Sexuality

Certainly, limitless people believe that the Creator gave human’s sexuality as an incredible gift, bestowing a desire for love that longs for intimate closeness and sexual contact; nevertheless, this assumption stops short in a great number of Biblical circles, due to some theologians surmising that sex is ‘only for reproduction.’ Conclusively, if the eroticism that can occur for procreation automatically vanishes after conception, then this presumption would be definitely factual. Yet, this…

increasingly pervasive presence of sexuality in one form or another prevalent all over popular culture and particularly advertising today. This practice, and the central importance sexuality has been given in everyday expressions of popular culture, has become quite embedded in the public life, and is having some important effects on the social development of people, especially young people. This paper will explore the current state of the depictions of sexuality and eroticism in the modern-day…

Culturally Competent Approaches to Human Sexuality My mother is white and Mexican. When she became pregnant with me, her parents disowned her. Reason being is because my mother was sexual involved with my father, who was black. My grandparents did not approve. Of course, when I was born my grandparents loved me. As I go older, around 10 years old, I remember noticing my skin color for the for the first time; children at school began to make fun of me because my skin color was not the same as my…

Introduction Ideas about sexuality and what is considered “normal” sexuality is ever-changing in our society. There has always been a back and forth about the criteria that differentiates between “normal” and “deviant” sexuality. The media has the most power when it comes to changing the ideas about sexuality. It is used by millions of people all around the world, and the constant advancement of new technologies makes the media easily accessible. Due to this, the media has the power to change…

The Christian vision of sexuality is a debatable in the 21st century, especially with the influence of popular media and contemporary ideas. Christians believe that sexual activity should be reserved solely for married couples and for procreation purposes. Sex and marriage has a divine origin and was God’s idea. Sexuality is part to the relationship between a man and wife that involved God joining them together. It is the ultimate expression of deepening intimacy which comes with sexual pleasure…

Sexuality and Aging Jamalih Phillips Human Sexuality July 19, 2015 There is a culture-bias in today’s society, with culture telling society that sex isn’t something that older adults should be thinking of. Instead sexuality has become associated with youthful looks and vitality. More and more people tend to think that as a person ages they look and become less desirable as a sexual being. There are some older adults that may buy into this stereotype and think that they are not supposed…

Sandra Cisneros’ novella The House on Mango Street the main character Esperanza begins to learn about sexuality through her transition from childhood to adolescence. Through the first vignettes of the novella Esperanza has shown innocence in not recognising the effect that sexuality can provide. However as Esperanza is growing up and maturing she begins to find out what kind of impact sexuality has. In the vignette “The Family of Little Feet” Esperanza and her friends find some new shoes and…

‘Sexuality is culturally constructed '. Explain and discuss this statement with reference to studies which explore sexuality in different parts of the world? In this essay I will assess the various cultural views, values, and treatments of sexuality, as well as the power relations connected to them. I will weigh the amount of research done on men against the amount of research done on women and try to explain this difference, in addition to exposing the liberties men are given in expressing…

Gender and Sexuality from the Medieval to the 19th Century Throughout written history there have been a set of rules about typically anything one can fathom, from style of dress to the way one could worship, from who could own land to how a certain person could wear their hair. It is no surprise that these rules, enforced by society through social and judicial means, extended themselves into the subject of sexuality even if the terminology was different during the period. We get concepts of…

Exploring how sexuality is depicted in some of Picasso’s paintings is an intriguing process that entails a close consideration of Picasso’s biography in order to assess the extent to which such a phenomenon or concept figures in the artist’s painting. The process of assessment is believed to require consideration of some of Picasso’s paintings such as that of Les Demoiselles D’avignon in order to determine whether Picasso’s perception of women is affected by certain life experiences that he…