So far the article is showing the dramatized versions of life, yes all of this is true, but that’s not all that it’s about. “Teen Mom” and “Promises I can keep” are very different in a sense. For example “Teen Mom’ shows teens who get pregnant accidentally, while teens from “Promises I can keep” got pregnant on purpose, they wanted babies from their significant others. The girls from “Teen Mom” didn’t want to have children, they wanted sex, and didn’t bother to think about the consequences. While the girls from “Promises I can keep” were used to taking care of babies, coming from such low income homes.
Others should not be forced to turn to judicial bypass because of their family’s opinion on the topic. Adult women have the right to terminate a pregnancy, and teenage females should as well. In the Untied States more than 1 million teenage girls become pregnant annually and have been steadily since 1973. Out of these pregnancies 78 percent are unintended, and approximately 35% are terminated (www.prochoice.org). Teenage women who become pregnant are forced to make difficult and ultimately life altering decisions, starting with deciding if they should, or even want to keep the baby or not.
However sex is also a symbol of rebellion as well as control as they both use it to a way of fighting for their freedom, hoping it would make a difference to their lives. In 1984 Julia and Winston have a sexual relationship playing their part against the party, to disobey the rules. Meeting each other in total secrecy without showing any acknowledgement to each other when in public, so as to confuse and betray the party. By meeting in private they were able to be strong against the party. Whereas in the hand maids tale, the maiden has a sexual relationship with the driver Nick after listening to the commanders wife instructing her that she should become pregnant as soon as possible.
To conclude Borneman and Hart explains, “While the model of marriage is arguably heterosexual, the practice of marriage is not.” In O’Brien, Breda’s article, “Further dilution of marriage could have dire results,” she will argue against same sex marriages and that because of heterosexuals we are facing the erosion of what marriage used to stand for (8). O’Brien raises many questions to the readers about the concerning changes in marriage and how it is changing the values on how we protect our children. She explains that marriage is constantly evolving to meet the needs of society and not for the children. The more we focus on our own emotional fulfillment the more we give away the understanding of marriage, says O’Brien (9). I have always considered myself an open-minded person especially when it comes to changes with in our society.
Why can’t they find a way to subtly lubricate the tampon? As soon as my vagina sees it, it goes into shock” (Pg. 70). This quote is a great example of how she thinks tampons should be fixed, and she gives examples of how companies could fix tampons to make them more comfortable. Another example of how the women in this story persuades her thoughts is when she persuades her readers that exams for vaginas need to be more comfortable.
For example, Mitchel brought Cam breakfast in bed because it was mothers’ day. I believe I saw depicted also here was “complimentary”, a as described by Nichols page 99 in how Cam was always taking offense into being viewed as the female in the relationship, and Mitchell was constantly trying to convince him otherwise thus remaining in a family homeostasis. Then we see how the concept of “triangles” in which a third party member, in this case the friends are at a gathering; moms and children were asked to take pictures and Cam tries to escape. Social Constructivism, page 95, is seen when eventually Cam did get chosen to be the “mom” to take the group picture and was even given a bouquet of flowers. Again Mitchell tries to protect Cam as he tries to explain that people are just not ready to interact with gay couples without being offensive thereby, continuing the pattern of “family homeostasis page
However, all of this romanticizing about motherhood never quite prepared me for this leading role. As I was reading the essay “Who You Callin’ Bitch,” I paused and reflected on Queen Latifah’s comment that a queen, a woman with self-esteem, handles adversity with grace (Latifah 35). She sites the example of Jacqueline Kennedy. Subsequently, I thought about my role as a mom and how we set examples for our children that can be life changing. Our second son was born with a birth defect called hydrocephalis.
Sex and the Senior Woman Danielle Petrella Psychology of Gender and Sexuality Lori Pye March 3, 2013 Senior women have sex and they want to. This is an idea that U.S. culture shies away from. With the little attention the general public does give to elders and sex, they use promotion of Viagra to give false ideas about what sex should be like. Seniors have sexual urges not unlike anyone else. The public wants to believe that our little grandmas and grandpas are asexual but this is not the case.
“Honor, purity and innocence.” Why is a woman considered honorable, pure and innocent if she is sexually inexperienced? Virginity in America is most commonly referred to during adolescent, every boy is dying to have sex, and many girls are too, but are repeatedly warned of the same sexual curiosity. Virginity is spoken of like it is inherently valuable for a girl to have it, and to lose it to someone that really matters to them. The difference is, a woman’s value in part largely depends on how “good” or “pure” she is while a man’s is
In the article, “Controlling your reality” Paige Pfleger states “Reality television can also preserve old fashioned notions about sexual stereotyping. Women are encouraged to fulfill roles as “the slut” and are simultaneously devalued by doing so” sadly these are the types of stereotypes young girls and women grow up with (3). Little girls are told to act a certain way only for society to reject and humiliate them for it. In The Hunger Games Collins makes a point by sexually objectifying Glimmer, a career tribute, because she looks like the stereotype of sexy. In the novel Collins writes, “The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown…With that flowing blonde hair, emerald green eyes, her body tall and lush… she’s sexy all the way”(125).Collins makes it clear that society has a very specific image of what sexy should look like.