ipl-logo

What Definitions Can You Find For Sex, Gender And Sexuality So Far?

1585 Words7 Pages

Week One:
1. What definitions can you find for sex, gender and sexuality? Here you might want to think about something online or a song or book or movie which helps you think about what these things mean.
2. How have you learned about histories of gender and sexuality so far? Again, maybe there was something online or a song or book or movie where you learned about a historical event or figure, or how things have changed.

Sex, gender and sexuality has always been a prominent aspect of society. Views and discussion on said topics have always been relevant, adapting and changing over time. Historically, women have had very little rights in society, and being gay was illegal (this is still prevalent in some countries). However, this has changed in modern society, with women and gay individuals progressively gaining more rights and working towards equality in our society.

Media has been highly influential in shaping perceptions of gender and sexuality in current society. With the increase in globalisation, there has been change and adaption with individual ideologies surrounding the matter. Western societies current understanding of gender and sexuality, is largely due to the media. Topics on gender and sexuality rights are largely publicised in the news, television shows and films, making it a prominent aspect in the …show more content…

Many religions hold strong views towards gender roles, with many religions only allowing men to partake in particular roles, such as being a priest. This assists in shaping individual’s views on gender as they may view males as more dominant and ‘important’ in comparison to females, due to such roles. Furthermore, some religions are against ‘gay’ relationships, believing that relations should be between a man and a woman, such strong beliefs surrounding sexuality are damaging for society, as it does not allow for progression of

Show More
Related
213 Words | 1 Pages

In this chapter, Freeman shifts the focus from the physiology of sex education and instead highlights how sex education curricula of the 1940s/1950s began to include the mental and psychological aspects of sexual development. Because of this, sex education introduced courses designed to discuss boy-girl relationships and the, often contradictory, messages perpetuated to young girls. During the mid-twentieth century, both feminists and sex educators agreed that girls are not inherently feminine, but rather it is a gender performance, which is earned. Because of this, sex education often depicted culturally specific and acceptable forms of femininity. This is a key concept that is applied to The Story of Menstruation and the fairytale-esque

Read More
314 Words | 2 Pages

The Federalists believed in many things and had strong support. They believed in strong federal government and rule by the wealthy class, which caused them to favor the idea of national bank and business. They argued that the national bank was allowed because the Consitution gave Congress the power to issue money and regulate trade. They also trusted a loose interpretation of the Consitution, this made them think they had implied powers, which were powers not included in the Consitution. Another thing that the Federalists believed in was protective tariffs.

Read More
270 Words | 2 Pages

The short story "Quitters, Inc," by Stephen King, is suspenseful and filled with many twists. Quitters, Inc is a rehab fasiclity for people that want to stop smoking, but their healing treatment is very unique. Jimmy McCann recommends his friend, Dick Morisson, to join the same program that changed his life and helped him to stop smoking. But Morrison does nit know what is in store for himself and his family. Stephen King uses foreshadowing to anticipate the tortures done to a family member, if they do not meet the rehab's requirements.

Read More
1267 Words | 6 Pages

Throughout history there have been two subject matters which have had a detrimental impact on our society. These subjects include the portrayal of male dominance and or violence, and the sexualisation of women through media. The videos: Tough Guise 2, Violence, Manhood, and American Culture featuring Jason Katz, and Killing Us Softly: 4: Advertising’s Image of Women, featuring Jean Kilbourne, depict the vast reality, and impact the media is having on our culture and how these implications are affecting individuals in society today. This paper will outline themes responsible for causing highly negative side-effects for societies up-and-coming generations. As a youth, there are extreme pressures to live up to the figures seen in productions,

Read More
830 Words | 4 Pages

In What about Gender Roles in Same-Sex Relationships?, Stephen Mays critiques various gender stereotypes, including ones affecting gay people and straight people, both men and women. In Mays opinion, gender roles do not determine sex (male or female), therefore I agree with the author’s point of view that what a partner in a same-sex relationship may decide to do in a relationship is not pre-determined by their biological sex. Mays stated, “[d]espite sexual orientation, some people simply demonstrate more masculine qualities or more feminine qualities” (719). In gender roles, a male or female in the past was based on societies’ definitions that they are supposed to practice something that defines or pertains to their role in the relationship.

Read More
603 Words | 3 Pages

Social norms have not been static, they are actually variant across time, age, gender, and ethnicity. Not only it is variant across time, age, gender, and ethnicity, but there has also been a limit of how much sexual acts have been tolerated throughout time, which have

Read More
1716 Words | 7 Pages

Wood argues that a lack of substantial representation in the media reinforces a number of negative stereotypes and false generalizations about the female sex. A number of these

Read More
556 Words | 3 Pages

Sexuality is a heated topic in nearly all societies. America is known for making huge advances towards sexuality, as the LGBT group gains more rights in the course of time. In many societies, the only known sexes are male and female, which translate to man and woman respectively. People who do not ascribe to the two sex statuses are deemed abnormal. Christianity and other religions have also contributed hugely towards the discrimination of other sexes in the society because holy scriptures indicate that male and female are the only approved sexes.

Read More
1020 Words | 5 Pages

When I first began my observation assignment my goal was to research the subject of gendered media. However, as I began to review articles from the New York Times I found that especially in the 1970’s the theme and articles related to the word “gendered” leaned more towards the theory that gender is a social construction. This caused me to change my focus, to idea of Doing Gender and the theory that gender is a social construct. Kimmel explains that “gender is less a property of the individual than it is a product of our interactions with others” (2013:139).

Read More
1884 Words | 8 Pages

According to Julia T. Wood who works with communication there are three main themes that the media use when they represent gender. First, men and women are portrayed in stereotypical ways. Second, women are underrepresented. The third way is how the media portray the relationship between men and women with traditional gender roles and the normalization of violence against

Read More
928 Words | 4 Pages

Sociological Perspectives Sexuality has three assumptions to it 1. Sexuality of members 2. Institutions of society such as family, religion, 3. What is appropriateness or inappropriateness of sexual behavior with in the cultural it occurs in.

Read More
1027 Words | 5 Pages

However, this paper summarizes some of these problems. There are bases for claiming a link between the use of sexuality inthe media and individuals’ sexual and general attitudes and beliefs, For example, exposure to sexuality has been found to increase older youth acceptance of non-marital sexual behavior. In addition, it causes estimates of the amplification of more unusual and unethical sexual behaviors, less expectation ofsexual exclusivity with partners, less concern about sexual child abuse, and concern about thatsexual inactivity leads to a health risk. (Brown 2002).Although the government should put rules and regulations on the media channels to avoid this

Read More
2285 Words | 10 Pages

The representation of gender in mass communications has been a hugely debated topic for years and will continue to be one for many more years to come. The media plays a big role in how they want to portray a gender to the public. They create certain stereotypes through the role of a gender in order to attract a large audience and interest to sell a product, brand or image. Media is so important in today’s society, people spend hours and hours each day watching TV, browsing the Internet and reading magazines. There are so many images of men and women in the media today that it certainly has an impact on the viewer’s thoughts and sense of identity.

Read More
1371 Words | 6 Pages

Human Sexuality Diane Dyche Sociology 21 # 22071 The top three things in my life that have most influence my viewpoints about sex and sexuality are my family, peers, and tv and movies. My family influenced my viewpoints on sex and sexuality because that is usually what I grew up listening to. My family was very open about a person’s sexuality and sex while growing up. They talked about gender roles, sexuality, and even sex.

Read More
841 Words | 4 Pages

To understand gender and the media, one needs to understand how feminism, masculinity and gender relations are being constructed in a world filled with rapid changes. From changes in gender relations, introduction of newer media technologies and the variety of control now available today, a multitude of factors influence how gender representations are made by the media. Construction of Gender There are a number of contradictions in how ‘gender’ is constructed by the media today. Stories of rape fill the evening news

Read More

More about What Definitions Can You Find For Sex, Gender And Sexuality So Far?

Related Topics

Open Document