Greta Christina Definition Of Christina

Historically, sex has often been defined as the penetration of a woman’s genitals by the phallus of a man. This Definition is held by a very heteronormative idea of the concept of what is considered as sex. However, sex is not just about penises and vaginas coming into contacts with one another. Sex between two women or two males is different from the standard idea of sex and can include the use other body parts, toys, everyday objects, etc. So, as is comes to show, it is vague what actions count and sex and which ones do not. Greta Christina explores the concept that the definition of sex is too broad and does not cover the wide ranges of types of sex present today. Christina explores and gives her own definitions of what counts as sex through …show more content…
On the surface, this definition of sex looks as though it would be good enough to satisfy what we are looking for, However, upon further inspection, this definition is also problematic. The mention of the sex being “conscious” definitely helps in this matter. It is important that both parties knows and are aware that they are having sex. Another good idea of this definition is with the word “Consenting”. This is fundamentally the most important part of the definition. Without this, it would not be sex, it would be rape. The first problem we face with this definition is the “Mutually acknowledged pursuit”. Being mutually acknowledged is not enough to really know the intentions of another person. Misinterpretations are a common part of sex when there is no actual conversation going on about it. Let us say a Man and a Woman are cuddling on a cough together. Cuddling eventually turns into canoodling, and canoodling eventually turns into making out. As they both get closer and more comfortable and their blood is pumping, the man may think that they have mutually acknowledged that they are going to have sex. However, the Woman may only want to take things as far as making out however she feels that things have gone a little too far to stop. In most cases, men will assume that once they have a girl canoodling with them, they can go