Sexuality

worry an unwanted pregnancy. Furthermore, Baker in her text makes the argument; that, in current dating practices women have become more assertive and vocal. With these shifting social norms some researchers have argued that the double standard of sexuality has been slowly eroding, but has not entirely disappeared. (Baker,…

Throughout American history, African American women were constructed as inherently sexual and excessively available. At the same time, African Americans sexuality became an icon of eccentric sexuality in general and was highlighted during the nineteenth century. For that reason, threats and myths were constructed about African American men as the black rapist, always lurking and waiting, to descend upon white women. On the other hand, African American woman were not only constructed as a sexual…

Sexuality has been exploited by the advertisers for many years – particularly in merchandising. The trend to use the sex appeal to sell the products first started in 1900s and has kept on increasing. An advertisement may be defined as a message whose main aim is to persuade the potential customers to purchase the products of a particular company. The advertisement can be either printed in the newspapers and magazines, broadcasted through the radio and television or using other means to reach its…

creativity included a newly liberated female population in which films began to present their female characters in sexual ways. The whole period of the Weimar Republic was a time of sexual liberation. My research question for my paper is, how did sexuality during the Weimar Republic effect women? To answer this question I will discuss gender roles, the new women era, cinema, and night life which were aspects that had a huge influence on women at the time. I will lastly discuss the controversy…

Sex, gender and sexuality have been heated and controversial topics in both social science and anthropology. With the development of society, new problems and issues, in conjunction with existent ones, cause confusions in human beings ' ultimate understanding about the topics. This essay aims to explore the reasons and drivers behind two issues related to the topic of sexuality, based on a social science related perspective. The first part of the essay attempts to discuss the concept of social…

the militarization of sexuality and the sexualization of the military.…

Young girls and boys explore their sexuality in different ways. The construction of male and female sexuality is based on different gender roles, division of labour and kinships which in turn, are the constructions of a patriarchal structure. The present study aims to understand the perception of sexuality among college going youth with a view to understand the social, cultural ideological contexts within which they explore and experience sexuality. The study also aims to understand the youth in…

makes her reluctant and so instead of getting help she turns to sexual promiscuity to fulfil the loneliness. This could suggest the attitudes towards homosexuality were wrong, so he was influenced to talk about his sexuality, he said “one cannot exclude the importance influence of sexuality “in an interview when asked if homosexuality influenced his writing. In addition, he portrays a strong sense of regret in Blanche character, this could reflect Williams regret of Rose getting the lobotomy…

Tom’s sexuality in the story from chapter one to chapter twelve appears to be unclear whether he is gay or not. However, looking at the relationship between Dickie and Marge as a couple, and the relationship between Tom and Dickie as friends, one can quickly notice that Tom is making a lot of efforts to get Dickie’s attention not as a friend but as lover, he wants Dickie to be open with his feelings, and hopes that he is also in love with him as well, since Tom hopes this to be a mutual feelings…

The Treatment of Sexuality in The Handmaid’s Tale The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, presents the story of Offred, a handmaid in the oppressive Gilead, a heavily theocratic nation that emerged from the downfall of the United States. This society that Atwood creates, built simultaneously on religious fanaticism and desperation to reproduce due to rapidly declining fertility rates, paints a chilling picture where women are completely at the mercy of men, as well as…