Strict Dress Code Rules Aimed At Women

In How Dress Codes Shame Girls and Perpetuate Rape Culture a student quotes her school’s reasoning for their strict dress code: “ There are male teachers and male sixth formers [high school seniors] Teachers feel uncomfortable around bras etc. Don’t want the boys to target you or intimidate you.” Throughout history, dress codes have been required in most schools. These dress codes aim to have a focus of appropriate attire that does not bring any distractions into a student’s learning environment during their focused time of learning. However, recently researchers are pointing out that strict dress code regulations aimed at females can be leading to the sexualization of young school girls. According to the American Psychological Association sexualization is when: “-a person’s value comes only from his or her sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics; a person is held to a standard that equates physical attractiveness (narrowly defined) with being sexy; a person is sexually objectified—that is, made into a thing for others’ sexual use, rather than seen as a person with the capacity for independent action and decision making; and/or ︎ sexuality is inappropriately imposed upon a person.

Through dress codes, young women are learning that their bodies are something to hide and be ashamed of, leading to sexualization and self-objectification. Although the intentions may be pure, pointed dress codes in the American school system today are bringing about sexualization and self-objectification in young women, leading to lower self-esteem and more anxiety, impacting their mental and emotional health. By revamping school dress codes to be less pointed at young women’s sexuality, the mental and emotional health of young women can be improved. Mandy Weidenheft Page !2 The current generation of young women is being told by their school system that they can achieve anything, while also being told that their bodies are a hinderance and a distraction to those around them, specifically young men.

This simultaneously empowering and derogatory message can confuse young women, and lead to unhealthy consequences. In Objectification Theory and Psychology of Women: A Decade of Advances and Future Directions it is detailed that sexual objectification experiences lead to self-objectification, which can lead to greater body shame and greater anxiety, increasing the chances of eating disorders and depression developing in young women. Additionally, in “Predicting Objectification: Do Provocative Clothing and Observer Characteristics Matter?” the authors described that objectification can lead to more focus on physical aspects of a person like their weight and attractiveness, at the expense of psychological characteristics such as intelligence or conscientiousness.

School-aged young girls are ages 5-18, and are spending 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in school communities. During their time in school, they are learning invaluable knowledge about mathematics, language, and art. Simultaneously during this time, young women are subconsciously learning that their bodies are hindering the education of young men around them. This contradiction can lead to confusion and impact a young woman’s self-esteem. “On the one hand, girls are taught to be strong and competitive, to exemplify ‘girl power,’ and to achieve at exceptional educational and professional levels. On the other hand, contemporary adolescents are bombarded with cultural messages that portray girls and women according to limiting sexual stereotypes. Further, they are socialized to believe Mandy Weidenheft Page !3 that their power and worth are primarily based upon their sexual appeal.”

As Time Magazine so boldly states: “Some of our most powerful and lasting ideas about the world around us are learned at school. Hard work pays off. Success comes from working together. Girls’ bodies are dangerous and harassment is inevitable.” The young women are growing up and learning how to become leaders, innovators, women who will change the world. If these young women are also being told during this formative time that their value is in their body, this impacts how these young women will walk boldly into the world, and this message will shape the next generation of CEO’s, mothers, doctors, and business owners. Mandy Weidenheft Page !4 Dr. Maddy Coy points out in Milkshakes, Lady Lumps and Growing Up to Want Boobies: How the Sexualisation of Popular Culture Limits Girls’ Horizons, “Sexualization narrows girls ‘space for action’, their aspirations and achievements by re-defining femininity and beauty as of most importance” Telling young ladies that their value comes from their bodies leads to anxiety, depression, and eating disorders all across the next generation of women.

However, when a young woman is taught that her mind is the most important part of her body, she can walk boldly and confidently into the world, know her mind matters more than how curvy she is. This mindset of confidence needs to be enforced daily, but most especially where young women spend a great portion of time in their formative years: their schools. Young women deserve to have a learning environment that is focused purely on learning, not one where they are called out of class and sent home due to their clothing. If a young lady is more concerned about if her lack of a bra will get her sent home than getting an education, the focus of the school in question has shifted. Of course, every school does need to have guidelines about what is appropriate, as a student cannot simply show up to school wearing nothing.

However, school dress code policies can be adjusted to make a school environment one that is focused purely on the best learning environment for all students. An adjusted dress code policy would focus on both genders, not just females, propels this. If schools are continually pushing a dress code that subconsciously propels the sexualization of the young women under it, the “consequences of sexualization are multifaceted and occur at the individual, interpersonal, and societal levels.” Mandy Weidenheft Page !5 Naturally, every bold statement will have an opposition. Those who oppose this statement will likely agree with the school dress code policy quoted at the beginning of the article-that young women are responsible for controlling male’s urges.

That young women are responsible for making sure those around them are comfortable and unaroused in their learning environment. However, when the statement that a man’s learning environment is more important than a woman’s, the American school system jumps backwards decades. Additionally, when womenfeel it is their responsibility to keep men from sexualizing them, we propel the idea that women are natural caretakers, and must take care of everyone else before taking care of themselves. This inappropriate sexualization also can build the negative ideas of rape culture that tell a woman it is her responsibility to keep herself from being raped rather than a man’s responsibility to not rape her. Through empowering young women in their dress codes rather than sexualizing them, the next generation of American women becomes a stronger and bolder group that will continue to empower the women around them, building the nation up, one female at a time.

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The Portrayal of Sexuality in Tennessee Williams’ Play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire

When an individual stands up to leave the theater after seeing a play such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or A Streetcar Named Desire, it is difficult to remember that there was once a time in American theatre when the revealing of a woman’s bare foot proved entirely scandalous. What was considered the dramatization of sexuality in the eighteenth century is entirely tame and bland in comparison to the plays of the mid-twentieth century. Among these pioneering playwrights was Tennessee Williams, among whose works include modern classics of American theater.

Two of his most recognizable works, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire are known for their cinematic adaptations and more importantly, the clear and constant presence of sexuality on both stage and screen. While sexuality is the less prominent subject in one than in the other, both show a change in the portrayals of usually muted kinds of sexual behavior, with carnal desire, homosexuality, bestiality, and sadomasochism at the forefront.1 Both plays feature a definitive opening scene that readies the audience for the sexual subjects about to be conveyed onstage.

In Cat, Maggie is shown within the first moments slipping out of her dress and speaking normally, as though the audience is receiving an even more intimate glimpse into her normal life (883). Going even further is the introduction of her husband, who we’ll learn is known for his good looks, on stage wearing only a towel and a leg cast (884). The fact that this entire play is mostly set in the bedroom of Big Daddy’s manor only continues the notion that the play will feature sexuality as a major part of the theatrical experience. Streetcar does the same thing, only 1 Note: In this essay, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will be referred to as Cat and A Streetcar Named Desire will be referred to as Streetcar. As the referred quotes and actions come from the same collection by the same author, only page numbers will be used in the in-text citations. in a seemingly subtle, yet actually more pronounced way.

The first sound of the audience hears when the curtain opens is the “Blue Piano”, which “expresses the life which goes on here” (469). Taking place in New Orleans, it is obvious that the type of music being played is jazz, a distinctively sensual type of music. Moreover, the musicality of jazz doesn’t imply lovemaking: it conveys dangerous and extremely arousing sexuality, thus foreshadowing the nature of Streetcar as a whole. Williams uses the opening scenes of both of his plays to highlight the sexual underpinnings in each works’ subject. Cat is different from other types of sexual dramatizations because it is constantly being denied and ignored.

Brick’s sexual abstinence and rejection of his wife is proof of this, as is his denial of homosexual identity or desire for his deceased friend, Skipper. It could be argued that Gooper’s “breeder” family is proof that sexuality is not entirely ignored, but the truth is that nobody, not even his family, likes Gooper, and his role is of little interest to the audience in comparison to Brick and Maggie’s childless relationship. What is so remarkable about Cat is that by denying the erotic, it becomes more pronounced to the audience and reader, who can feel their own sensual expectations of the play denied over and over again. It is in this way that sexuality is dramatized internally and more subtly in comparison to the overt-physicality of Streetcar. The driving force behind the portrayal of sexual desire in Cat stems immediately from Act I. The revealing entrances of Maggie and Brick characterize them both as objects of sexual desire by the audience themselves, and it is their hope to see them have sex onstage that drives the first act. The clear problem is that although Maggie wants to make this come true for the audience, Brick makes in painfully clear that he doesn’t want her body at all.

For example, when confronting him over the way he was looking at her in the mirror, Brick bluntly insists the truth, that he, “wasn’t conscious of lookin’ at [Maggie]” and that, “[he] don’t remember thinking of anything” (890). Maggie’s sexual need of a man who doesn’t desire her is captivatingly masochistic, while it also destroys the preconceptions of male and female sexuality seen previously in American theatre. Maggie’s erotic needs are shown to begin crippling her and slowly breaking her down, suggesting an entirely new and frightening concept to an American audience.

First, an exampling of growing paralysis is how she is shown changing her clothes in Act I, symbolizing her growing restlessness and dissatisfaction. She is denied her fertility, something that the audience cannot understand due to their natural captivation by her character. Fertility, the pinnacle of American existence and considered the natural result of marriage, is threatened by the relationship between Maggie and Brick, particularly in his denial of her body. The audience expects them to resolve their issues by the end, but in the original version, the conflict is left unresolved and fertility is still something to be questioned.

To an American audience, this is perhaps one of the most dangerous things sexuality can lead to, as it implies the endangerment of their own future as well as that of the characters’. Though not the main theme of the play, homosexuality is a very important part of the characterizations and actions within Cat as a whole. Brick’s desire for his friend Skipper and devastation over his death is what cripples him, somewhat paralleling the denial of physical love that Maggie is experiencing simultaneously. Brick’s frustration over his desires and his guilt is symbolized through the cast on his leg as well as his abuse of alcohol. The cast clearly represents the castration of manhood that Brick would most certainly experience should he admit to himself his homosexual desires for Skipper. Desire has crippled him physically, as opposed to the inward crippling that Maggie experiences. Brick is a broken man purposefully driving himself to the brink of utter gets the proof that her virtuous pretense is a lie.

Williams does not address this kind of sexuality directly at first, using this scene instead as a tool to dramatize Blanche’s past and her carnal lust, as well as the debauchery of its nature. An animalistic sexuality is embodied entirely by the character of Stanley, whose commanding stage presence is a driving force behind much of the play’s action. Upon first sight of him, Stanley is shown carrying, “his bowling jacket and a red-stained package from a butcher’s” (470). His physical description comes later after Blanche has arrived, demonstrating that the first thing the audience needs to know about him is that above all other things, Stanley is an animal at his core.

In his description, Williams again mentions this fact about him, saying in a stage description, “Animal joy in his being is implicit in all his movements and attitudes” (481). As a large part of his presence draws from his sexuality, it is implied that to lust after him is easily comparable to lusting after an animal itself, thus suggesting the perilous topic of bestiality. Sadomasochism is another highly implied aspect of Stanley’s relationships with women. In his description in the stage directions, Williams admits to this, stating, “He sizes women up at a glance, with sexual classifications, crude images flashing into his mind and determining the way he smiles at them” (481). The audience knows from his violent behavior that he doesn’t mean to simply take a woman to bed; he means to push her to the edge and then “fuck” her until he is completely satisfied.

His relationship with Stella proves that this is something she finds endearing and attractive about him. In the play’s most famous scene, Stanley calls Stella’s name with “heaven-splitting violence” after an aggressive domestic dispute between them. In tune with their cycle of violence before sex, the two, “…stare at each other. Then they come together with low, animal moans. He falls to his knees on the steps and presses his face to her belling…her eyes go Stella is that Blanche’s is derived from the need for power, while Stella’s is the product of unconventional yet passionate and true love.

Blanche is completely destroyed afterwards, showing that she has been broken by the society that she cannot understand because of her upbringing. A new social order arrived with the influx of immigrants, represented by Stanley, and with it came a complete change in American culture that Blanche’s upbringing could never have prepared her for. Williams uses sexuality to indicate a major change in American social order, represented by Stanley’s immigrant victory over Blanche’s southern gentility. Sexuality is portrayed in two different ways through these two plays: in one it is desperately trying to be ignored while in the other it is continually overbearing. In both, different types of sexuality uncommon in American theater are brought up in order to leave the audience questioning how they are a part of American society in general. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof begs the audience to reflect upon the way homosexuality is discussed and portrayed in American society.

A Streetcar Named Desire uses a clashing of different types of eroticism to imply a battle between new social orders. In both, it is the build up to these revelations of each play’s true meaning that gives each piece different kinds of energy. These hidden meanings and suggestions underlying each play suggest new kinds of sexual behavior that in turn are used to question American society as a whole. Astoundingly, when either of these plays is adapted today, the audience is still asked to consider the same questions that were posed to a clearly different society in the mid-20th century. Perhaps it is the fact that we continue to reflect upon Williams’ social commentaries through sexuality in the present day that makes the plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire as legendary as they are in the history of American theater.

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Necrophilia Cases

Sex according to many or may I say, majority, is the highest enjoyment in the planet. But the unsatisfying nature of sex leads to the uninterrupted series of encounters. Sex with same sex was recognized, adult sexually attracted to children or pedophilia, and zoophilia – the practice of sex between humans and animals. Necrophilia is a psychiatric expression for a pathological sexual attraction to corpses. It is a very rare and unwell understood phenomenon.

Legends with necrophilia themes are common throughout history and the concept of sexual interference with the dead has been known and abhorred since the ancient Egyptians, as noted by Herodotus (484 BCE -425 BC approx): “When the wife of a distinguished man dies, or any woman who happens to be beautiful or well known, her body is not given to the embalmers immediately, but only after the lapse of three or four days. This is a precautionary measure to prevent the embalmers from violating her corpse, a thing which is actually said to have happened in the case of a woman who had just died. (de Selincourt, translation, 1972, p. 161) In Psychopathia Sexualis, in 1894, the original work of Richard Von Kraft-Ebing, one of the first psychiatric writers called necrophilia a horrible manifestation of sadism. Abraham A. Brill published the first comprehensive study of the subject in 1941, characterizednecrophiles as mentally deficient, psychotic, and incapable of obtaining a consent partner. Necrophilia has been linked with cannibalism and vampirism as all are considered perversions.

In the British Journal of Psychiatry in 1978 by Neville Lancaster, reported a case of a 23 year old student of music at teacher’s training college in England. The student was convicted of the murder of a young woman and was sentenced for life imprisonment. He admitted that he had broken into mortuary and had sexual contacts with female corpses on different occasions prior to the murder. The student was evaluated with an IQ test and found no evidence of mental illness and had a normal romantic relationship with a music teacher.

The authorities found out that he was a necrophile, who desired to have sex with corpses, therefore decided to kill female victims and engage sex with a fresh dead cadaver. In 1989, two dedicated psychiatrist, Jonathan Rosman and Phillip Resnick review 122 cases demonstrating necrophilic acts or fantasies. Both distinguish true necrophilia and pseudo-necrophilia from the different cases. They classified true necrophilia into three types:necrophilic homicide – murder to obtain a orpse for sexual pleasure: regular necrophilia – the use of already dead corpse for sex: necrophilic fantasy – just fantasizing sexual activities with a cadaver without carrying out any necrophilia. The pseudo-necrophilia has a transient attraction to a corpse but the corpse is not the center of the sexual desire. According to Rosman and Resnick, neither psychosis, mental retardation, sadism appears to be inherent in necrophilia. The best motive for necrophilia is in possession of a not-rejecting and unresisting partner. Necrophiles choose occupation with access to corpses.

Many psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers psychoanalytical explanation for necrophilia and both Rosman and Resnick developed an empirical model to get a rich understanding of how psychodynamic events could lead to necrophilia: (1) The necrophile develops poor self-esteem, due in part to a significant loss;(a) He (usually male) is very fearful of rejection by women so desires a sex object who cannot refuse him; and/or (b) He is fearful of the dead, transforms his fear – by means of reaction formation – into a desire for the dead: (2) He develops an exciting fantasy of sex with corpse, sometimes after exposure to cadaver.

Extreme Cases of Necrophilia Ted Bundy, an American serial killer, killed numerous young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978, he eventually confessed to 30 murders total victims unknown. Bundy would bludgeon his victims, strangle and engage in rape and necrophilia. Edmund Kemper – The Coed Killer Edmund Kemper, from Burbank, California started his escapades at a very young age. He mutilated two of the family cats and caught playing with his sister portraying death rituals.

He was shipped off to his father twice as he keep on returning back, till finally he was sent to his grandparents in the foothills of California’s Sierra’s in the farm. At a young age 15, he shot his grandmother and stabbed her repeatedly by a kitchen knife for not allowing him to go with his grandfather to the fields. Ask for the reason why, “I just wanted to see what it would be like to shoot grandma. ” In May 7, 1972, Kemper picked up two girls from Fresno State College while hitchhiking. He brought them to a seclude place and stabbed them to death and sexually abused the corpses.

He took the bodies to his mother’s place, dissected them and played with their organs and took Polaroids. He buried the bodies at Santa Cruz Mountain and tossed the heads into a deep ravine in the road. In September, he picked up a 15 year-old-girl, suffocated her and rape her corpse. He took her home, just like the others, dissected the body and buried it next to Boulder Creek. In January 1973, he picked up a student from Sta. Cruz, forced her to the trunk and shot her. He raped the corpse before bringing her home, where he dissected the corpse, bag it and tossing it off at the cliff into the ocean at Carmel.

Less than a month after picking up two women and shot them to death, he raped both headless corpses. Their mutilated bodies were dumped into Eden Canyon. This time he turned his rage towards his sleeping mother. He beat his mother to death while lay sleeping in the bed with a claw hammer. He followed this by decapitating her and raping the headless corpse. He finished by taking the larynx and dumping it at the garbage disposal. He was convicted of 8 counts of first degree murder, and asked what punishment you like, he replied…. ”Death by torture. ” Received 16 August 2000; accepted 10 November 2000.

This report presents the case of a young man legally convicted twice on a charge of defiling the dead. All necrophilic acts were committed over a period of around 15 years. The examination results revealed a purely female-fixated necrophilia. In three cases, the perpetrator skinned the trunk of the corpses, placed the skin on his naked body and that stimulated him sexually. In several cases, he also used burial clothes that he had removed from the coffins and kept at home. The perpetrator had a long record of psychiatric treatment for his sexual inclination.

These are just some of the recorded cases of necrophilia, a deterrent example of unsatisfied behavior. The psychiatrists and psychologists endless study of such behavior of mankind and its mysterious mind contributes deep assertion why such unearthly actions are committed. The unsatisfying nature of the human being also tends to lead us that we are by nature happy. But we are searching amiss. Police in Zamboanga, Philippines are investigating into an alleged case of necrophiliaafter five graves were desecrated in recent months.

Starting in October last year five dead women and children have been exhumed from their graves at a cemetery in Barangay Mercedes and interfered with. The first instance back in October was a recently buried woman who authorities discovered dug up and placed on top of her resting place. Then in February a dead old lady was found exhumed from her grave, and this month a 17 year old girl and a 13 day old baby girl were also removed from their graves. The most recent case, which happened just days ago, involved a female teacher who was removed from her grave and hung upside down from a post in the graveyard, suspended by her own stockings.

The deceased woman’s underwear had also been removed and placed on her head. Families of the deceased are said to be furious at the alleged sexual violation of the corpses. Police say they suspect a group of perpetrat The Dead Corpse Can Fantasize Physical Pleasure By: Swarag Monday, January 7, 2008, 17:17 [IST] A A A The term ‘corpse’ may reduce us into a ball of fear, but there are some exceptionals, who can step a foot further to use them to fulfill their sexual desires. Such sexual attraction to corpses is called Necrophilia or Thanatophilia or Necrolagnia.

Read the horrifying sexual fantasy that has been just another part of life from many decades. Welcome to the world of sexual horror!!! Necrophilia in ancient culture The necrophilia practices can be found in the artifacts of the Moche civilization of South America, where pottery depicting skeletal figures engaged in coitus with living humans are among the ruins. In one of the ancient cultures Necrophilia was practiced as a spiritual means of communicating with the dead. Some employed it as an attempt to revive the departed. an error occurred while processing this directive] Legends with necrophilic themes are common throughout history and the concept of sexual interference with the dead has been known and abhorred since the ancient Egypt.. Causes Some of the main cause for such irregular behavior towards sex are listed below, • When a person, (usually men) experiences rejection of love by the opposite sex, every other day, he desires a sexual partner who is incapable of rejecting him. Alas! He can have such a relationship only with the one that doesn’t beat the rhythm of life. He also fears the dead and he tries to transform his fear by reaction formation into a desire. • He develops an exciting fantasy of sex with a corpse, sometimes after exposure to a corpse. A research states that 68% of necrophiles were motivated by a desire for an unrejecting partner, 21% by a desire for reunion with a lost partner; 15 % by sexual attraction to dead people, 15 %by a desire for comfort or to overcome feelings of isolation and 12 % by a desire to remedy low self-esteem by expressing power over a corpse.

Another research conducted in England states that some necrophiles tend to choose a dead mate after failing to create romantic attachments with the living. Types of Necrophilia In 1989, two researchers, Jonathan Rosman and Phillip Resnick studied 122 cases manifesting necrophilic acts or fantasies. They classified true necrophilia into three main types, Necrophilic homicide: Here a necrophile murders a human to obtain a corpse for sexual purposes. Regular Necrophilia: the necrophile uses natural dead corpse for sexual fantasies.

Pseudonecrophile : has a transient attraction to a corpse, but a corpse is not the object of his sexual pleasure. According to the two researchers, the most common motive for necrophilia is possession of an unresisting and unrejecting partner. Neither mental retardation, psychosis or sadism appears to be inherent in necrophilia. Necrophile usually range between the age of 20 and 50 with occupations that provide ready access to corpses, mortuary attendants, gravediggers… etc. Most individuals have been reported to be heterosexual.

Laws : Sexual Offenses Act 2003, states that sexual penetration with a corpse is illegal. However as of May 2006, there is no federal legislation specifically barring sex with a corpse. Treatment: Treatment for necrophilia would be similar to that prescribed for most paraphilia’s like, cognitive therapy, individual psychotherapy, use of sex-drive reducing medications, assistance with improving social and sexual relations, etc. The necrophile should also be assessed for associated psychopathology and treated accordingly.

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Essay on Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain was a much talked about movie due to its theme. Some labelled the movie as a ‘gay cowboy movie’, which does not do the movie justice. Yes, the movie is about two cowboys who fall in love with each other but to categorize it as just a ‘gay cowboy movie’ simplifies a love story of a group of people that have often been denied of real representation in the media, especially the mainstream media. The movie opens in 1963 in Wyoming when two young cowboys are looking for work as sheep herder.

The two cowboys, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), are sent to Brokeback mountain to herd sheep’s and it is there that both fall in love with each other. After this realization, both go their separate ways; Ennis back home to his sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams) and Jack to Texas to be a rodeo rider. Four years later, the two are reunited when Jack visits Ennis. At this point both men are married with kids; Ennis to Alma and Jack to Lureen (Anne Hathaway).

The two meet together once a year in Brokeback Mountain, the one place both men feel safe and comfortable to express their love for each other, over a 20-year period. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal masterfully portrayed their characters to a tee. Ennis Del Mar is a very simple and quite man who just wants to find a place for himself in the world while Jack Twist is outgoing, full of dreams which, due to the blatant homophobia of the time and location, cannot come true. Jack’s dream is to live with Ennis in their own ranch, a dream that Ennis knows is unrealistic.

Ennis is tormented by his love for Jack because as a child he witnessed what happened to a man who lived in a union others deemed not right while Jack is tormented by Ennis’s refusal to accept and acknowledge their relationship beyond Brokeback Mountain. Some in the mainstream media, which took some people by surprise, positively received Brokeback Mountain. The movie was critically praised and received many awards for the actors and director. Heath Ledger was nominated for the best actor category in a drama, Michelle Williams for best supporting actress in a drama and Ang Lee for director, which he won at the Oscar’s.

Since Brokeback Mountain came out, there have been several shows and movies that have gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender and transsexual (tblg) characters featured. Ang Lee said it best when he accepted his award for director for Brokeback Mountain “the power of movies to change the way we’re thinking” (Globes goes to ‘Brokeback’, ‘Walk the lines’; International Herald Tribute, January 17, 2006). Only time will tell if this will led to society being more open-minded of people from the tblg community. A good indication of acceptance is when such movies are classified as a romantic movie instead of a ‘gay cowboy movie’

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Psychology of Human Sexuality

65 million people are living with an incurable STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) in the United States. This is an extremely high number which includes many different types and forms of diseases. Some are curable and others are not. So this is a huge problem in the USA and all over the world that I had no idea about or put much thought into. It is incredible the outstanding number of people with STI’s and the growing rate. This truly is in every sense of the word a pandemic as referred to in the book.

I will discuss a few things from this chapter about STI’s that I found most interesting besides the STI’s themselves that almost made me hurl due to some of the graphic pictures. Some issues that are related and need to be learned include the lack of symptoms, lack of accurate information, unhealthy sexual emotions and attitudes, poor sexual communication, and substance abuse and its relation to STI’s. All of the above mentioned things I will discuss are important to me because they are risk factors that I needed to learn and be aware of.

For example, not all STI’s have symptoms or show signs of physical problems such as rashes or a discharge. Most sexual transmitted infections have symptoms that are often absent. That is scary due to the fact people may not know they are infected and maintain their normal sexual activity with no knowledge of infecting others. This is a huge problem to me because it’s not like people carry their results with them of their last STI test results. In my case I get tested in 3 days due to the fact ignorance is bliss and I don’t want to be irresponsible in my actions.

I also think that some people don’t get tested for the mere fact they just don’t want to know even if they have been involved in risky sexual behaviors. Asymptomatic means that symptoms may not be produced at all. Not know if you are infected and affecting others leads to a bigger problem because most STI’s leads to greater health problems down the road. A sexual act of of love or lust can turn into a nightmare. Lack of knowledge is a huge risk factor because the number of our youth participating in sexual activities is indeed increasing. They partake in oral sex and think it is ok because pregnancy can’t occur.

However, being one of these ignorant kids’ years ago myself I didn’t know that oral sex increases the chances of STI’s or what an STI was. Especially, these hormone and sexually driven kids don’t care or have the knowledge of knowing the ease at which STI’s can spread through sexual activity and oral sex, or even the lack of knowing how severe this problem can occur. I’ve heard a lot of my friends say oh man I just got tested after I hooked up with that slut and I’m clean, guess I dodged a bullet. It is a complete joke and the severity of these issues is not driven home properly.

Sexual emotions and attitudes are something I have learned to be true. I know a lot of girls who were told sex is bad by their parents and they seemed to take it out on their college exploits. Avoiding the safe sex talk and that sex is not a horrible thing when handled correctly can lead to better understanding and decision making by the child. Also, the the fear and stigma of people who have STI’s or don’t want to be tested for fear they might have one creates more issues for them and may lead to them not telling their partner out of shame and embarrassment.

This I thought I knew but this chapter justified that thought. I for sure learned that sexual communication is important for a healthy sexual relationship. It is healthy for my relationship and makes things more comfortable and easy. I learned that not just condoms and knowledge are important in preventing STI’s, but communication has an essential role as well. Parents must discuss safe sex with their children and openly discuss sexual matters due to the fact it is normal eventually inevitable. Talking to your partner about being tested or that you have an STI is the responsible thing to do.

I knew that substance abuse had to play a role in increasing the chances for the spread of STI’s. it only makes sense due to the fact we all know what it feels like to be under the consumption of alcohol where our morals and principles go at that point. Things become more in the moment as mentioned in the book and risky sexual behavior is more likely to occur. For example, I know a lot about this from attending San Diego State University a big party school in California, but the statistics provided in the book that 1 in 5 teens reports having unprotected sex while under the influence of drugs and lcohol just solidifies that theory. I learned a lot and was shocked about the STI pandemic and all the issues related such as the lack of information and health risks associated with it. This really does scare me to know that my previous partners could have unknowingly passed an STI to me. I was tested before my girlfriend and I started dating but I will get tested again in three days just to be sure. It is really important to do so and people should be made aware of the severity and problems related to STI’s followed by knowledge and prevention methods. I am thankful for this class and my newfound knowledge.

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Human Sexuality Critical Essay

According to our lecture sexuality activity has improved and became open more and more as the years past. Not only have the activity has improved, but the conversation on sexuality has also improved. In this paper, I will compare and contrast the difference in conversation about human sexuality between myself, parents, partners, friends, society, and even my thoughts on my comfort zone on human sexuality. From this paper, you will be able to understand that human sexuality has improved and should not always be viewed as something bad.

I consider myself a shy person when it comes to speaking about sex. I do believe that certain things should be private, but if my children need to know certain information it is my duty to make sure that they hear the correct information, and not those off the streets. I have to admit, I am not like those in the 1950’s where it would be considered a dishonor to speak of sex, but I do think that keeping your business to yourself is the key. I don’t believe everyone has to know about my sexual activity. However, there are moments in where I do have friends that discuss and joke about sex in which I do not want to be isolated from the conversation therefore I will add my point of view. Parental Conversation

When speaking to my parents, I do keep everything professional and in respect. For example, in speaking of the male and female private parts I will say words such as vagina and penis. In answering questions on the sexual behavior, I would say to my mother about my partner and I having sexual intercourse. This would keep the level of conversation respectful without my mother looking at me in a certain type of way. What is similar is the fact that my mother and I can still have a conversation about sex. My parents on the other hand is very open and will answer whatever questions that me or my children may have, but she will keep the entire conversation private. That is where I learned to keep my activity in a private setting. Society Conversation

According to Dr. Brenda L. McCaa-Buckley 2011 lecture, Haroian (2000) explained that society will view human sexuality either positive or negative. Some may feel that in speaking out in the open is a good thing, while others believe things should be kept to themselves. In speaking with my same sex peers, I use different working when it comes to the private parts of males and females. For example, I would say something like “this guy looks like he has a huge dick”, or “my coochie is for me to chose who to give it to”, and in speaking of sex in general it would be “I can’t wait to be knocking boots tonight”. But in speaking like that is all fun and jokes.

The terms would change based on whom I am speaking with. For those that is not that close, I would use the terms such as male and female genitalia, and use the word intercourse when speaking of sex. Then when you listen to the younger generation asking if their friends are “tapping that” or “hitting that” is almost the same. The similarity of the conversation is that it all means the same just spoken in different terms. Partner Conversation

Your partner should be someone you should have no restrictions with. He or she should be someone you can express your inner feelings with on a conversation level as well as an intermit level. Even though there are times in which you say to your partner that you want to make love, or you feel horny and would like to get it on, there are times in the heat of the moment you might want to ask “whose dick or pussy is it”? Your partner would be open to answering, and that would be something that is kept between the two of you. It does not matter what age you are, talking dirty to your partner can be a huge turn on. Not only the conversation will be enhanced, the activity would be of a wide variety of many experience. Partners have being experimenting for years, but again, it all boils down to keeping everything private.

Doctor Conversation Even though your doctor is a regular person, he or she is not your closest friend, your parent, or even your partner therefore the conversation would be on the level of medical terms. Now if you are lucky to have your doctor as your partner and friend that would be different. But having a conversation with your doctor would stay on calling the partners either male and female genitalia or vagina and penis. Any questions about sex would be referred to as intercourse. If you are asking your doctor why when you are having intercourse it hurts, you are not going to ask him or her why when your man is hitting it there is so much pain. The dialect in which you are using is different in working, but the concept is all the same. Upbringing and Comfort Zone

People around the world are one of such diversity. Everyone is different, yet the concept is again the same. Back in the days people were afraid to bring up any conversations about sex believing that it will be a bad thing. You have some over religious people who believed that it would be a major sin against God if you talked or even act on anything sexual. As our generation changes, so did society on the thoughts and concerns of sexuality. Albright (2008) stated that the media played a major role by making sex more open to society. You could not show commercials about condoms by in the 70’s, and now there are all over the television in various types. Pornography is more open on television, and extra martial affairs do not require the “Big A” written on your chest.

People’s comfort zone also changed. According to the lecture, tablecloths were made to cover the legs of the table so that men did not have any ideas about sexual intercourse by being reminded of the legs of women (Dr. Brenda L. McCaa-Buckley 2011 lecture). Today, women are dressed showing their legs among other body parts. In speaking of myself, my comfort zone about human sexuality has changed but not that drastically. Meaning that I can talk about sex, but there are still certain things that I will not do and say, and most will not know whether I do or say them because I still believe that it should remain private between you and the person that you are speaking with.

Even though I may have a facebook account, I am not going to respond to anything sexual because I do not feel that is appropriate to do over the internet. As much as pornography may be plastered over the internet and television, and even displayed openly in books, there is still in my opinion a time and place for everything. Schools have become more open in which sex education is being more expanded in health classes and condoms are being distributed. This concept would be unheard of in the earlier century, but so was the high risk of young pregnancy, and being able to teach our children now about it, reduces that factor. Conclusion

In conclusion, human sexuality is a beautiful concept that everyone should know and be free to express. Even though one may be shy about it, it still can be spoken in open. Whether you are taking to your friend, parent, or doctor, the terms may be different, but the concept and the topic is still the same. In this class, I am looking forward to know more about human sexuality, and might have the ability to be a little more open about speaking to people about sex.

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Alfred Kinsey

Kara Duenas January 27, 2013 2nd period A. P. Psychology Mrs. Gatewood was born in New Jersey on June 23, 1894 to Alfred Kinsey and Sarah Charles. As a young boy he suffered many illnesses such as rheumatic fever and typhoid. In high school, he began his interest in biology and botanical studies with the influence of his teacher. He started his career in biology as a zoologist and entomologist but later found interest in sexology. His parents were very religious therefore not agreeing with his choice of career.

Due to this he considered his father’s wishes by studying engineering but decided that he was better off with biology. In 1919 Kinsey graduated from Harvard with a Doctor of Science degree and joined Indiana University. He became a full professor in 1924 but was not satisfied with the offer he was given so he took a change in career paths and began to study sex and marriage. His reason for studying sex and marriage was that he was intrigued by the lack of details and inaccuracies of research he read. With his knowledge in biology, he decided to take a biological approach in studying sex and marriage.

As his first case studies and research, he started by asking his students (freshman and sophomores) detailed questionnaires but that did work out because he found that some of the answers were too inappropriate. He decided to start one on one interviews. “Kinsey received research support from the National Research Council and the Rockefeller Foundation, which allowed him to hire research assistants, expand the geographic scope of his work, and found the Institute of Sex Research at Indiana University in 1947”. This sparked his career in sexology.

He decided to drop his marriage course and solely focus on his sex research. In 1948 he published his first book on sex called “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male”, this book, based on over 5000 sexual histories, provided a series of revelations about masturbation, adulterous sexual activity, and homosexuality. In 1953 he published “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female”, this book was based on almost 6000 sexual histories that contained many revelations about women’s masturbatory practices, premarital sexuality, and orgasmic experiences.

In particular, the book reported that extramarital and premarital sex were more frequent than generally believed; that nearly all males, especially teenagers, masturbated and that masturbation did not cause mental illness; and that one in three men reported having at least one homosexual encounter. Alfred Kinsey focused all his research on the following topics: anal sex, bisexuality, coitus, erogenous zones, extramarital sex, fantasy, foreplay, homosexuality, masturbation, nudity, oral sex, orgasm, peak performance/maximum sexual activity, premarital sex and sadomasochism.

There are little studies shown in the original Kinsey Studies regarding anal sex. He reported, among the male homosexual, occasional individuals brought to orgasm anally and for females, Kinsey said that good incidence data was not available. Kinsey found that bisexuality is more frequent in males then in females but believed that because a male and a male engage in sexual activity does not mean they are homosexual. Kinsey spent most of his time researching and studying sex that he did not have time for his wife. He began having sexual affairs with children and experimented to deepen his studies and knowledge about sexual behaviors. Kinsey’s work has been instrumental in advancing acceptance of pornography, homosexuality, abortion, and condom-based sex education, and his disciples even today are promoting a view of children as “sexual beings. ” Their ultimate goal: to normalize pedophilia, or “adult-child sex ” Kinsey’s health deteriorated under the strain of public attack and uncertainty about the future of his institute. Everyone attacked him for his ways of conducting research and his methods. On August 25, 1956 Alfred Kinsey died of heart disease and pneumonia. ——————————————– [ 1 ]. Kinsey, 1948, W. B.

Saunders of Philadelphia, and the book was published while the Indiana legislature was in recess in December 1948. The 804 page book. “Alfred Kinsey Biography (1894-1956). ” Internet FAQ Archives – Online Education – faqs. org. http://www. faqs. org/health/bios/10/Alfred-Kinsey. html (accessed January 27, 2013). [ 2 ]. “Alfred C. Kinsey: A Pioneer Of Sex Research. ” National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447862/ (accessed January 27, 2013). [ 3 ]. “Alfred C. Kinsey: A Pioneer Of Sex Research. ” National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. ov/pmc/articles/PMC1447862/ (accessed January 27, 2013). [ 4 ]. Ibid [ 5 ]. “The Kinsey Institute – Kinsey Study Data [Research Program]. ” The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. http://www. kinseyinstitute. org/research/ak-data. html (accessed January 27, 2013). [ 6 ]. Kinsey, 1948, W. B. Saunders of Philadelphia, and the book was published while the Indiana legislature was in recess in December 1948. The 804 page book. “Alfred Kinsey Biography (1894-1956). ” Internet FAQ Archives – Online Education – faqs. org. http://www. faqs. org/health/bios/10/Alfred-Kinsey. html (accessed January 27, 2013).

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