Sexuality refers to the whole manifestation of who you are as a human being, whether you are female or male. Everyone has a sexual nature. Body image, gender, identity, gender roles, sexual orientation, relationships, and other factors all contribute to your sexuality. Attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and actions are all part of it. Families, culture, society, values, and beliefs all have an impact on how people show their sexual orientation.
In a two-to-three-page APA college level paper, investigate and/or apply responses to the following questions:
- How has your family, culture, society, values and beliefs influenced how you express gender and understand what sexuality is? In addition, compare your parents/family members/ elders regarding their thoughts regarding how has your family, culture, society, values and beliefs influenced how you express gender and understand what sexuality is?
- While muxes are not well known outside Mexico, within the country it is not uncommon to see them at gay pride parades or other cultural events. How are the muxes perceived by others, how the muxes perceive themselves, and the acceptance of a third gender status among various North American indigenous groups. How do muxes propose a new hybrid model for rethinking seemingly contradictory and conflicting gender systems?
Overview
Culture and Sexuality
Laws, religion, and social norms are three main cultural and social variables that impact ideas on gender and sexuality.
Laws
Cisgender women enjoy better legal protections in the United States and other Western countries than in other areas of the world. In many places of the world, laws continue to enforce inequality. Laws and practices, for example, prevent women from having equal access to and ownership of land, property, and housing.
Economic and social prejudice limits women’s life options, making them susceptible to poverty and human trafficking. At least 30% of women worldwide are victims of gender-based violence.
Religion
The function of sexuality in human interactions has been addressed in most faiths. Sexual morality is seen differently in different faiths. Most religions use moral codes of conduct to restrict sexual activity or give normative values to particular sexual acts or ideas. Some religions discriminate between sexual actions performed for biological reproduction (which are only permitted between married males and females) and those performed for sexual pleasure. Sexual limitation is a cultural universal, and incest and sex with animals are often considered taboo or immoral conduct.
