Summary:
This chapter is all about sex. It describes, how people few themselves sexually, and what they define as sexually attractive. We learned what makes up a person’s sexual identity, as well as different types of sexual orientations. The book then went onto discuss the different norms revolving around sexuality in multiple cultures which reference to gender and orientation. The chapter then shifted to the topic of why people have sex, and what they tend to know about it, or in most cases, don’t know about it. Figure 7.1 Shows that for every demographic young people learn more from media sources than their own parents. The chapter then discussed the various types of sexual behaviors, including abstinence sex during different periods of a person’s life. The chapter concluded with discussing infidelity, areas of homosexuality, and the topic of STI’s.
Opinion:
I think the section talking about the double standard was very interesting, it seems as though it is a “grass is green on the other side” situation with regards to the old and new standards. I also think the entire procedure and thought process around Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is completely ridiculous. To think such a dangerous tradition is still being carried out by anyone who thinks they can do it is scary and needs to end. I also found table 7.3, which describes what males and females define as infidelity an interesting example of skewed definitions.
Questions:
The book discusses ideas for teaching children about sex, but what about teaching the parents about it? Taking it a step further, how about teaching parents how to teach their kids? I find it interesting that there is still a social stigma around homosexuality and STI’s. I wonder if it is because of that the two sections are back to back.
I completely agree with your comment about teaching the parents about sex, as well as teach them how to talk to their children about sex. They have plenty of books on how to raise a child and how to discipline and not discipline i them; so how come their has not been a book made on how to talk to you children about sex. There are, however, plenty of books that explains how the male and female bodies work (my mom tried showing me one of those when I was younger, but I ended up hiding it from here until she forgot about it). But these books do not come with directions as to how a parent should present it to their child in order for them to take it seriously, or to even comprehend what is going on and being said. Just like everything else in child-rearing, it should begin with the parent.
ReplyDelete-Jade Richardson