Sexuality As A Social Experience

In today’s society we tend to justify and judge the way we perceive how we act in our daily lives. One of the biggest topics that we tend to overlook is the human sexuality. Both men and women from a very young are put into a mindset that we shouldn’t reveal too much when it comes to our bodies. Is it ok for society to put this mindset into children at such a young age that revealing too much can lead you into unwanted circumstances? This is exactly one of the points that is brought up by James M. Henslin and Mae A. Biggs in the Behavior in Public Places: The Sociology of the Vaginal Examination.

Within a century ago, juveniles justice system were created because of the unspeakable acts of kids learned in adult jails when placed in that interment. when juveniles are placed with adult prisoners , the juveniles return to the community as a more knowledgable criminal.

The repression of sex started from Victorian bourgeoisie. Sex was “carefully confined”: there were a lot of taboos, silence became the rule, and sex was considered as serious function of reproduction. (3) Sex had to be repressed because “it is incompatible with a general and intensive work imperative”.

What is the meaning of love? Every answer, or definition, will be different depending on who may be answering the question. Does love automatically include sexuality? Again, every answer is different. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, love is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.

In modern society, sex and sexuality often gets demonized and viewed as taboo. Because of this, people hide their sexuality and their sexual experiences, keeping them a part of their personal life, especially when sex is utilized to achieve a goal besides procreation. Sex and sexuality are stigmatized as scandalous and as something that should be kept to oneself. Children are taught that sex is dangerous, meant for only adults and can have horrible consequences if they are even taught about sex at all. In some cases, if a person’s sex life is publicized, they are attacked for having too many partners or too few partners, for waiting until they are married or for not waiting until marriage.

Major Claim: Sexually allows us to personally fulfill and express what we are interested in terms of interpersonal means and/or intimacy and romance. Additionally, set forth in this week's readings, sexuality is an aspect that is controlled greatly in our society. To elaborate, the regulations produced by institutions can oppress individuals (such as women, people of color, and especially LGBTQIA+) by condoning various sexual freedoms and partnerships. These institutions regulate what is considered the "normal standard" in terms of sexuality.

In the first lecture for this class, Professor Creekmur asked the question; is sex popular (Creekmur Aug. 20)? As he often does in the course, Creekmur doesn’t give a simple, clear-cut answer, but instead offers a paradox, that while sex is an aggressively private act, it is also a good that is consumed, in our magazines and on our televisions. This paradox ultimately sets the stage for the rest of this class, demonstrating how something as intimate as one’s sexuality can come to reinforce popular conventions of normalcy and deviancy within society at large, and what this essay will attempt to address.

From birth, one's sexuality is shaped by society. Cultures institute behaviors that are to be seen as the societal norms, which work to constantly reinforce societal expectations of how genders should act in relation to one another. Although some may argue that one's sexuality is an innate characteristic resulting from genetic makeup, there is a large amount of evidence pointing to its social construction instead. Through the power differences between males and females, established gender roles, and drastic economic shifts, society establishes sexuality and reinforces the behaviors that are expected of its citizens.

Alike gender, sexuality is also a social construct, especially when looking at the period before the 18th century, when one’s sexual orientation did not matter, hence there being no need for justification, just as pointed by Foucault: “Sexual practices had little need of secrecy; words were said without undue reticence, and things were done without too much concealment; one had a tolerant familiarity with the illicit.” (3). And the 19th century came and brought with it a big change, and not only did people become engulfed by social norms, whom they should abide at all costs, but they also had to keep their sexual preferences under lock and key: “But twilight soon fell upon this bright day, followed by the monotonous nights of the Victorian

Unlike sex, the history of sexuality is dependant upon society and limited by its language in order to be defined and understood.

Throughout the semester in class, we read a lot of short stories, and poems. One of the stories that stuck out to me the most to me, is The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer. This tale is based on the millers, which is the topic of my paper. When it comes to the millers, there is a lot to know such as who they are, what they do, how the mills worked, their role in the Feudal system, how they make a living, what they ate, where they lived, what kind of clothing they wore, how the millers are able to assure they can continue to make enough money to live on, and so much more.

Throughout history, definitions of sexuality within a culture are created and then changed time after time. During these changes, we have seen the impact and power one individual or group can have over others. In the Late Nineteenth Century into the Early Twentieth Century, we see multiple groups of people and or authorities taking control over the idea of sex and how they believe society is being impacted by sex. At this point in time, society had groups of people who believed they had the power to control how society as whole viewed and acted upon sex. Those particular groups and ideas changed many lives and the overall definition of sexuality within that culture.

What does it mean to be a man? Some say it’s your age that determines whether or not you are a man, or it could be your maturity. Well, it's much more than that.

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.

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?