Sexuality

Human Sexualities is unlike any other class I have ever experienced. It has given me the insight and knowledge about our everyday lives, which now makes sense to me. I have learned about the sexual reproductive system for both men and women, the physiology behind the sexuality, gender roles and scripts, and many more topics of discussion. Therefore, it has also given me the opportunity to learn more about myself. As a child I was not a very sexual person or even very “myself” around the…

Throughout this Sociology of Human Sexuality course, we have discussed many aspects as to how social groups, social norms, culture, and scripting play a role in our sexual behaviors, desires and identities. These factors play a major role in how we think, behave, and interact with others within our social groups and society. Our sexuality and sexual choices are adapted from our surroundings and other external influences such as, race, gender, social class, nationality, and religion. By…

The theme of human sexuality in films by Peter Bogdanovich, Jiri Menzel, Gregg Araki and Gia Coppola display the sense of a perturbed and somewhat disconnected youth in their narratives. The central characters throughout each film face challenges concerning how they display their sexuality. In The Last Picture Show (1971) and Closely Watched Trains (1966) sexuality subtly represents having freedom and gaining respect from others; however, in The Doom Generation (1995) and Palo Alto (2013)…

In a society where vitality, strength and stamina are emphasized and often associated with sexuality, the aging population might feel alienated. It’s not uncommon for the younger individuals to visualize older adults as being sexually inactive and finding it distasteful if the opposite is argued. Said perspective might be encouraged by the media, which depicts sex as something of the young. With the current advances in medicine, the number of elders is increasing and even though their body is…

fundamental beliefs that relate to their perceived perspectives of their own male and female youths. That they should fear the sexuality of their young women and the fear of violence of their young men. And the United States is no different in its perception of the sexuality of Latinas and the possible violence of young men of color. In regards to the broad concept of human sexuality, many societies…

What is the significance of Hamlet’s Focus on Female Sexuality? The play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, written in 1599 repeatedly brings up female sexuality. The emphasis on female sexuality has a lot to do with the time period and gender stereotypes in the time, some that are still vivid in the twenty first century. “Hamlet” was written in the early modern English era, a time in which a female’s chastity was held as her “primary virtue”. (Gibson 2) During the year 1955 the…

Sexuality is central to travesti self-perception. In his interviews with travestis, Kulick (1998) found that an attraction to men is recurrently attributed as a leading cause of becoming a travesti (Kulick, 1998:96). Thus, travesti subjectivity in Brazil is based on two crucial sexual narratives: the first narrative consists of feeling like a woman due to a sexual attraction to men, and the second narrative resists sex change due to sexual attraction by men. Transgender individuals, for example,…

Attending the world's largest erotic art museum has encouraged me to view sexuality with a more opened minded perception. Sexuality is very diverse for instance, in the way sexual acts are performed and carried out. Historically, individuals are biologically and genetically programmed to seek out sexual behaviors with others. Either for means of reproduction or their personal pleasure, but one thing is very evident, and that is that sex is pleasurable and enjoyable for most. However, cultural…

Anastasia’s Sexuality Plan For this sexuality plan, I decided to use Anastasia Steele from the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy as my fictional character. I used my knowledge of the books and our lecture notes to map out her sexuality plan. Ethics Anastasia is not particularly religious. She was raised by loving parents, but her mother had divorced and remarried several times. Anastasia is very kind-hearted and often puts friends and family before her own needs. She does not partake in any…

summer of 2010 and because of its popular demand it has survived for 4 years. There are many sub-controversial factors that go along with this television series that may or may not be as apparent. However, for the sake of this class I will cover the sexuality in Scandal. Olivia Pope is the protagonist of Scandal and she is madly in love with the President, Fitzgerald Grant, but this sexy affair has to be kept out of the eye of the public. A Republican President having an affair with a Black…