During the time, I learned about China 's and India 's sexual history I saw that they had many unique preparative on sex compared to todays. For example in India’s famous book Kamasutra which discussed the nature of love and how to make a good family and home. This makes is seemingly normal compared to the modern day. However the thing that makes Kamasutra so unique and different is was that they categorized men by their penis sizes and women by the size of their vagina. The Kamasutra also recommended women on sexual techniques on how to please their husbands, even though some were impossible to perform. At the end the Kamasutra proposed that sex should be very passionate and with animal noises. Since India main religion was Hinduism at …show more content…
They even developed techniques to delay the process. However they also thought that the women’s yin would deplete, so it was important to have sex to prevent this. It was also important for men to experience the woman’s orgasm since that was the yin was at its peak and will help men maximize his contract with yin energy. The differences between these thoughts and from my perspective is extremely unique. Western society doesn’t really think that men semen runs out, nor do we teach techniques to guy on how to prolong intercourse as long as possible without ejaculation. We also really don’t have books that categorized people by their genitals. As I compared these ideas more and more, I got to see how different they are in western society. For instance considering that now sex isn’t seen as solely for procreation nor is it seen as something that makes it a responsibility to avoid karma and suffering. However I remember that America was not always like this, America was once heavily rooted into Christian morals and values. So as I read more and more, I learned about the sexual revolution of the 60’s. It was during the 60’s when the sex revolution began. The movement itself originated in San Francisco. I learned that during this time that the youth wanted to proclaim love and sex. I also learned about the two most important events that helped stage the sexual revelation. One of these events was the discovery of antibiotics was founded which led to
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).
Unlike sex, the history of sexuality is dependant upon society and limited by its language in order to be defined and understood.
Sex. It is everywhere. We see in television shows. In magazines. On the Internet. But sex is still seen as a taboo subject in our society. I believe that being educated about sexuality is vitally important to one health. Understanding one’s body and how it impacts your life. To understand how your beliefs about sexuality and sex have developed one needs to look back over the years and how your beliefs were engrained in your life. This essay will be based on my reflection by looking back on my sexual history on how and what have significantly impacted my development of sexuality. The focus will be on my reflection of answering the sexual history questions and how I have changed and developed over the years. It is important to analyze and reflect to understand how I came to be today, that the past has created my ideas and beliefs about sex and sexuality that have shaped me.
This source focuses on the rise of changing sexual morals and women being a symbol of sexual activity in the new workplace, on screens (in films). One of the biggest areas of change and controversy was sexual morals. Sex outside of marriage became more common, and contraceptive advice was openly available for the first time. A big gap was developing between the attitudes of young people and their people or traditional women and flappers. The much freer sex of the 1920s horrified many older Americans. They blamed cinema for its blatant use of sex symbols such as Clara Bow.
Along with the many racial problems of this time period, there were educational issues, drug abuse problems and rising crime rate. Patterson also talks about the “moral decline” and the younger generation. He notes that, “a number of public school seemed out of control,” (p. 45) doing things such as swearing in the classrooms and on the streets, spray painting buildings and using drugs and alcohol. Then there was the topic of sex. “It seemed to be advancing in the culture almost as rapidly as violence,” says Patterson. Their was a decline in sexual morality. The sexual themes on TV seemed to be advancing. Patterson gives us some examples: Mary Tyler Moore Show and Charlie’s Angels. “Television shows likes these reflected a sexualizing of the culture.” (p.46) Patterson later talks about the rapid rise in divorce rates and the increase of number of births happening outside of marriage. During this time agitation for women’s rights were at an all time high. Many women began to work and speak out against sexual discrimination. “All these controversies over sex and family life would have been cause enough for concern even in sunny economic times.” (p. 58)
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.
Everywhere, people have sex and many see it as something that is done either for reproduction or for pleasure. What sociologist have learned is that all the factors that deal with sex, like when, why and how you do it, are not decisions made by an individual and are not entirely biological. Everything is determined by what is in the society. A few of these causes are culture, religion, education and media. The whole enchilada has an impact on the way we all see and judge sex.
The sexual revolution of the 1960's was a time of great importance to modern America. The changes that occurred across America changed our country as a whole, its influence spread from LA to New York to the 'Heartland of America', Lawrence Kansas. This revolution occurred at a critical point in world history as well. A new type of society formed with soldiers returning from WWII and people began to incorporate themselves with those who matched their identity and not just those geographically near them. People were frustrated and they wanted their voice to be heard, and now they had a group of citizens who would back them up and help them in their revolution. American ideals changed drastically in the twenty years that followed World War two
Human sexuality is defined as the capability of individuals to experience their sexuality and be able to express themselves as sexual beings (Hyde & DeLameck, 2006). Our interest in this topic is because with time, there has been a change in rules that control human sexual behaviour. The status quo in our contemporary society is much different as compared to an earlier state of conditions, and the change has, as a result, brought the evolvement in human sexuality. People 's view on virginity has changed greatly with a decrease of importance in regards to its preservation. Sexuality is essential to the economic, cultural, social and political organization of society or country. Our sexuality plays a fundamental role in all our lives regardless of age, sex or race. It forms a basic part of our personality and the decisions we make in what we do. One’s sexuality also consumes much of their time through behaviour or thoughts; at times every aspect of our lives seems to revolve around our sexuality. Studying sexuality is very important since human sexuality majorly contributes to social as well as personal problems. A lingering question concerning this topic is to what extent is virginity determined by the status quo and the rules that control human behaviour?
In the Antebellum time period, there were four voices that carefully discussed and showed their beliefs of sex to the society. One of the voices was known as Evangelical Christianity. Christian ministers and Lyman Beecher’s, strong ideas and passionate efforts were shown to try and get society to follow their ideas of sex. In their eyes, lust was known to be a deadly sin during the Nineteenth Century (Horowitz, 8). In order for them to control society members, they expressed and advocated that if one goes against the Christian view of sex and lacks morality, then he or she will be lead to the devil (Beecher, 45). Evangelical Christianity supporters such as Lyman Beecher believed in using the church, Bible, law and institutions to control how individuals acted upon sex as well as how sex was seen in society as
Known as the Two Sex theory, devised by historian Thomas Laqueur, female sexuality would be characterized purely by a woman’s reproductive potential, where the concept of an innate maternal instinct would become the new prioritized ideal. The female orgasm was renounced by a new essence of masculine superiority. This notion can be asserted with the Phallocentric inclination of the late 18th century, examined by historian Tim Hitchcock, as period characterized by penetration and precedence of the phallus. This “both encouraged and made possible the denigration of female sexuality and perceived passivity.” Consequently this caused the de-emphasis of female sexual pleasure and desire. However, female sexual identity would reemerge with potency, attributed to social flux, the emerging field of sexology and disposition of the interwar years.
This led to a sexual revolution. The was because of the greater freedom of the pill. The women;s movement and Supreme Court decision to make explicit books more availible. Movies also became more explicit. By the 1970’s the spreqda of benereal diseases and AIDs caused many young people to avoid casual relations. By the 80’s there an emphasis on virginity and celibacy. The dominant trends of independence, freedom, the consumer markey and wealth in youth culture remained. Pop music, fashion, smoking and drugs continued to be the expressions of youth cutlure. By now, the collaps of consensus was in full swing; the next development would be that of a counter-culture.
even though sexuality can be considered universal, the sexual behaviors affiliated with it offer different attitudes in various communities. Sexuality is aligned to sexual attraction where individuals can identify themselves with a broad range of sexuality that is bisexual, gay or being lesbian. Sexuality can change over time in a person depending on the circumstances surrounding him or her. It may be affected by the social circle and emotional imbalances that may occur in an individual. Interestingly there exists sexual inequality among many societies in the world. As observed, many societies encourage men to have multiple sex partners but forbid it in women. Moreover, pre-marital sex is promoted in men, but women are flaunted if they participate in pre-marital sex. Across the globe, Western Europe has embraced certain norms in sexuality such as homosexuality whereas African society embraces a negative attitude towards the same.
Throughout history it is evident that human sexuality changes do to religious, governmental and societal influences. The perception of human sexuality has gone through many changes such as being very open and unlabeled activity; to being very “conservative” and a topic that shouldn’t be talked about in public or at all. In any case, human sexuality has always been a topic of interest because humans are sexual beings who want to understand the consciousness of themselves as male or female and see their personal response when encountered in erotic experiences with other individuals. Unlike many other species whose sexual force is strictly for reproduction, human’s sexual drive seems to be driven by many factors that intertwine with each other which leads to very different outcomes. Do to these obscure human emotions and personal gratification, sex is always shown every culture’s art, literature, social norms, and laws.
The Kama Sutra is compiled perhaps during the Gupta period in India (Crawford). During the Gupta period, the land of India is prosperous with a secured government as is reported in the account of travels by Faxian (Bentley and Ziegler 173). Nonetheless, the Gupta leaves the basic policy in social development in the hand of various religions in its country (Bentley & Ziegler 173). The prosperity of the country and the religious freedom leaves time for people to have deeper thoughts of goals in life and thus, creating many literature works involving society development. The Kama Sutra is written as a response to people’s wishes to know about how to satisfy their desire as an obligation to a life of Hinduism. In fact, The Kama Sutra portrays the goal of living the ideal holy life is to achieve Dharma (religion, truth), Artha (wealth, power) and Kama (love, sex) (Cohen). As the myth goes, Nandi, a pet of God Shiva, bestows Kama Sutra upon the human beings in order to teach them how to regulate themselves and how to pursue power in the righteous way. Later on, the Kama Sutra is compiled and written as texts by Vatsyayana (Cohen). The Kama Sutra lists the duties of both man and woman in achieving goals in life. A man is responsible to pursue his Dharma, Artha and Kama while a woman needs to stay beside her husband and support him. Indeed, the Kama