...“who are the judges and by what gauge or yard stick are they measuring this goodness?” The implications of this question can be confusing and unclear. However, what was not confusing and unclear was the insinuation that these “good girls” were the definition of a lady, a lady who sits with her legs closed, uses good manners, dresses modestly, and waits for love and marriage before engaging in sex. Good girls were appealing to boys/men, and would be the girls that were wanted and desired. In "You Men," the poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz exposes the sexual double standard that exists between men and women through the use of voice, allusion, gender roles, and the feminist theory. She accurately identifies the inequality that discriminates against women and subjects them to sexual harassment and victimization. 2 In "You Men," Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz uses voice to mock and blame men for perpetuating a sexual double standard. She uses words like “child”, “silly”, and “witless” to communicate that men are immature. She then defines them as egotistical when she writes they are “presumptuous beyond belief”, righteous and arrogant. Her unsavory description continues as she reveals to the reader that she sees right through their attempts to manipulate women and assign them blame when she describes their “urgent plea”, and their behavior intended to coax with whimpers and sneers. I have watched this dynamic play out...
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... as it is portrayed in the Epistle from Mrs. Y(onge) to Her Husband. Women were not only disadvantaged in the court of public opinion, but also juristicially. As they were often forced to give most of their belongings to their husbands and had to live on a small pension without the chance of getting remarried. While wives had the chance to counter allege their husbands of cruelty and adultery to help them defend in the adultery cases, they were still unable to obtain a parliamentary divorce and remarry. Their right to receive alimony could be withheld, when they were proven to have committed adultery. It would be interesting to investigate the course of change in the double-standard towards women from the 18th century to present days. While surely there are stil some instances today were a sexist double-standard operates, it would be foolish not to appreciate the changes that have happened over the last couple of...
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...Week 12 Essay: Have the rising rates of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases affected the sexual double standard for men and women? Should it? Why or why not? Use examples from the reading(s) to support your position. When there is an epidemic of any disease, especially sexually transmitted diseases, the evolution and consequences of it are inevitably tied to its socially constructed meanings. The issue of AIDS has been around for several decades, and has affected the perception of men and women in different ways. The rising rates of AIDS has had various social impacts on sexuality, gender, and social control, but not has not affected the double standard that has always worked against women. When it comes to sex and sexuality, men have constantly been given more leeway to be with as many women as they want while women are shamed if they are promiscuous at all. The way each gender is treated when it comes to treatment and prevention of AIDS has historically shown to be radically different. AIDS researchers Moerkerk and Aggleton have identified three approaches that various nations have taken to deal with AIDS: pragmatic, political, and biomedical (Steele 390). However, through observation in the United States it is clear that each response is used to control young women through education and legal institutions. The stereotypes surrounding women have always been taken into consideration when implementing public policy. Female prostitutes, African American women...
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...Introduction Today’s college sex scene is often depicted in media headlines and academic studies as a plague pinning the millennial generation at its core of iniquity. However, a recent study on the “hookup culture,” demonstrated that the chief change in sexual habits for Generation Y is not the amount of sex contemporary college students are having, but the context in which they are choosing to have sex (Monto and Carey 2014). According to this 2014 study, college students are increasingly feeling less obligated to have sex within committed, monogamous relationships, and instead, are more likely to engage in casual intercourse. This change in sexual behavior among contemporary young adults is consistent with cultural shifts in the scripts...
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...Nursing Course Number: Socs185 May 2015 You Decide – Boys will be boys Boys will be boys, but do we have to accept that? All throughout life there are double standards. This, boys will be boys, is one that is controversial to most women. Because boys have high testosterone levels and are more sex driven than that of a female, does that mean we have to excuse their behavior or that they are deemed “excused” because they are boys? It has been seen that “boys and men are rewarded and praised for heterosexual sexual contacts, whereas girls and women are derogated and stigmatized for similar behaviors” (Kreager, D. A., & Staff, J. (2009). THE SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARD AND ADOLESCENT PEER ACCEPTANCE). How sexual behavior is handled in the workplace. Sexual behavior and sexual harassment have long been a problem in the work place. However, most of the time we see men sexually harassing women. It’s very rare that we hear about women harassing men. But, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Men who sexually harass women in the work place are often suspended without pay, fired, and in some cases taken to court. When men make these unwanted comments or advances towards women, they are considered disgusting, pigs, disrespectful, etc. When women are in the wrong it is overlooked and possibly laughed off. This double standard is unethical and should not be happening. Most large corporations use formal bureaucracy to govern their employees, rules and regulations, and their policies...
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...crystal Human Sexuality Paper # 3 10-17-12 1. In reading 1 by Rubin there is a sexual double standard being demonstrated between the men and women in married couples. There is a gender based struggle being represented that shows this double standard. Men are portrayed as the studs and very masculine individuals that only marry good girls. Men are more open to variety when it comes to sex like oral while women are not. In reading 1 the most logical reason women are not open to oral sex is that in the past, they were brought up to repress and constrain from being sexual and had less freedom than men. In reading 2 there isn’t a double standard being shown between men and women. Women actually have more control being shown over men in reading 2. Also, they are at the same level where both the man and the woman are either sexually assertive and expect their partner to give them their desires and wishes and full pleasure or on the opposite hand, avoid sex altogether. Women have a free voice just as men do regarding sex altogether in reading 2. 2. Many of the women in reading 1 felt ambivalent about oral sex because it was act they weren’t accustomed to. Men were more open to oral sex because they were open to change and variety when it came to sex. For awhile women were constrained from being sexually open so they feel inexperienced about oral sex. It was exemplified in reading 1 that woman according to men seemed accustomed to one form of sex or one type they were used...
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...Furthermore, mainstream media portrays women as sexual objects, or entities, specifically when they are required to bring sexual pleasure to their male counterparts through the way they look or act. Such media, therefore, is implying that women’s sole purpose is to bring men sexual gratification (Wright and Tokunaga 956). This increases the sexual objectification of women, specifically in magazines, television, and social media platforms, demonstrating...
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...Clarissa Mills Investigate a Social Issue – Part 1 Professor Jonathan Loessin Introduction to Sociology 4/29/2012 Society has many different views on sexuality in today’s world. Human beings are “social animals”, and their habits, desires, hopes, fears, and beliefs are shaped by the various societies into which they are born. Society also sees this as the same with sexual attitudes and behaviors. People are born with a certain potential for sexual expression, but this potential can be realized in a many different ways. Human sexuality and language are also comparable on a general level and can be examined for their collective implications. In most societies the meaning of sex, same as the meaning of anything else is revealed by religion. This has always been the case in societies of the past, and even in the modern, secular societies the sexual standards often remain tied to the older religious doctrines. There has been no doubt that the sexual standards of our own society are still being influenced by the judeo- Christian heritage. In all societies the obvious biological difference in sexuality is also between men and women. This difference is used as a justification for forcing them into different social roles which limit and shape their attitudes and behavior. No society is content with the natural difference of sex, but each insists on adding to it a cultural difference of gender. In today society it is not enough for a man to be a male; he also has to appear...
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...Sexual Assault Carolyn Sealy American Military University SOCI 404 Sexual Assault Sexual assault is a serious crime that is growing in the United States. Sexual assault affects everyone. This paper will address how sexual assault relates to the course in regards to socialization, the media, health, religion, deviance, family, and the workplace. I will pursue a critical analysis of this topic by researching statistics associated with the number of men and women who have been assaulted. I will also take a look at how society reacts to sexual assault from several angles. Reactions will be noted by men versus women as the perpetrator and men versus women as the victim. There are countless re that define, explain, and go into depth about sexual...
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...detailed examples): a. sexual scripts, premarital sex/non-marital sex, extramarital sex, and the double standard The sexual script of my parent’s generation and the generations of today are quite similar. Our parents were able to discuss sex openly. It was readily introduced in the media, as my parents were those of the late 60s and early 70s. Sexual promiscuity was commonplace and the concept of free love was encouraged. Women of the late 60s and early 70s had all the advantages of post WWII antibiotics and the readily available distribution of contraception allowed for a focus on more guilt free sex for pleasure than that of the generation before; one focused on establishment of the nuclear family. The 80s brought about the conservative idealism of the 1950s and a return to family values once again took a foothold. Though sexual promiscuity was frowned upon in both the 50s and 80s, it occurred more behind closed doors. Social propaganda discouraged discussions of sex in open forums including churches and classrooms. Both generations also saw a rise in STDs; syphilis in the 50s and HIV/AIDS in the 80s, Extramarital affairs were also often kept within the family unit as the image of the perfect nuclear family was more important than the mental health and well being of the spouse cheated upon. With the rise of STDs of those generations, sex talks were once again encouraged, more for education and prevention than for the encouragement of sexual promiscuity. In all generations...
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...stays in my house” is how most black families deal with most of their issues. This issue is not only protected in black household but globally rape is not a subject that people address right away. Sexual abuse or rape is usually pushed under the rug, due to the negative connotation stereotype associated with being victimized, because of the controlling images such as the jezebel modernly known as “hoochie.” The jezebel is stemming image associated with the loose women stereotype. Referencing to the notion that if your dressed sleazy i.e. thong showing, booty shorts that she wants attention. This image makes it easy to camouflage the sexual assault to justify how it could be rape if this is what she wants. Any good piece of art has a history or background in which case may translate to the public as controversy. Music is a form of therapy for most to cope with their problems, and music video provides a visual aid for wide-ranging audiences’ and to give a visual message. Rihanna fifth studio album is entitle “Loud” she wanted to address some issue and make them loud and clear. Rihanna released her fifth single from the album entitled Man Down, lyrically this song is a modern version of I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley. In the music video Rihanna is used as controlling image to address sexual assault and its victims. Rihanna has dealt with domestic violence issues in her past, which gained the support of most feminist groups; she uses her videos as a platform to work out her own personal...
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...terms of generating the same amount of profit and producing equal entertainment. There are many different perspectives on the issue, some agreeing with, and some disagreeing with, the statement that, “women’s sport will never be able to compete with men’s sport. Sport isn’t for women, it’s for men.” Some of the issues that women in sport are faced with today are: gender stereotypes, leading to double standards, and also sexual exploitation. Sexism is defined as prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex (Merriam-webster, 2015). Women are subjected to sexism through gender stereotyping which can lead to certain job restrictions, unequal pay and inaccurate media portrayal. This also leads onto the issue of sexual exploitation. Women are much more likely to be portrayed in ways that show off their physical anatomy rather than show casing their athletic capabilities, like most men are portrayed. Women’s bodies, belonging to professional athletes, are exploited as a commodity and used as a way of making profit by portraying the women in a sexual manner rather than...
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...Compare and contrast Wilde’s presentation of the fallen woman in A Woman of No Importance with Hardy’s presentation of the same issue in Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Say how far you agree with the view that Hardy provokes more sympathy through his portrayal than Wilde. Wilde and Hardy both present their heroines as the ‘fallen woman’ against the backdrop of Victorian society. This portrayal by the authors of their heroines and the contrasting ways in which each character deals with their own situation leads us to empathise with their burdens and gain a deeper insight into their thoughts and emotions. As we witness the deepening punishments and tragedies unfolding for each character, both authors also succeed in eliciting our sympathy for these women as they enable us to experience the unfairness and injustice of the world as it was then. Wilde demonstrates the sheer devastation for a woman, of becoming ‘ruined’ through his character Mrs Arbuthnot as she expresses her demoralising thoughts and deep feelings that she has not spoken of before. We witness the destruction foisted upon her state of mind by the label of ‘fallen woman’ that was bestowed upon Mrs Arbuthnot, through the way that she scrutinises herself and expresses that she is a “tainted thing”. This metaphor implies that she believes her actions are so horrendous that she has been de-humanised and should be regarded as something impure. When describing her emotional burdens she states “I will bear them alone”. This simple...
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...led her to be raped. Her abuser spread the word about them having sex around the school which eventually branded her to becoming the school slut. Tanenbaum not only talks about this specific case but also initiates an ongoing controversial debate about how differently men and women are perceived in society when it comes to sexuality. Since the beginning of time men and woman have had to obey different rules and succumb to different stereotypes because of their sexuality. Women who choose to conquer their sexuality and explore the male anatomy are often labeled as sluts and impure because they choose to be promiscuous, they are scrutinized and derogated and many times abused, whether it be verbally or physically for emphasizing their sexual freedom. Men on the other hand, are praised and congratulated for being with many women; their reputations are highly boosted and are welcomed in by society as successful. The idea of a man marrying a promiscuous woman is often disregarded because a man is said to marry a pure woman, but who exactly do they plan on marrying if 85% of woman lose their virginity by the time they are 18. The statistics can only be taken so seriously since many women lie on these surveys for the same reason that they...
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...but it has also presented itself in the form of casual sex between people who are not in a relationship with one another also known as hooking up. Despite hook ups being very evident among college students, they are not limited to students per se. Different cultures and people view the participants in hookups from diverse moral perspectives, in this essay, we shall evaluate the role hookups and its effects on the esteems and reputations of both men and women, the contrast between sex in hookups and intimacy in relationships, the sexual double standard related to sexuality and the effect of hooking up on culture. Sexuality and sex being sensitive issues have their roles in the building or diminishing of the self-esteem of the partakers. According to Bearak & England (2014), men are more into casual sex while women are more interested in relationships. They argue that this could be due to the fact that women who readily give in are considered as too sexual lowering their self-esteem while men who profess their desire for casual sex are taken as normal since it is taken that the desire for sex in men is hard wired. According to statistics from the studies they carried out, 16% and 48% of women and men respectively would like to have more chances to hookup. Their survey gathered that 54% and 22% of women and men respectively felt less respect after encounters of casual sex implying that men were judged more favorably than women hence diminishing the esteem of women while upraising...
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