Reflection On Sexual Communication

Through most avenues including music videos, movies, television programs, and advertisements it is normal for women to be portrayed in a manner that emphasizes their body parts, bodies, sexual readiness, and facial features. More precisely, they are exclusively portrayed as decorative objects that only pose and sexually dance without playing any instruments. Sexual objectification of women has been in this culture for centuries and it is generally accepted and condoned. The government can intervene by establishing and implementing programs to educate both women and men on sexuality and critically analyzing media. Further, women can be empowered and taught to become activists and resist sexual objectification in the

Relate value systems and critical thinking to your sexual decision making before and after this course.

Advertising executives argue that the images they flagrantly display are only to catch people’s attention, and there is no deep underlying message in them. However, studies done on the effects of sexual images in the media on young women prove otherwise. According to a study done by The University of Texas, “girls with higher levels of ‘interalized sexualiztion’ earned lower grades in school and scored lower on standardized tests than their peers.” Advertising executives claim to be “playing to their audience,” but are they conditioning their young audience to think that this sexulization is normal? In Women and Media: A Critical Introduction the authors claim that the media is “deliberately structured to produce a male gaze that makes voyeurs of us all.” Over sensationalizing womens bodies takes women’s power from them and gleefully

Let’s talk about sex. In western culture, many consider sex to be an inescapable topic. We are both fascinated with, and terrified of, talking about sex. For many of us, we “learned” about sex in a school sanctioned environment. Halting conversations, riddled with immature giggles at the first sign of a penis diagram, and ominous warnings that sex would lead to diseases, pregnancy, and death. Personally, my health teacher insisted on abstinence and refused to speak of sex at all. She explained New York State required schools to teach an abstinence-based curriculum. Sound familiar? In that case, I must apologize.

This regularity has been occurring for generations, so much so that the objectification of females has been normalised within the movie industry. These cultural attitudes have had an array of consequences on this generation of young men, and the objectification of women has led to men suppressing their emotions without a second thought.

The most beneficial topic was the sexual orientations. Though, I had a health class while in high school we did not discuss all types of sexual orientations. Now, I know what to expect and able to understand how

There were some kids without the same kind of relationship my mother and I had. These kids had not had “The Talk” yet, and although in their 14 or 15 years of life, I highly doubt they hadn’t picked up any information on how babies are made or how sex works, they would be learning new information going into this seminar. There were also kids who had the ideals I mentioned previously who had strong beliefs in abstinence, along with their polar opposites; referring to the kids who had already had sex. Since such a broad collection of students were going to be gathering for this seminar, I assumed the instructor would be very factual and not biased or try to inflict beliefs on

The idea of the “feminist” woman has taken off in recent years. She is self-empowered, resourceful and only with a man if she so chooses. Many shows and advertisements still embrace the age old stereotypes and the younger, more impressionable generation is watching and absorbing these messages. The issue is that the media has not gotten the idea of empowered woman not meant for male enjoyment and changed accordingly. So instead of the next generation of sure, inventive, and capable women the media is cementing ideas such as value by attraction and sexuality, starting younger and younger in these unwanted lessons. This Literature Review was conducted with the following question in mind: What do we need to understand about sexualization of young girls in media? From this review, three themes emerged: the Cause, the Effects through Sexualization and Message behind it, lastly the Perception.

One of the hardest academic challenges I had faced was during my Peace Corps services as a TEFL instructor at Sichuan Tourism University. After working with the students for over a year, I had realized there was a huge gap in their understanding of human reproduction. In China, especially rural China, there is an extremely sensitive and embarrassing subject for parents, friends, and teachers to educate others on. I was growing concern about how little my students understood this topic, as I had gone with three of my students during my time of services to abortion clinics (which are located everywhere as they are very common thing in China). I had decided that many of students would benefit from a few classes on sexual intercourse that would

When I registered for this class I thought it was going to be totally different than what it actually is. I am not exactly sure why and I am definitely not disappointed. I have learned more about sexuality and myself in this class this semester than I have ever learned. I didn’t realize that there was more to what I was taught by my parents, school or even observations I have made throughout my life. Although some of the things I learned in this class I had the same prior knowledge but most of this material was all new for me. I appreciated this because I enjoy learning and understanding other people’s views. After learning this material I feel that it’s a class that everyone should take. The knowledge that is provided helps people understand

The advice given on how to talk with my child about sex, will be the area of this class with the most lasting impact. My parents never discussed sex or anything even close to the

As I entered the room, a lot of music that had the word “sex” included were playing. Most of the material presented was common knowledge or things we learned in lecture or discussion. This event was not as interesting as the event name sounded like. However, it was an informational event for students who were not in bio 30. Most of the time, my friends and I were laughing because the way Laci Green presented was very enthusiastic and for someone to talk so passionately about sex was new. During her presentation, there were times when I thought and looked back to my sex life or remembered what my friends have told me about their sex lives.. Although we all know what safe sex is, there are still a larger number of students in college that suffer from sexually transmitted infections/diseases. When Laci Green gave us examples about on consensual phrases and non-consensual phrases of sex, I was surprised at some of the phrases because most were straightforward but some phrases sounded consensual but actually wasn't giving consent. I wish at the end, the different resource centers went up on the stages to talk about the various assistances were on campus. But knowing that there are these resources available at such close distance puts my mind at ease in case of an emergency or even just a simple question I don’t feel comfortable asking my

Similarly, as steady with social perspectives of sexual orientation are delineations of ladies as sex objects who are normally youthful, thin delightful, aloof, subordinate, and frequently clumsy and moronic. Female characters dedicate their essential energies to enhancing their appearances and dealing with homes and individuals. Since media infest our lives, the ways they distort sexes may contort how we see ourselves and what we see as ordinary and attractive for men and

The theory of Objectification (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) is a structure for comprehending the experience identifying as the female gender in a sociocultural connection that sexually objectifies the female body. Although women have progressed through history by gaining equal rights and the opportunities to work in the same field as men, these accomplishments are overlooked to encompass the idea that women’s own personality comes second place compared to the ideals and fantasies of men in the patriarchal society we live in. Media fragmentation has led to women being increasingly objectified in the media. In magazines, billboards, television,

In the sex education courses there are many subjects that the educators feel uncomfortable teaching because of the public’s reaction to the course. For a clearer view at what the sex education course includes Kirby Douglas and Peter Scales wrote about the state guidelines in regards to the class. The study of the guidelines took place after they sent selected individuals in the Department of