responded in a certain manner, as well as, specific narrow questions that unintentionally had the participant contradicting his/her initial statements about gender roles. An aspect of this research that has me relating the story to my personal life was when a women spoke about how media has helped her feel more enlightened and content with her sexuality, although many women see media as degrading and objectifying females (Mccabe et al,. 2009). She thought it was empowering to see women in the television series Sex and the City all conversing about their sexuality, and what came to my mind was the popularly growing celebrity known as Miley Cyrus. She is a transformed star who went from a normal, appropriate, role model pop singer, to a sexual, crazed, lustful women in opposition against social standards. To many women she is seen as a disgrace, degrading what women stand for and have worked so hard to promote. Others, on the other hand, see her as being someone who …show more content…
We have been raised in a culture that automatically breeds men and women into specific categories (Mccabe et al,. 2009). By conducting this study, we are somewhat trying to break down those boundaries prohibiting us from being freely able to express our individualistic views and opinions on sex. If this research was to be continually sought after, the next major question would then be to see how religion, politics, class and other social constructs have influence in determining whether the discussion of sex and sexuality is something that needs or should be talked about and why. This is because sexual behaviors are an intimate activity that completely and inevitably says a lot about a person and in many circumstances, for example, in a religious environment the topic of one’s virginity is something so much more sacred than a pleasurable act, but the initiation into adulthood for the purpose of