Changing Environment Of Women 's Rights And The Paradox Of Sexual Freedom

During the 19th century, social life began to become more sexualized and people began to be defined by their sexual behaviors. With this, the idea of love and romance was feminized; and women were considered the ones who expressed their emotions, accepted strong feelings, and remained pure. In contrast, men started to be considered sexualized creatures that were expected to be emotionally reserved. Today there is a sexual double standard that puts pressure on women to engage in less sexual activity than men and puts pressure on men to maintain a standard of masculinity, just like in the 19th century. Below we will not only explore the “feminization of love” as discussed in class, but also expand on how it has made an impact on sexual expectations of men and women and how this relates to the sexual stigmatization of casual sex.

Theodore Dalrymple, in the essay “All Sex, All the Time” reflects on the change of view of the people about sex and how it has lead people into more confusion and conflict than before. Dalrymple’s real name being Anthony Daniels, he picked up the pseudonym of Theodore Dalrymple for the purpose of his essays. There were times when virginity was a pride to men and women. However, it still prevails in some countries, this custom and the people have been changing. He states that the world is now free to enjoy sexual pleasures without any fear of the myths and taboos that existed in history. Although people feel that they are satisfied and are free to choose this path of life, sex has lead people into “confusion, contradiction, and conflict” states Dalrymple (Dalrymple 1).

This past October, my legal studies professor informed me of a Women’s Rights presentation occurring in the School of Arts and Sciences building. I felt this was a perfect moment to combine my legal studies and social justice interests with my Core Science class. The presentation consisted of about a 90-minute documentary followed by a roughly 45-minute discussion between 15 students, two professors, and two women who are women’s rights activists. During this discussion, we talked about various issues such as income disparities between men and women, why this discrimination is happening in the workplace, and future of the women’s rights movement.

During the early 1980’s, crime rate in New York was at its peak. To prove this point, Gladwell gives an example of the Bernard Goetz shooting. Gladwell also highlights that Goetz was viewed as a hero and people celebrated when he was easily acquitted on charges of assault and attempted murder. Gladwell mentions this to give us an example of the incidents that used to take place on the subways

Society is frequently subjected to moral panics when any crime is committed. Humanity repeatedly blows crimes and incidents out of proportion until the entire society is somewhat controlled. Stuart Hall, in his book, ‘Policing the Crisis’ explained that “the media, in conjunction with the bourgeoisie, create moral panics in order to perpetrate fear and maintain control over society, as a whole.” (Hall, 2013, s. 1) Moral panics are created as a hazard and rising threat to shock both society and culture into changing the way it thinks and acts about problems in the real world. In this essay, moral panics will be looked at in detail with a specific interest in the case of James Bulger. There will too, be a focus on the influence the media,

Human sexuality is a common phrase for all, and anything, pertaining to the feelings and behaviors of sex for the human race. Sexuality has been a topic that has been discussed and studied for as far back as 1000 years B.C. and is still being studied today. As the discussion of sexuality has progressed through history, theories have been created based on research and experiments that scholars have implemented, based on their own perceptions of human behavior. Out of the many theories that pose to explain sexual behavior, Sexuality Now explained ten that are seemed to be the most overlapped, and built off of theories. Of these theories, two that were discussed in the text were the behavioral and sociological theory. These two theories cover some of the basic ideas of what could possibly influence a person’s sexuality.

Sexuality is a particularly perplexing topic for young women. Bell notes that “Their (women’s) twenties ought to be a decade of freedom and exploration. But… I have found them to be more confused than ever about not only how to get what they want, but what they want.” (Bell 26) Yes, they are young and has so many opportunities in front of them. Yes, most of them have a college degree and are highly educated. Yes, there are too many choices and they are condemned whichever way they choose.

Attitudes towards different issues in society derive from the prevailing beliefs in such a society. Every trending issue in society helps shape the attitudes that people develop and greatly influences their behavior. Every society has prejudged perceptions and the prejudged perception always relates to the cognitive associations because individuals already has a fixed mode in minds. This prejudgment and reaction is often informed by the various experiences that the society may have undergone through in the earlier instances of occurrence of specific events. Leslie Bell, the author of “Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom,” largely focuses on female sexuality detailing the often confusing situations that twenty-something ladies have to contend with, with regards to their sexual freedom. She argues that female sexuality remains a persistently emotional issue and that the emotions have enhanced the hard stances taken in the female sexuality debate are largely fueled by the religious and social beliefs that prevail in most societies. In “The Power of Context,” Malcolm Gladwell brings about the possible causations factors of crime in modern societies and it details some of the factors, which can influence the way people likely to react to specific cases in crime commission. He explains the power of context idea as means to deduce why specific cases lead to specific reactions from the members of the involved society. Both two

Additionally, Penny’s discussion on many feminist issues in the lens of neoliberalism is refreshing and thought-provoking. The way Penny explores what neoliberalism and market-driven society has done to sex, love, and intimacy is captivating. The way the market teaches young women to be sexual objects is not a new discussion, and Penny does address it alongside the Internet, but Penny has more nuanced thoughts; she writes, “the social cost of actually having sex, rather than merely appearing to want to have it, is what damages women; sexual control, not sex itself, is what harms all of us” (110). There is a defined line for women in society; women can want sex and appear sexually attractive, but once they take control and have sex, there is an issue because the control has been taken from the power-holder. The market is the instigator in sexual control. Further, Penny argues the cycle does not end there: “as all human affect collapses

To do so, Levy turns to the experiences of several young women whom she interviews. From her interpretations of these experiences, Levy reaches the conclusion that these women’s sexual nature revolves around their need

Throughout all of the time, no matter how much we have adapted and changed there is one act that we do that binds us all together as beings in this world, and that is the act of sex. Sex is one of the most natural things on the planet, as it is a means for reproduction and a means for general pleasure, but, that doesn’t always mean that humans use it only as a means of good. Like anything good in life, sex can be altered and manipulated into something that can do us harm as a people. In an article written by Thomas A. Mappes titled Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person, the author introduces the concept of threats versus offers when it comes to sex in the modern world. Our sexual morality is sometimes difficult to identify as we are surrounded with options to

Sex and sexuality are very broad and complex subjects in the American society, as they are in many jurisdictions. Sex and sexuality are intertwined to mainstream societal discourses such as morality and ethics, law, justice and punishment religious and public policy matters. Sex and sexuality is fast becoming a very complicated, controversial and complex subject in our contemporary society, perhaps understanding sex and sexuality from a pluralistic perspective will be a better and more pragmatic approach to deal with the related controversies on the topic.

This all formed the stereotype of ideal female sexuality that is close to “neutral” because women should be modest, passive and even passionless. Such norm of sexual behavior was deeply rooted in many cultures and societies around the globe. However, some people were adherent to this norm, while others became the aberrant. Some women claimed that they had as much of the right to speak about sex as men. At the same time, each society tried to calm those who

This is an article female sexuality and empowerment. It is an important topic because women are judged on their sexuality. It is expected that women be sexy but not sexual, meaning to look the part, but do not act on it. We live in a world where women are held to a different standard than men. Men are expected to sleep around with many women; it gives them almost a god-like complex while women are shunned for sleeping around. Women should not feel shamed in having sex or being sexy. Sex is the way we keep the world populated and is a natural part of life. Yes, feminism has been around for quite some time, men and women are still not treated as equals, especially when it comes to sexuality.

These young adults may not be held to the same extreme standards as in earlier centuries, however they are still burdened by a society that punishes oversexuality and mocks undersexuality. A women behaving too overwhelmingly sexual may be regarded as “easy” or “too much” while one too shy and timid may be labeled a “stiff” and “too much work”. In response, many women have developed a way of dealing with these pressures by divvying up their social and psychological personalities that they “invoke at different times and in various situations to manage anxiety and defend against uncertainty”(28). This revolutionary strategy empowers women who seek to take control of their love lives. If we view our sexuality as a dynamic rather than a constant, we take the first step in defining love for ourselves. Society has hypersexualized present day love, but fitting in only serves to fuel the fire. Breaking the mold and going against the tide by allowing ourselves to be encompass social values that are seemingly contradictory is dangerous, yet revolutionary. Dangerous in the sense that breaking the mold may be detrimental to one 's’ self. It has been historically proven how women who go against the flow of society are often ostracized; cruelly critiqued for daring to be different. Empowered women are perceived as dangerous, and they are more often than not seen in a negative light for claiming their self worth. This risk is