John Kinsey And The Sun Being Centered, Not The Earth

The paper written by Kennedy and Davis, which was called The Reproduction of Butch-Fem Roles: A Social Constructionist Approach, provides further evidence that the history of sexuality is young and

In his article, “The Invention of Sexuality”, Weeks argued that sexuality is a product of society and is shaped by

In the movie, Kinsey, it was obvious that society had a lack of knowledge about sex and about people’s sexual activities. Alfred Kinsey changed the way that people thought about sex. He did an important and monumental thing informing people and answering people’s questions about sex. At one point in the movie it showed Kinsey reading a script from the bible where boys were supposed to control their nocturnal emissions, a natural and uncontrollable act of puberty, or they would be looked down upon by God. A quote from the movie “it is the lord’s work to help youth fight and resist temptation.” I agree with the movie in that the more a behavior is prohibited the more strongly it becomes desired. (add more here)

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.

The films framework is centered around the exploration of sexuality, and although it is subtle the film implies that the two

Sex in the 1920’s:The Ford, The Tango, and the Stars With the switch from Victorianism to Freudianism the era of the 1920’s is symbolized to be an era of rebirth. Rebirth for women’s rights, rebirth in fashion, rebirth in social classes and one of the most important, rebirth in sex. The 1920’s has been identified to be an era of glamorous parties, petting parties, and controversy. Many contributions are at fault for modern sexuality and these have been due to smoking, new industries, movie stars, and new behaviors in women as well as altered gender roles. In Meagan Kelly’s article, “A Woman's Changing Sexual Agency” she states, “Mass media is the focal point of this sexual revolution, and the idea of romance portrayed in movies sparks

Hume’s sun argument consists of us assuming that the sun will rise because it always has. We as humans have a thought process in which we expect certain outcomes to take place purely based on what has happened through past experiences. Hume argues that just because the sun has always risen in the past, that does not justify the possibility that the sun will definitely rise again for the next morning. The sun not actually rise for the next morning is still a possibility. This argument is based on the fact that as humans we tend to believe that actions or events will take place in the future due to the same outcome occurring within past situations that were already experienced.

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

b. After viewing Some Like (1959) by Billy Wilder it Hot and seeing how Monroe was used as a, “sexual character” (PowerPoint), I realized sexuality in film has been around for a long time. Women have been sex objects to men during a time when, I thought, women were elegant and classy. In the film Some Like it Hot (1959) by Billy Wilder, Marilyn Monroe played the alluring female character Sugar. Sugar was a gorgeous blonde bombshell that could sing and was looking for love, in which she describes her love life as the “fuzzy end of the lollipop.” ( Wilder) While on the train traveling to Florida, Sugar is in her black nightgown, and at times her wrap would expose her shoulders. Near the end of the film Sugar is singing on top of a piano wearing a dress that shows a lot of skin, but is covered with lace. I think films today need to tone down the sexual content, including nudity. While Monroe was a blonde, air headed character, she did not have to be nude or have sex in the film in order to enjoy it. Between pornography and the sexual content in today’s films, young women are under the wrong impression of how to attract attention in life. Today, many people are under the impression that sex is important, a social status, or even cool. Sex-ting and sending naked photos is almost considered normal among teenagers. There is something wrong with where the next generation is headed and I am not looking forward to seeing

Women were now being portrayed as powerful, unpredictable, and possessing a mysterious sexual power, which they used to elude male control. The 1960’s also brought with it his tensions that resulted the escalating war in Vietnam, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, black ghettos going up in flames, the women’s liberation movement, the youth anti-war rebellion and free love theme, and the Civil Rights movement. It was safe to say that the American public had violence on its mind and the movie industry capitalized on the public’s apprehensions.

An article in the New York Times claims that all those feminist messages were lost to the audience that was just too consumed with the actress beauty to get the message. None the less Liz Taylor’s film kept pushing the envelope of socially acceptable topics and in movie Suddenly, Last Summer, the major taboo was ripped wide open on homosexuality and possibly delinquent/criminal behavior because most likely the male escorts were minor poor young boys. This movie portraits how far will the established social norm will go to keep containment , the clear message that a men was better off dead than be homosexual was not lost in this very turbulent movie.

There are a few human sexuality themes that I noticed in this film. The first and most obvious theme that I noticed is how the film goes against the stereotypes that media places of sexuality and age. At often times, younger people are seen to have vibrant sexual relationship. The thing that I can admire about this film is that it shows sex between older people. Most people have misconceptions that when people achieve a certain age, they no longer have sex. This stereotype is not true. People who are in their 50’s and up can still have very healthy active sex lives. This stereotype was something that the characters in the film seemed to struggle with. Both Jane and Jake were trying to fight the aging to seem more physically attractive. For example, Jane considered getting a facelift to compete with her ex’s young wife. Jane also seemed to be very influenced by her friend’s ideas on love and sex; their perspective seemed to alter her perspective. In the beginning, she was very conflicted in expressing her sexuality. She dealt with this struggle by succumbing to what they believed she needed to do in her own sex life.

Another cause of the increase of sex in the media is that times have changed and perceptions about sex have been altered. In her article "Teen Sex", Jane Friedman explains how in the 50s and 60s couples in a marital relationship like Lucy and Ricky Ricardo of the

Mostly because of his newfound theories around children’s psychosexual development. This combined with his focus on the unconscious, penis envy and the Oedipal complex made him and his newfound theories into a controversial topic amongst his peers.

William Masters was the first to study human sexuality in a laboratory, and his findings caused a lot of criticism. In his junior year in medical school, Masters became very interested in sexuality. He found it was the lest unexplored study. Masters became interested in the work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who had interviewed thousands of men and women about their sexual experiences. Masters became an intern and a resident as an OBGYN at St. Louis Hospital. By 1954 Masters wanted to start research on human sexuality. He had concerns that the medical profession did not have enough information on sexuality to understand clients ' problems. Masters took the study to the next level, which was to study human