Female Sexuality And The Paradox Of Sexual Freedom By Leslie Bell

First, primarily ‘‘good girls’’ should have little sexual knowledge, an undeveloped sense of themselves as sexual beings, and limited sexual autonomy (Fasula 2014). Women who are understanding, relaxed, and spontaneous about their sexuality open the door to possibilities that deviate from the “good girl” norm. Society sees them as acting upon their knowledge

These frameworks aid individuals in shaping and defining their sexual identities as they navigate their way through their sexual debuts (Carpenter, 2002, 2005). In a way, they can be described as virginity scripts. The gift frame is the frame used to describe people that are proud and feel comfortable about their virginity. They view their virginity as a gift and because of this they believe that finding the correct person or as they would put it the “right person” is crucial when thinking about sharing their gift. On the other hand, the stigma frame characterizes individuals who feel ashamed and embarrassed of their virginity. These people believe that their virginity is more of a burden and wish to get rid of it as soon as possible. People in this kind of frame do not think about the “right” person, moment or place, instead they are more concern on obtaining physical pleasure as well as not remaining a virgin. Last but not least, is the process frame. This frame describes individuals who see their virginity as an inevitable stage of life necessary for the transition from youth to adulthood (Carpenter, 2002, 2005). They see their first coitus as a way to gain sexual

A person’s past history is the foundation of who the person presently is as an adult. The way a person is raised and the environment they live in shapes his or her identity or atleast contribute in learning the sense of self. The experience a person goes through can leave a positive or negative impact on the person and influence the person’s character or identity as a person. In Leslie’s Bell essay, “Selection from Hard to Get Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom,” speaks about stories of women’s sexual experience with men and depending on how and why the women have sex with, Bell labels them as “The Good Girl” or “The Bad Girl.” The ‘bad girl’ as she described to be is Jayanthi who was in a committed relationship where

This is quite an interesting article to someone like me who considered herself to be a lesbian woman and who has had several encounters with these “straight” women. The author’s main point in this article is the vast continuum in which women’s sexuality resides, but also the ways in which these women define what classifies one someone who is homosexual. Most conformed to binary categories heterosexual-homosexual, while one refused to conform to one or the other while also being uncomfortable with the bisexual label. A majority of these women also placed an emphasis on the physical act of sex with another woman to be the definitive action that would classify them as a lesbian. Since none of them had “gone all the way,” then two of the three women stated that they considered themselves heterosexual while the one, as mentioned above, refused to conform to a label.

The Samoan culture and how socialization turns into sexuality for young girls is very different compared to our culture. In the Samoan culture sexuality in Samoan girls is seen differently than we see it in our culture today. Margaret Mead elaborates on this idea because of how she views the sexuality of a Samoan girl when she mentions “Virginity is a legal requirement for her” (Mead 69). When Mead discusses this, it is interesting how in that culture virginity is a requirement and that is something we don’t see as a requirement in our society today. This demonstrates how the sexuality of a Samoan girl is not the same as we see it. The way girls are seen because of their sexuality is incomparable to girls in our society today and that’s important to observe since Samoan culture is by far very different to what we view as part of culture today.

People adopt attitudes towards different issues depending on the prevailing beliefs of such a society. For instance, every trending issue in the society helps shape the attitudes that people develop and significantly influences their behavior. Evidently, it is indisputable that every society has a prejudged perception and possible reaction to any event that may occur within the realm of the community. Several experiences that the society goes through in earlier instances influence how the society reacts to newer experiences. In this regard, a rationale will always affect the attitude that society on how to take up on the occurrence of a particular event. Thus, this document gives an in-depth analysis of two articles discussing two of the most emotive issues witnessed in the modern society. These issues include sexuality and criminality. In the first article, Leslie Bell mostly focuses on female sexuality largely detailing the often-confusing situations that twenty-something women have to contend with based on their sexual freedom. Religious and social beliefs that prevail in the society fuel the emotions that enhance the hard decisions made concerning the female sexuality debate. In the second article, the author Malcolm Gladwell mostly focuses on the possible causations factors of crime in modern societies, and it details some of the factors that affect the way people are likely to react to particular cases in crime commission. He explains the power of context idea as a

Since the beginning of recorded history, our world has put certain expectations and rules on female and males alike. Whether it be in the workplace, at home, or in society. There is a list of unwritten rules that every person should abide by if they want to fit in to their culture. For women in America, filling this quota is a lot harder than it seems. The Western woman is under the influence of unrealistic expectations regarding the media, this is true, but it is more complicated than that. Scholars have noticed a trend in the guidelines for women, from the stories in the bible to today’s modern media. The woman is to be a sexual being, a vixen, a wild child; while at the same time remaining reserved, submissive and pure. This phenomenon

Attitudes towards different issues in society are adopted depending on the prevailing beliefs of such a society. Every trending issue in society helps shape the attitudes that people develop and significantly influences their behavior. There is no question that every society has a prejudged perception and possible reaction to any event that may occur within the realm of the community. Several experiences that the society goes through in earlier instances influences how the society reacts to newer experiences. In this regard, there is a rationale that will always affect the attitude that society on how to take up on the occurrence of a particular event. The current paper is an in-depth analysis of two articles that cover two of the most emotive issues in any modern society: sexuality and criminality. In the first article, Leslie Bell mostly focuses on female sexuality largely detailing the often confusing situations that twenty-something ladies have to contend with as regards to their sexual freedom. Female sexuality remains a persistently emotive issue in many societies. Religious and social beliefs that prevail in the society fuel the emotions that enhance the hard stances taken concerning the female sexuality debate. The author Malcolm Gladwell, in the second article mostly focuses on the possible causations factors of crime in modern societies, and it details some of the factors that affect the way people are likely to react to particular cases in crime commission. In the

In today’s society things are being expressed and experienced at younger ages, than ever before in our time. Children and teenagers are discovering their sexuality at very early ages. Sexuality is the discovering of who you are and what makes you different from everybody else.

Thus, your sexual choices reflect the psychological and social facets of life; and every human being manifests an inherent ability to exhibit his and her own prominent and sensual sides; and convert them if it turns necessary. However, physical limits exist; and the writer reminisces as memory serves the reader that feminine power and producing abilities stand both as the base where our contemporary societies rise; as they advance in a continuous path.

Women’s sexual autonomy is critical to women’s liberation. In “Feminists Do It Better,” Valenti states that women, especially young and unmarried women cannot even make their own decision about sex. Women are only supposed to have sex “only if married; only if it’s for procreation; and only with another girl if guys can watch.” We learn that sex before marriage is bad while current culture encourages girls to be more wild. She, as a feminist, argues that women should be free to make decisions about our own sexuality and should do what we want with our body without shame or guilty. However, she also claims that women should take responsibility for their choice.

This construction reinforces control over young women’s sexual expression. Faus highlights how it forces women to partake in this patriarchal culture where women’s bodies are under control

This scholarly paper focuses on sexuality and relationship values in young adulthood. It will draw mostly on the relationship values of gender, marriage, and sexual orientation. Other than for procreation, very little research has been done that has not involved western cultures. Because of this lack of knowledge, this paper mainly focuses on the research that has been conducted in the West. The focus of sexuality in the West is much more liberal and is not so much concerned with procreation but rather on connecting two individuals who are

There is a difference between gender and sexual identity in relationship values. Recent decades have brought significant changes that may influence young adults’ outlook about intimate relationships, including changes in gender presumptions, behaviors, and changes in sexual attitudes. This may include how relationships stay together based on their values or how they work. “The National Longitude Study of Adolescent Health”, compares men to women and sexual minorities to

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