The crowded hallway, the smelly cafeteria, the boring english classroom. Everywhere I look there’s some couple making out or touching like no one’s watching. Little do they know, everyone around them is staring. PDA (Public Display of Affection) is a serious problem to a lot of students, while it is not so bothersome to others. It is nice to see a pair of students who love each other so much they want to share it with the rest of the world, but they really overdo it. Although there are rules against this problem, I believe they need to be implemented to cut down on PDA. Generally, public displays of affection cause many people to feel awkward and out of place. I remember walking down the hallway once and being in that incredibly uncomfortable position in front of a couple who were all over each other. It’s not that easy to just clear your throat and say “excuse me,” because sometimes they don’t hear you which just makes it more awkward. One article I highly agree with says, “On average, students agree that it is understandable that couples might want to express their love towards each other, but everything has a limit. Once a couple starts making people around them feel uncomfortable, it is not a good sign. Anything is acceptable in moderation; we need to keep in mind that our behaviors change depending on the setting.” Basically, students don’t like to be in a situation that makes them feel out of place or like they are interrupting. Although the two people who are “in love” may think it causes no harm, students do actually feel uncomfortable about PDA. Simultaneously, PDA causes all students involved to become distracted from their school work. The people actually displaying affection draw unwanted attention and it seems that ... ... middle of paper ... ...fection In The Hallways (Con).” Coppell Student Media. N.p., 15 Jan. 2011. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. . From this website, I gained information about how PDA is a distraction. Schleigh, Silver. “PDA: If You Wouldn’t Do It in Front of Your Parents, Don’t Do It at School!” The Arrow. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. . From this article, I got information on how PDA needs to be better enforced. Schneider, Carol. “PDA: How Much Affection Is Too Much To Show In Public.” Givology: Eagle News. N.p., 11 Oct. 2011. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. . From this article, I gained information on the students’ perspective of PDA.
Dating back to the early 1900’s and all the way through to the present, romantic relationships have been viewed differently. From strict unwritten dating regulations to not having regulations at all, recent generations have become more liberated in making their own decisions. The progressing times have made us become a more accepting society and have caused a decrease in the strong practice of religion and class. Even though differences such as religion and class in relationships were more than an issue they were not always a complete deterrence.
It is tempting to believe that when couples say that they are “in love,” they view their love in the same way –that they have successfully “defined their relationship.” Love after all, is the only legitimate reason for marriage in western society and one should at least be on the same page before entering into a perpetual union (Henslin 468). Sociologists like to say that romantic love is composed of two components: sexual attraction (a biological response) and idealization of the other (a societal created response that promotes a bond between two individuals) (Henslin 468). However this is a very simple definition of love because it turns out that romantic love is in the eye of the beholder. Researchers of heterosexual love have ...
They are definitely all around us, those couples that are out in public with their tongues down each other’s throat, not able to keep their hands to themselves. They display public acts in public that some may think should be done in a personal or intimate environment, that makes you want to tell them to get a room. Public display of affection is a common sight in today’s generation. Each and every couple has their own comfort level with in their relationship when it comes to public displays of affection. Studies show that many couples find themselves i...
Middle school students witness brainwashed, lovesick tweens every single day. Whether it’s at school, in your local mall, or even on the sidewalk while walking your dog, kids these days will have no problem with doing such things as kissing, hand-holding, hugging, and other public displays of affection otherwise considered to be adult. While the typical, pink-faced, wide-eyed, innocent teenager should be focusing on their studies, our youth decides to give their attention to how perfect their curls are.
Weisskirch, R. S., & Delevi, R. (2011). "Sexting" and adult romantic attachment. Computers in Human Behavior, 27(5), 1697-1701.
Teachers and students interact with each other more out of a day than most students interact with their parents.
Personal space, body language, and overall interaction between the participants in the gym was something that I hadn't paid enough attention to in the past, from the distance I could see that their interests. The intimate couples that I noticed in the gym seemed again sought to have created a private space for them by erecting invisible barriers through their private body language directed only at each other, resulting in considerable more space between these couples and other groups of people in the gym. It was a clear and present body language of please do not bother us attitude left a sense of diffused power that would be involved power relationships that operate without covert commands and requests. The dynamics of the couple was something that was very obvious, in that I was able to note the dominant and the submissive person. The person who had a tendency to meet the needs and the one who had the ability to be demanding.
that if they ask questions then their parents will assume they are engaging in sexual activities.
...gion. Students on the other hand are sometimes uncomfortable or feel out of place talking about their sexuality in front of a class full of their peers.
In every class there is one couple who has sex while the others are only
I stationed myself in various places in the Lane Community College Center building to observe students. The two places I selected were: the first level cafeteria area (on the far side next to the Titan Store), the other being the second floor seating areas (the tables next to Blenders). I sat there for four hour intervals and tallied the amount students of the same gender touched each other.
Weiss said, “The number one reason why people showed PDA was “to enhance their image or status by proving they were capable of making out with a particular person.” Others wanted to broadcast their love to the world, some were doing it for the thrill of breaking a taboo, and a few didn’t really care where they were – they just wanted to make out and happened to be out in the open.” In this article, the researchers think that the people who usually do public display of affection wanted to prove that they are capable of doing anything in public and they just wanted people to know why they were doing those such things in public places.
In every class I find myself sitting next to a student that is constantly texting, making it almost impossible for myself to concentrate. The teachers also hold some blame, they to are always attached to their Blackberry’s. Punishments are set up for these students and teachers attempt at enforcing them. Texting brings in a whole new way to distract the whole classroom from the teacher. In a recent study nin...
This is not an isolated incident. Unfortunately, this occurs far too often in my school every day. Phones continually distract us from our studies. This was simply not an issue ten years ago. I know it’s hard to imagine ...
An example of this might be going to dinner or the movies with a prospective mate, rather than the casual encounters that someone might have with them in everyday interactions. Intimacy does not only pertain to specific acts, but also to verbal and non-verbal expressions of love. Although verbal expressions of intimate feelings through self-disclosure are important to relationship quality, the nonverbal expression appears to be more important. In general, people rely more on nonverbal than verbal cues to interpret messages. Some examples of these nonverbal cues include touch, gaze, gestures, and time spent together.