SHUGA; Love, Sex, and Money “THE TALK” Pick out a SINGLE IMAGE / MOMENT of sexuality or violence from film or TV that had a memorable impact on you before the age of 12. In your essay, discuss that image and the effect it had on you at the time and continues to have on you today. At the beginning of 2009 a Kenyan production series “Shuga” was gaining quite a peculiar popularity among the teenagers and youths in Nairobi city. Parents were also on the forefront arguing that the series was too…
Lerum and Dworkin (2015) pinpoint that “Nowhere is there any mention of how the Agency Line might differentially impact individuals in the U.S. who are born into and/or identify with the female sex category across a range of gender and sexual identities (e.g., cisgender, lesbian, bisexual, femme, butch, transfeminine, genderqueer or transmasculine individuals). In a paper attempting to create and model of young women 's sexuality in the the contemporary…
THE PROBLEM AND ITS IMPACT AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL Although unprotected sex seems to mostly impact adolescents at the individual level, it is also a very important public health issue at the community level. Referring back to an earlier example about how a young woman’s life is impacted through pregnancy, it can also impact that young woman’s family and community. According to the World Health Organization (2014), “a girl with little or no education due to dropping out of school has fewer skills…
is a widely used word to define someone who has never had sexual intercourse, however there is no official medical definition for virginity. (Valenti 20) According to planned parenthood’s website “[a] virgin is someone who has never had sex — but people define "sex" differently.”(“What Is Virginity and The Hymen? | Losing Your Virginity.”) Virginity is social construct that holds a different subjective meaning to everyone making it impossible to determine whether certain sexual acts qualify…
Since 1952, 172 films have featured teenage sex, and 50% of them were released in the past decade. The American Culture seems to be cultivating teenagers who are encouraged to live loose and immoral lives. The American Culture is not the only one that fosters this idea; In the novel, “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley, citizens of all ages are constantly confronted with a world that supports casual sexual activities. The parallel between the society’s in Brave New World and America are both…
In this section, a review of literature highlights the emerging adult’s attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about sex and sexuality. Rather than oversimplifying a diverse generation cohort into a homogeneous group, the aim here is to give a deeper understanding of how the emerging young adults (Millennials) ages 18-29 years are shaping the culture with new sexual scripts. Let me begin first by explaining “sexual script”. The term “sexual scripts”, was introduced in the 1970s by John Gagnon and…
and “Wall Street,” became known for something else: his positive HIV status. While critics attacked Sheen for what they imagined was a risky sex life rife with unprotected encounters, the actor admitted to only having unprotected sex twice in his life. Though Sheen is a Hollywood celebrity, his announcement is a reminder that anyone who engages in unprotected sex is at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) like HIV, Herpes, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia. According to the CDC, the…
many are not, and one will live with it for the rest of their lives. Overall, the CDC estimates the 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occurs each year (10 Truly Shocking Stats On STDs and College Students, 2015). Schools should have more sex education. The reasons to why is because there are a lot of teens are getting pregnant, STDs, and STIs. Students need information about in order to make choices, understand the risks, and see the long-term consequences of it. Peer pressure is…
HPV vaccination. Sexual education is taught in the school and discussed in the privacy of homes. Parents of sexually active teens may feel the added pressure to do HPV vaccinations. Teens who are brought up in religious homes are shunned away from sex before marriage. Receiving the HPV vaccination for some may be against their belief system. Therefore, it may be beneficial to focus on the vaccination on different terms where families feel comfortable receiving…
education? Most of the sex ed programs in schools today provide ambiguous, often overlooked and varied sexual education. Sexual education in the United States has many problems regarding standardization and content that can be dealt with by passing federal laws and providing extensive sex education that introduces healthy and correct knowledge about the subject. One of the many problems associated with the current sexual education model is that there is not a federal law that requires sex ed…