Sexualization

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. -Wilhelm Reich Sex and the civil rights that surround it are a hot topic in our nation, especially on college campuses. Whether it’s a conversation between two students or a school campaign on sexual education, the topic is always in the air. In a social setting, the conversation is normally dominated by a male, boasting about one of his bedroom engagements and how “good” or “bad” it was for him. Yet, one rarely hears how…

makes them more prone and targeted by predatory offenders. Finkelhor and Browne’s model looked at four major trauma causing factors which were applied to assist in the understanding of re-victimization. These factors examined were: 1. Traumatic Sexualization, 2. Betrayal, 3. Powerlessness and 4.…

formed because of school dress codes because it pushes an idea that a female body is too sexual before a young female can fully understand what it truly means to be sexualized. The ideas of “boys will be boys” being okay when they refer to the sexualization of girls is rape culture and should not be permitted by superiors at school, a place where student should feel safe (Bates). A reworked dress code that allows for the self-expression of a student, will not deteriorate their self worth, and…

in that petition she shared her views on the issue; one of her comments stated “[The current school dress code policy] presumes that female students are considered a distraction and therefore it 's a female 's actions that must be policed” The sexualization of a teenage girl 's body is not her problem, it is the problem of those who choose to sexualize a 17-year-old 's body. You should not be teaching young girls that their bodies are inherently sexual or inappropriate. (Melby).…

The word “revolution” has several meanings: It can indicate a deliberate opposition against an existing state of affairs (similar to the English Revolution), or it can denote an unforeseen era of social metamorphosis (much like the Industrial Revolution). A majority of people agree today that the “Sexual Revolution” in the United States reflects a comparatively discontinuous time period during the 1960s and 1970s, where cardinal changes towards sexual attitudes and behaviors are depicted at the…

sexuality considered deviant” (Espiniera 326). This is what we see in Caitlyn Jenner and her cover of Vanity Fair, and the challenge that the media faces. Can the media portray transgender people as they are and still sell their stories, or is the sexualization of women of any background an inevitable…

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; Analysis. Slavery thrived in America, especially the south in the 19th Century. The slaves were highly demonized based on their skin color, as well as discrimination based on their gender, and they were denied their rights as people. The slave masters refused to acknowledge that these were people. Slaves were treated as property. However, the female slave faced harsher conditions compared to her male counterpart, as manuscripts detailing the slavery…

publicity allows it to then be imitated by millions of fans and followers. Winston Churchill once said, “The price of greatness is responsibility” (Churchill 1942). The Kardashian have abused this responsibility and abused their power to promote sexualization for their own personal and monetary gain. As if changing the physical altercation of beauty wasn’t enough, the Kardashians have used their limelight to change the inner and sacred beauty of women. As if getting famous, or in this case…

With roughly 7 billion people inhabiting our planet, it should not be a shock that there are many hungry infants looking to be fed at the exact moment someone decides to head into the city for lunch or a shopping trip. Breastfeeding in public is a hot topic on the should you or should you not scale, and many are in favor for it not being allowed. Choosing to ignore the advantages it can give to a child, quite a few see public feeding to be wrong and distracting and ask for women to not do it.…

March 9, 1959 was the Barbie Doll debut, and since then she has become one of the largest cultural icons for women that America has ever seen (History). The fashion doll was in the hands of a great deal of young girls, and Barbie was a part of their lives—she soon their idol. Although, with the idolization of Barbie came “fixed gender roles, heterosexual norms and consumerist values to which women must strive” (Toffoletti). The effects of Barbie on women’s culture lasts longer than just…