Reflection Paper About Sex

The truth about how sex among older adults is portrayed in the media and popular culture is simply that it is not portrayed very often in these mediums. Preadolescents and adolescents tend to receive much of the sexualization that is used in these mediums while the elderly tend to never get portrayed doing these types of activities. This can be attributed to the media's presentation of the perfect human specimen, man or woman; of which most elderly people do not satisfy as they have wrinkles, sagging skin, more skin marks (moles, freckles) and overall are not attractive by the media's standards. Older people have the life experience and intelligence to ignore such impositions and therefore, it does not affect their sexual lifestyle. To the

If sexual orientation is something that we can’t change or choose, then how are these specific preferences such as heterosexuality and homosexuality created? How does one person progress to either heterosexuality or homosexuality? Studies showed that there were genetic factors linked to influencing sexual orientation in males before they were born by increasing the female reproductive capacity in mothers during multiple births. (Iemmole, Ciani, 2008: 393) Though that doesn’t mean that there technically is a “gay gene” that has been discovered, just that several human genome studies has suggested promising areas of research that are pointing to that direction. (Iemmole, Ciani, 2008: 393) With more

Here I stand on the brink of adulthood, a daunting place to exist. I peer over the edge and gaze into a chasm, bright but blurry. I am afraid. I am anxious. But I am hopeful. I am hopeful because I know that my past has defined me, but it is my future that will continue to mold me. As my years as a teenager draw to a close, I find myself reflecting on pivotal moments that taught me what it really means to be a good human being.

The popular culture perceives sexuality among the elderly people as if it doesn’t exist or that the elderly are not as interested as they were in their younger years. The younger generations don’t even want to think about it because of the possible visualization may shock them and they find it disgusting. I’m sure I’m not the only one as a kid that I found adult expressing their intimacy with each other gross. But as I grew, I found that expressing your feelings just shows love and care for that person. Sexuality among the elderly does exist, and from articles that I’ve read to include our reading material, studies show that people in there 70’s and 80’s remain sexually active (Greenberg, Bruess, Oswalt, 2013). There are some sexual problems that increase and sexual activity rate goes down a bit but it doesn’t put a complete stop just because of aging. The desire and interest remains high. It may not be appealing to younger people but they will find that it’s a natural change once they reach that age.

In order to witness enough couples interacting sexually two different bars were observed. One was a karaoke bar with pool tables. The other was a club like bar that had little to no seating inside, but many picnic tables outside. The most common behavior made by people who seemed attracted to each other was physical touching. This behavior was shown in a couple ways. The male or female partner would touch the females arm, shoulder, and thigh. While in a dancing environment the couples displayed sexual dancing acts, such as grinding while dancing or kissing. Throughout the night, as people grew more intoxicated, the sexual behaviors expressed were more publicly sexual and aggressive at times.

Imagine not getting a job, not getting equal pay, having a certain role in your household, and more just because of your gender. This is sexism. Even just the sound of it sounds unpleasant. Although sexsim relates to both genders, it is commonly associated with the discrimination against women.

Sexual health dialog has long been a defining aspect surrounding the sex lives of men who have sex with men (MSM); especially, since the commencement of the AIDS epidemic. These conversations have focused on reiterating the significance of sensible and rational sexual behavior. However, despite this recurring dialog the incidence rates of HIV transmission among MSM persists at an alarming rate.

The research looking at the differences between Asians and Caucasians related to sexual experience is consistent and immense. For one, A number of studies have noted that asians tend to be less sexually experienced than caucasians (Cochran, Mays, & Leung, 1991; McLaughli, Chen, Greenberger, & Biermeir, 1997; Sasaki & kameoka 2009; Schuster, Bell, Nakajima & Kanouse 1998; Randolph, et. al. 2009, Meston & Ahrold 2008, Laumann et al. 2005, Meston, Trapnell, & Gorzalka 1998, Huang & Uba 1992). This trend has been identified in multiple studies and a range of age samples, including a study on 4593 high school students (Sasaki & Kameoka 2009). Saskaki and Kameoka reported that the odds of sexual intercourse were significantly lower for Japanese students.

Through the years, humans have endeavored to categorizing everything in their environment including themselves. By categorizing people or things that have a particular sharing characteristic, individuals pretend to make organization and interaction easier. In this case, schools segregated by sex. Before the 19th century single-sex education was very common. So, it can be seen as an old fashioned way of learning. The questions about if students really learn better in a school segregated by gender have brought many concerns; Although no firm point has been reached, ensuring that students learn better or not in a single-sex school, the arguments given by both opponents and supporters are worth listening to. While opponents assure that a single-sex school can seriously harm a student’s behavior, supporters argue that students segregated by sex learn better.

In order to answer the question above this essay will discuss in depth what exactly sex is and what gender is and the differences between the two terms. The research carried out will display that we live in a patriarchal society without a doubt as we look at how gender links to inequality in society. A patriarchal society can be clearly seen from the gender inequality in the labour force which is paid labour and also in unpaid labour which occurs in the household. Another area the answer will reflect on is how gender inequality links to education which overall links to society. Finally the answer below will show how the media also portrays gender inequality and how it affects the people in society.

Having left home and been around people who have casual sex, I’ve come to view it differently than I did as a child. Although it still feels a bit forbidden to me personally, I’m fine discussing it with others, not including my parents. In middle school, I had a teacher whom I liked who, at the end of the year, gave a lecture about abstinence and tried to make us promise to save sex until marriage. At the time, it was my intention anyway so it wasn’t hard to promise, and it wasn’t until later that I thought about it and the implications. Sex was something you did with the person you loved and people (women) who had sex a lot or casually were sluts. Clearly, I was really influenced by culture and media and having someone I admired emphasize

Today, November 16, 2016, my perspective altered drastically. The hot humid air of Honduras made my skin sticky and my hair damp. The sun beat down on me as if I sat in an inescapable sauna. Houses made of tin and cinder blocks flew past us as the police escorted us to the clinic. 10 minutes later my dad and I reached the clinic and gratefully exited the bus and rushed inside. “Ahhhhh...air conditioning! What a blessing!” I thought. We expected 10-15 patients to come to our dental chair to get their dental work done for their mission papers. I look around at the church gym, full of rickety makeshift dental operatories. The stark white walls, the dusty tan floor, and the porous off-white ceiling engulfed me entirely. My heart beat out of my chest as I felt completely inadequate for the tasks lying ahead of me. Patients began filling the church bench, which acted as a waiting area. Each patient shared a timid smile, offered to speak their best english if possible, and expressed their gratitude for us coming to their country to serve them. Even though Spanish is not my first language, I knew how to speak kindness. Gratitude knows no language barrier. I finished setting up our tools, chairs, and trays for our first patient. Giddy and anxious, I raised the lime green flag high above my head signaling for a patient. Almost immediately after raising the flag my stomach plummeted further, I’m nervous again! Why am I so nervous? Pull it together Cambrie! This is the fifth day of

Every parent’s goal in life is to protect their child and try to raise them the best way they can. Some parents will go the extra mile just to see their kids happy. My parents are very religious people they are the kind that goes to church every Sunday and volunteer to help the church with fundraisers and what not. My parents had very strong conservative beliefs and were very strict, with me being their only young child and only daughter. Their views on marriage were very strict as well they believed if a woman wanted to be with a man they would have to get married and have kids and the man must provide for the women, also typical Hispanic traditions. That was how my mother and father were brought up and that is how they wished to see me. They always tried to depict their faith in me from a very young age to serve God and never sin. As I grew up in the new day and age I never agreed to the way my parents lived I felt like I can be my own woman and decide what I wanted to do with my life. I learned a valuable lesson about Faith and family when my parents disowned me for running away from my house to move in with my boyfriend.

Courage is not always about who's got the guts to do something risky, but about overcoming obstacles that are difficult for you. Unfortunately his obstacle in my way was; public speaking. I was a quarter into the sixth grade with no experience in that practice. Little did i know i would soon.

Before this class I thought about the topics we covered in a broad sense and probably not very often. After taking this class I was forced to look deeper into each topic, and while I disagree with some things, I am glad I will be able to hold a conversation about why I disagree. I am born and raised Catholic so I know what view I am supposed to have on each topic, but I’d catch myself feeling guilty because my views were more often than not slightly different than the Church’s teachings. I needed to remind myself that it is okay I have a different opinion, as long as I accept the Church’s opinion as well. Of the topics we talked about, I found cohabitation as the most important/interesting and I found contraception as the most controversial. In this paper I will focus on contraception in premarital sex which can also be happening in cohabiting relationships, so it in a way all connects.