authority, such as the medical profession. This authoritative mechanism was an instrument that was applied to an existing system of sexual relation governance resulting in a control-dynamic between power, knowledge and sex. The medicalisation of sexuality through discourse spawned a categorisation of the individual as determined by their sexual identity in a process of transforming experience into knowledge, knowledge into truth, and truth into reality. Foucault’s reference to the ‘sexually peculiar’
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comes to American’s sexuality and their sexual rights. The entire time I was reading this book I found myself constantly shaking my head in disbelief. I couldn’t believe how many of our government’s stands on issues of sexuality are more or less controlled by religious groups who believe every citizen should have to live by their ideas and beliefs on sex. The United States is a free country where everyone is allowed to have their own opinions but in terms of sex and sexuality it seems nowadays that’s
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Culture and Disease: Trichomonas University of Phoenix Culture and Disease: Trichomonas According to the Clinical Microbiology Reviews (2009), Trichomoniasis is a parasitic protozoan that is transmitted principally through having vaginal intercourse. Trichomoniasis is seen mostly in women but men can also contract it usually without having any symptoms of being infected. (Shafir, S. C., and F. J. Sorvillo, 2006). I will be discussing the factors, modes for disease transmission, methods
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SEX EDUCATION? Imagine this scene. A young girl of fourteen approaches her mother and asks, “mom, how was I made?”. The mother goes blank. She is confused as to what she wants to know first. Would it be how to explain the miraculous process of reproduction and conception? Or would she prefer to know how her child got the nerve to ask such a question? It can not be denied that in today’s time, sex has become a household term. If before it was considered taboo, nowadays, it may be spoken as easily
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In Anna’s situation where she is in love and her boyfriend who is three years older than her, it is important that Anna makes the right decisions in her sexual relationship. Just because she is in love with her boyfriend does not mean that they have to have sex. Anna has many things to consider before having sex. A birth control method is important to have before you have sex. With her boyfriend being three years older there is a chance that he has had a sexual partner in the past and it might
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from the civil rights, to the Vietnam War, and nuclear arms, and the time was ripe for change. This climate of change led many, particularly the young in significantly shifting social attitudes, behaviors and institutional regulations surrounding sexuality. The Birth of Contraceptives Sexual liberation was a social movement that challenged what society viewed as the sexual norm and typical gender roles. Sex became more socially accepted outside of monogamous, heterosexual marriages, and increased
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For me sex is always an interesting topic. At the young age I was never exposed to any sexual related contents. My parents try to keep me away from it as much as possible. I think at one point they even told me it was a very bad thing to do. Throughout my life I have learn so many things about sex from my own experience and from my peers. These factors have changed my mind about sex. It wasn’t a very big deal for me till I was in the 8th grade. This is the first time I question myself how does it
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SEXUAL MORALITY Phil 150, Intro to Ethics What is it when we refer sexual morality? The word sex has two general meanings. First, it refers to whether one is female or male, and second, it refers to lovemaking or genital contact between two people, as in having sex. For the sake of this essay, I will broadly identify sexual morality as principles for sexual pleasure, desire, and activity. In the discussion for this paper, I will give my aspect on things regarding sexual morality that would
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faced with sex on an everyday basis, the independent teens of today will make their own decisions on whether or not to have sex. The important thing is to make sure that they know all aspects of it. Reality-based sexuality education gives young people an understanding of positive sexuality. I t also provides sexual health information and skills on decision making(What). Subjects include sexual development, reproduction, relationships, affection, intimacy, body image and gender roles(What ).
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I wanted to find out how many people really know about syphilis or do they think that it is long gone, and if just certain people have it. I was interested when I found out myself that in the 1990s syphilis rates had declined steadily in the United States, but by the 20th century the incidence of syphilis was so low that the Center for Disease Control announced that they had a plan to eliminate this disease in the United States by 2005. Unfortunately, syphilis rates have recently risen. The report
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