of this essay is discuss and elaborate on the concept of gender and more specifically the LGBTI community in Australia and how mental illness affects according to gender, gender identity and sexuality and how mental illness is a social problem. Implications and limitations of sociological…

Queer theory has been largely developed by three women: Judith Butler, Gayle Rubin and Eve Sedgwick. Each author argues different viewpoints about a person’s gender, identity and sexuality. Their arguments explore the social and political frameworks through which society interprets sexuality and gender. Since the three arguments regard sexuality in society and politics, could their arguments be compatible with the Althusserian Marxist concepts, especially Marxist definition of ideology? Each of…

impact someone’s sexuality you must understand what socio-culture is, and the types of sexuality that are being represented, or in other hands what type of sex is being impacted. Socio-Culture “ is the different groups of people in society, and their habits traditions and beliefs” (Puri 1 1995), it is simply the belief system that makes people who they are and acts as foundation to their morals. When mentioned on what type of “sexuality that is needed to be look upon; gender identity, sexual…

Gender roles and masculinity are social themes that are frequently discussed in our society and apply uniquely to Latin@ culture. ‘Macho’ is simply the Spanish translation of ‘male,’ but it has taken on connotations that relate to having masculine qualities. In the context of Latin America, ‘machismo’ is a term that relates to male sexuality; it is “a concept that dictates many aspects of Latin American male behavior,” (Kobashigawa). Such qualities are performative in that men and women are…

differences which occur in Indonesian society today including LBGT communities. Background The author argues that three circumstances which are usually have historical implication from a country with a diverse cultures: 1. Present discrimination 2. Historical injustice 3. State establishment of culture. Since its establishment, Indonesia has tried to accommodate multiculturalism through its national motto: Bhineka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity). The phrase has been derived from a book named…

learn about gender and sexuality. Sexism is the belief that some people are less human than others on the basis of gender. My knowledge of sexism offers a better setting for me to see that culture and values of a society are developed. My knowledge and education opened my door of opportunity as an individual to understand better men and women’s lives. Education is a part of my past,…

The journal article I found is about gender and sexuality. The article title is “Sex Rules: Emerging Adult’s Perception of Gender’s Impact on Sexuality.” The article’s authors are Megan Maas, Cindy Shearer, Meghan Gillen, and Eva Lefkowitz. This article was taken from a journal named “Sexuality & Culture” published in December 2015. In the article it explains a study done on men and women with a question of if gender impacts their sexuality. The participants’ were mostly young men and women and…

My experiences of identity marginalization motivate my study of racial and sexual minorities. Growing up as a 1.5 generation Korean-American lesbian going back and forth between the white-dominated United States and male-dominated Confucius South Korean society, I struggled with people continuously doubting my abilities and potentials as an individual based on my race, gender, and sexuality. As a sociologist in training, I recognize that the “unfair treatments” I endured as an ethnoracial and…

Culture and science has molded society in such a way that it functions in a heteronormative view. People of different sexualities and gender; bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender, struggle to fit in with everyone. Since bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender people have the same flesh and blood as every human being, does that not make them the same as you and I? I will argue that heteronormativity is a norm that we as human beings should no longer follow and evolve to a more diverse and equal…

Additionally, the gender switch would generate far-reaching effects in terms of relationship, and it is that that will place everyone on equal grounds. In Athletes in the Pool, Girls and Boys on Deck by Michela Musto capture a little bit of what society would look like if everything was classified based on the capacities on an individual. Musto in her article finds that athletes did not associate swimming with gender. When talking about racing swimmers, Cody stated “It doesn’t matter . . . it’s…