Gender & Sexual Studies Essays

The author states that translated into scenarios involving the bedroom, it could easily breed an atmosphere in which rape is considered acceptable. To be sure, it is the responsibility of society, through parenting and education, to raise young men and women to understand that the genders are equal.

In the articles under consideration, “ Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation” by Dale B. Martin and “Relations Natural and Unnatural: A Response to John Boswell's Exegesis of Romans I” by Richard B. Hays, the two scholars argue around this moot point.

The author states that Peggy proposes that a redesigning of social systems must be supported, keeping in mind the “unseen” factors in mind and by that she sadly means ignorance. It almost feels that she is exonerating the racist attitude of most people with ignorance and unseen designs of their secular or universal education.

Whatever our reasons are - the ultimate expression of one’s love for another, the case to procreate or a form of “release” -  it is vital that we become aware of our sexual health.  This is because our sexual activity has a big impact not only on the physical aspect of our lives but more so with the psychological or mental and spiritual facets.

It is important to note that the study shows that females are at a higher health risk from workplace stress than males. Organizations that seek to understand their own workplace cultures and recognize that women and men are fundamentally different in ways that impact their health will have a distinct advantage.

The author analyses the article about transgenderism from three perspectives; biological, psychological and socio-cultural. In biological perspective, the physiological and anatomical aspects are taken into consideration. In case of psychological perspective, the psychological responses of the individuals are given importance.

The author believes that Christianity has never cursed ‘heterosexuals’, it is our surroundings and boundaries linked with our perceptions of seeing and visualizing religious aspects in the way we want them to be, that abominates ‘heterosexual’ groups. It is not so as every human nature varies according to the sexual organs God has given to him.

The author states that the transsexual community exists, where every transsexual can come and get help from people who have the same problems, and from specialists. Transgender people know that most of the outsiders consider them to be somehow impaired, or mentally ill. This opinion dictates the suspicious attitude.

The difficulty in defining the term pornography becomes evident from the statement of Supreme Court Justice, Stuart Potter, who admits that it is not possible for him to define this term but he goes on to add that “he knew it when he saw it” (Malamuth 27). Similarly, defining the term obscenity is also a cumbersome proposition.

Richard Nixon was hostile towards black in helping them catch up with whites in any run of life. In 1970, State of the Union address, he said about blacks, "for those who make massive demands on society to make some minimal demands on themselves."

In 1975, the Sex Discrimination Act was introduced in the UK and for the first time, discrimination on the grounds of gender became unlawful. Equal Opportunities Commission during the last 30 years has been instrumental in promoting equality for women and men. Major legislations mentioned below have done much to improve equality in the UK.

The individuals wanted to work and are available for work and had been looking for jobs. The employment-population ratio has declined by 1.4% from a high in December 2006. For economic reasons, the number of persons who worked part-time rose to 337.000 to 6.1 million in September, an increase of 1.6 million over the past 12 months.

The author states that the only basic principle that he keeps holding on to when faced with questions on delicate issues is – whether or not another person would be affected by his decision. Hence, it is impeccable to expect that he agrees with the ideas of homosexuality and abortion.

According to the paper, such a woman is considered, “bitter, shriveled up, twisted”. This irrational response to a rational action may be attributed to the undue importance given to sex, which in reality is merely a need, which can be easily sated by diverting one’s attention to other really important things.

The gender also regulates the role of sexuality, choice of occupations by men and women, and the stereotypes. In the social, economic, and domestic scenario, women are expected to play stereotypical roles that are quite different from men. As a result, gender justice eludes women in the western as well as the eastern world.

No one owes anyone sex.  Sex is the expression of a willingness to be known. It has to be a journey into mutual selves by two consenting adults for it to be pleasurable.  Rape is an illegal entry into one’s physical and mental space.  It is an attack on someone’s private property without any concern for the dignity of the self of the subdued.

They also owned very big farms and worked in these farms to earn their livelihood. This changed with the Industrial Revolution taking place. Most of the individuals moved from the farms to the cities with women not being an exception, whereby they were now working in industries while living in the towns.

In “The Rights of Men: Manhood, Politics and the Culture of Sports”, Varda Burstyn embarks on a discussion that tries to identify and explain how “the culture of big-time sports generates, reworks and affirms an elitist masculinist account of power and social order on account of his entitlement to power”.   

Though we have women in the top management position in almost all fields in film industry we have only 6% women directors in the whole world and in America it is only 7%. This article aims to study the role of women in the film industry on both sides of the camera through years. Women were part of film field from the emergence of this industry itself.

The paper embraces approaches that support the viewpoint of its authors and do not compare the results and findings reached with opponent researches. In the article Hayes and Allinson (2004) explore the gender-centered perspective which characterizes women managers and women in general as being more intuitive than male managers and men in general.

There аre а number of reаsons for this, including the cаse of Kаnsаs v. Hendricks (1997) where the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the civil commitment of sexuаlly violent predаtors for treаtment аs constitutionаl. This meаns thаt the most seriously sexuаlly deviаnt individuаls аre now to be held in psychiаtric hospitаls or speciаl fаcilities for the treаtment of their sexuаl deviаtion prior to their releаse.

The U.S. has already legalized same-sex marriage and is in advanced stages of fighting for the rights of children brought up under same-sex families; this has caused a major spark in France where its citizens feel that their country should also do the same. This issue can be solved where people engage in conversations with each other.

The Developed World has been able to transform a number of these theories after initialization and discussion to the Developing World, which has largely benefited but with attendant mail functionalities. Women and Development (WAD) was the initial theory evolved in relation to the role of women in development.

UNIFEM is the women's fund of the United Nations. It seeks to improve women empowerment and gender inequality in all countries by reducing feminized poverty, put an end to violence against women, reducing the spread of AIDS among women and to ensure gender equality in democratic governance.

The author states that apart from just avoiding pregnancy, there is another very major and more serious reason why people adopt safe sex. It’s for protection against various sexually transmitted diseases also known as STDs. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, chancroid, Genital warts, genital herpes, and HIV are several sexually transmitted diseases.

It is essential to state that irrespective of their race, religion & class women were not seen as women in society at the beginning of this century. The woman is often conceived and childbirth has become dangerous. There was no birth control system in yester-years. Abortion was treated as an unlawful thing.

The proposed study focuses on the examination of the potential role of wounds on the performance of counselors; this issue is examined in the following two dimensions: whether a wounded healer can become a successful counselor and whether a wounded counselor can meet the requirements of his role, i.e. whether his intervention in a particular case is therapeutic or hindrance.

The purpose of this study is to apply some of the current theories of domestic abuse to a new population. Is there spousal abuse in Cambodia, and if so what factors are causing it? This is a significant research problem for several reasons. First, there is the issue of Human Rights for the women who are being battered.

We are never really sure whether popular culture creates societal changes or vice versa, but its influence is evident. In film and in music, this connection is very evident especially when it comes to gender and sexuality.

The author states that representative Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from upstate New York recently resigned from office accused of sexual harassment of male staffers. His defense that is was all horseplay. Last year, we discovered townhome full of conservative congressmen who spent most of their time bailing each other out of adultery crises.

As a social crusade, feminism strives to bring about social alteration, particularly gender equity. Feminism is not a precise, unified standpoint, as a social concept. Reasonably, there are numerous feminisms, for example, socialist feminism, liberal feminism, standpoint feminism, socialist feminism, and standpoint feminism.

Marriage is one of the long-debated issues. It has taken various dimensions that have emanated from different diverse groups. Some of these groups include people in political fields, religious and group activists in various organizations of human rights, and freedom. In all arguments, there is a major portion contributing to the support of the marriage of the same sex.

The gender gap is one of the main problems affecting modern women at home and at work.  The gender gap is caused by historical differences and inequalities affecting women and the established dominance of the male gender. The gender gap leads to such problems as sexism and stereotypes resulting in wage differences and low social position of women, family violence, and sexual harassment.

The foundation for many of her essays and novels is showing how women feel (and behave) in a patriarchal world (“Virginia Woolf”, np). By using internal dialogue and stream-of-consciousness techniques to exemplify her character’s point-of-view, she makes ordinary events seem extraordinary, thus exploiting the reader’s empathy. 

The web definition of Gender says “is a socially acquired characteristic, and includes psychological, social and cultural characteristics, such as ideas about "masculinity" and "femininity". There are gender stratifications in the working places, sexual harassment and many other ill-attitudes that are related to the subject matter.

Jennifer Davis's mother picked her up early from school, and they rush to make it to Jennifer's gynecology appointment on time. In the examination room, as the doctor approaches them, her mother's fears are confirmed. Jennifer has a STD. Jennifer thinks out loud, "How could this ever be any worse?

Today, we have magazines covering the latest fashion, Hollywood scandal, the glitz and the glamour of celebrity lifestyles, sports and fitness, just to name a few! The ‘magazine business’ is a multi million dollar business simply because it is affordable and also produced on a monthly basis in general.

Any attempt to define feminism is a futile exercise and smacks of gross ignorance and a pathetic lack of awareness pertaining to contemporary trends and issues. In fact, any effort to define feminism undermines the very purpose of engaging in women’s studies. The very beauty of feminism lies in the fact that it defies all definitions and constraints.

The author states that while men may have some societal pressures to succeed, women are facing a variety of problems ranging from self-esteem issues to discrimination to the super-human complex. They certainly have it much harder. It is true that women around the world face problems because of the assumption that they are weaker.

The author states that William James is regarded as the man who came up with this theory while the man himself insists that the primary originator of this philosophy was Charles Sanders Peirce, about 3 decades before it was hailed as James’s originality. Pragmatism is known as a method of putting aside an ideal temporarily.

The role and responsibility of a business head or leader are not only to lead but to manage the whole organization effectively. Since more and number of women entrepreneurs are coming up and establishing their own business set-ups globally, the need to have great leading and managerial qualities amongst them has also increased considerably.

The author states that the World Health Organization initiated a more profound definition of sexual health in one of the meetings held in Geneva. Sexual health is the integration of the somatic, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects of sexual being, in ways that are positively enriching and that enhance personality, communication, and love.

The "new morality” of the last thirty years, however, goes much further; it demands neutrality toward competing views of homosexual moral life. Historical analysis suggests that homosexuals have not been characterized as a group until relatively recently—and even that has been a result of their own organized lobbying to be recognized as such.

Historically, we can examine these sexual values by viewing them through the window of art and there are several examples in various art forms to illustrate this relationship between art and sexual values. Similarly, art can also be used to influence and give direction to the sexual values of humanity, as well as reflect those values.

To my own explanation, Sexism is a tenant that one sex is superior to another. While Men and Women are different creatures the differences must be shown in Society. The term also refers to discrimination against Women or against Men in our Institutions. According to my analysis, Women are more affected by Gender Inequality in workplaces, Families, Politics, and National and International affairs.

In the past, wine made in small batches and through quality processes was called artisinal, today microbrewed beer is often called the same. As the market has grown, spirits too have gotten in on the act. It is has all become a very big business in the United States.

It can be considered as the divisioning of a complex situation into smaller parts which can be addressed by a specialist. The information is communicated in the form that is quite meaningful for other specialists. The process followed are planning, monitoring as well as accessing the intermediate results.

Many bacterial genera from this group colonize the intestines of animals, and also include the plant pathogen Erwinia. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella are the major pathogens associated with human urinary tract infection (1, 2, 3). Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLs) are found in both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and are even present in some species of algae.

This organization mainly focuses on minority groups in the society such as blacks in a white dominated region, women, LGBTs (Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered persons), prisoners, capital punishment and any other group of people that are subjugated in the society just because they are considered minorities.

Still, lesbian and gay parenting is a controversial issue in the mainstream society because the same is generally considered as against the wellbeing of family, which is a social institution. The general opinion on lesbian and gay parenting is negative because the society is not yet ready to accept the fact that the sexual identity of lesbian and gay parents does not exert pressure upon the overall development of their children.