Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures

A Muslim, sometimes spelled Moslem, relates to a person who follows the religion of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Quran. Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Like Christianity, Islam teaches that there is one God in the universe, giving Muslims a monotheistic worldview. And Muslims believe that Muhammad was a prophet and Christians don't. Both faiths also believe in an afterlife, although the makeup of…

Caitlyn Jenner and the Trans-Gender Community Transgender is a topic that is seen as controversial to many, while being inspirational to others. Transgender can be defined as “people whose gender identity is different from the biological sex assigned to them at birth” (possibly find exact quote) (Human Rights Campaign). Bruce Jenner, known for his former marriage to reality star Kris Jenner, and Olympic success, made headlines in 2015 with his decision to transition into a woman. Through his…

Sexual Identity as a Minority In our society, sexuality is a sensitive topic discussed. There are different opinions on how a person should define themselves as heterosexual or homosexual. Many people will use the term of “born this way” in order to validate who they are, especially in circumstances including being lesbian or gay. In pop culture, there are television shows and music videos which would express the term, “born this way”. Not only in shows and music but also in the LGBTQ community,…

the development of person’s identity. Some people think that parents have no control over their kids, and that they have nothing to do with how their kids identify themselves. Others know that parents are a huge part of a person’s identity development, but they don’t know exactly how they make the impact. The truth is that there are multiple factors that shape up a person’s identity. One of the biggest one’s being their parents. The impact of parents on a person’s identity can come from simple…

on the emergence of a disjunctive identity. Mainly, how identities of national, cultural, and social sources ascribe the body as a disjunctive presence. Philip Osment’s This Island’s Mine (1988) illustrates the embodiment of such forces. The play extends the theme of colonialism to the advent of postcolonial discourses. Postcolonialism, succinctly, refers to the lingering effect of pernicious ideologies affecting conventions of masculinity and femininity, culture and history, and the body and…

Wrongs of Gender Roles The film But I’m A Cheerleader. Directed by Jamie Babbit, focuses on a teenage girl who was sent to a conversion therapy camp because her parents and friends suspected that she was a lesbian. Once Meagan participates in the program, she embraced that she was a homosexual. The film sheds light on the wrong of gender roles by the participation in gender identity classes, the portrayal that sexuality was chose based on an event that happened, and explanations of how roles are…

The most defining characteristics of modern sexuality are elasticity and fluidity. The walls of binary genders and heteronormativity are beginning to break down, and with that, people are continuing to embrace their own personal definition of sexuality. More importantly, people are able to outwardly express their sexuality. This shift is also beginning to do away with the societal norms that kept people in their respective sexual boxes all throughout history. Previously, people were categorized…

Organizations on Gender, Sexuality and Race The effects of cultural traditions and institutions have had notable effects and influences in determining various ideologies of gender and sexuality within societies. Authors have explored the theology of the various origins of these elements within in society and how they lead to discrimination and isolation. Through the analysis of the concepts of intimacy, authors reanalyze social structures that formed concepts of gender and sexuality in…

it was not until the 1700s that bawd was strictly feminine and no longer applied to both sexes as it was in previous centuries. The etymology of the word bawd is uncertain; there is no outright connection to anything that denotes promiscuity or sexuality, however, there is a possibility the word is a French abbreviation. The lack of certainty of the origin of the word bawd provides the word with greater contextual malleability,…

Alexis Tandazo (212196184) Emily Colpitts SXSXT 1600 7 December 2015 Research Question Sexuality is often defined as the way an individual identifies their sexual orientation, desires and with whom. However, human sexuality does not tend to fall into neat categories, as heterosexual and homosexual are not the only labels used to describe sexual orientation. Many philosophers have developed theories to further explain reasons that suggest heterosexual behavior as well as anything other…