Megan Delawder Pornography Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility January 19th 2014 Instructor John Meeks Over the years there have been many arguments and debates over the morality of pornography. I believe it is important to identify the definition of pornography. This essay will define pornography as sexually explicit materials, such as pictures or videos, which downgrade women. Utilitarianism believes pornography would have to bring out more happiness than the absence of pornography for it to be moral. With that being said, pornography could be moral if it brought out happiness after viewing pornographic material.
In order to start figuring out the sexual situation here on Earth, I turned to media. Magazines, movies, TV shows, music, advertisements were some of the things I saw. Based on my observations, sex is intercourse between an attractive woman and a beautiful man. It is extremely important in the lives of the citizens here. You get it by making a move on others of the opposite sex.
Me, personally, my parents did not give me the birds and the bees talk, but I was afforded the opportunity to take sex-education in high school. Through the vast amount of information I received, and an accurate picture of the risks, I was able to make informed decisions. I remained a virgin until I met my husband at the age of 19. A successful sex-education program has several high points. The goal of sex-education in schools is to let students know safe means of birth control.
Due to the influences of the media teens believe it is ok to have lots of sex without taking proper precautions. There are many teens who do not even know the dangers that sex brings. Unprotected sex can lead to unplanned pregnancies, STD’s and HIV. While all of these effects of unprotected sex are bad, HIV is one that is increasing the most each day. HIV is a disease that is sweeping the nation due to multiple partners and unprotected sex.
It suggests it helps individuals to have positive experiences and develop important characteristics and abilities. These activities help Develop good relationships and working together or with others helps making new friends. Learning or development activities lead to a sense of purpose, achievement, confidence, development of strengths, talents and interest, self respect and a sense of belonging. 1.3 Explain how individual needs and preferences may influence how learning and development activities are accessed or
Twenge states, “To many older people, it’s funny. But too many younger people the main consumers of the reality shows on, say, MTV it shapes their views of the world” (pg 7). Narcissism is shown often, and without hesitation on reality TV younger viewers are being conditioned by the depiction of narcissism. Slowly, the excess amount of narcissism seems normal. For instance, on “America’s Next Top Model” young viewers wish to be thin, tall, and overall a model, but go about it in the wrong ways.
The problem would have never occurred if Kinsey was educated on sex as a teenager. This also impacted his work because couples would ask him for advice and he wasn’t sure of his answers. He felt like he had to do more research in order to give advice. Alfred’s theory, “everyone is different and yet everyone wants and tries to be the same,” I think means people are all different sexually. For example, some people can have orgasms quickly, as others take longer.
The sexual scripts in the media actually express how individuals “should” act in sexual situations (Hust, Brown, and Engle 5). Television often emphasizes sexual relationships as a leisure activity motivated by pleasure and personal gain, neither anything serious nor having any consequences (Ward and Friedman 134). The media also makes boys feel as if they need to achieve sexual power to be accepted by their friends (Hust, Brown and Engle 15). This notion is portrayed in the movie American Pie, which is popular among many teenagers. The main plot of the movie was for the main characters, a group of boys, to lose their virginity to secure a higher social status and these false depictions of people, given by this movie and the media in general, can pressure boys to feel like they need to have sex in order to be popular.
“Before the Medieval period early Romans tolerated alternative sexual practices, such as masturbation in males and females and homosexuality. Homosexuality was generally more accepted for males than for females; male elites were able to recruit slaves or hire household boys for their sexual pleasures, while males saw lesbianism as a threat to their manhood or sexual-esteem” I found this statement when I was researching homosexuality and found it interesting. People knew it was going on as they do now and no one tried to stop it. It was only as time went on that people (Christians) tried to put a stop to it and punishment got harsher for those that were or participated in these kind of things. But why should it matter to a Christian what another does when it is not their life, so why should it matter to the law who someone chooses to be with if it is not
The questionable problems that arise from Comprehensive Sexual Education include promotion of teen sex, and the morality of schools, instead of parents, promoting and teaching sexual education. According to Jane Friedman’s report, teen pregnancy has significantly declined since 1991 (1). Right wing conservatives credit abstinence-only programs for this statistic and liberals believe it is their contraception program. “ The federal government only funds abstinence education, even though at least 75 percent of parents say they want teens to be taught about both abstinence and contraception” (1). Although abstinence would be a significantly better choice, it is important for teens to know the consequences of sexual intercourse.