The Double Standard in Current Sexual Behavior
If you have ever been a mother of a wrestler you know how intense it can be. As you wait for your son to weigh in so they can place him in a weight class, which will determine who he will wrestle during this long Saturday tournament, you become nervous. You watch as each wrestler practices, sizing up each child to see who could possibly be in his weight class, and your son does the same. Who will he wrestle, will he win? As you scan the room you notice a girl. You look a little closer to see how tall and heavy she is, and try to guess if your son will have to wrestle her. You are now hoping, and maybe even praying that that doesn’t occur, anything is better than him wrestling a girl. What if he has to wrestle her and he loses, how will he be able to keep his ego intact? I would venture to say most wrestling mothers and son’s feel this way. It is a double standard, but it is the reality in our world. Many people feel strongly one way or another on the opposite sex playing in a sport that may be for a certain “gender”. Would most mothers encourage their son’s to be in volleyball, cheerleading or gymnastics, or other mothers encourage their daughters to be in football, wrestling or hockey? I would say mothers are more likely to encourage their daughters to enter male dominated sports. There is a real double standard when it comes to girls being strong and boys being weak. Have you ever heard of girl power? I have never heard a saying for boys about being feminine in our society that was supported. Sports are just one place where double standards are. The reality is that double standards started before we are even born. So many questions arise when you think about the ongoing double ...
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...ay still drink, smoke or engage in sexual behavior. No one is aware he is having a baby by his physical demeanor, but it is not easy as a woman to have a 6 pound baby in your abdomen. She will be judged for not using protection, or for behaviors that are less than lady like. After giving birth she is chained by this baby and balancing work; as well as, having to make decisions on birth control, while the male may continue as if nothing may have happened, insisting in a paternity test. “The difference between contraception and most other drugs that insurance companies cover is that this type of contraception is specifically a woman 's issue in men 's eyes. I wonder how many men would like to be told what they can and can 't do with their bodies. After all, women can 't get pregnant on their own naturally and obviously men are not providing protection,” (Gayle, 2014).
social networking sites even made it possible to find a significant other; for example, my friend met his current girlfriend of six months through Facebook. However, there are still remnants of traditional flirting in the sense where we still meet people who attracts us at common locations, such as a bar or party. Both offline and online flirting have similar goals of starting and following a sexual and/or romantic relationship with other people; but simultaneously, they have different approaches in
having sexual contact with another person with no future plans on becoming a couple or promising each other any type of commitment (Wentland). Other than fulfilling each other’s need for sexual gratification, which some may mistake or even consider intimacy. Everywhere and anywhere that one is shopping for casual relations, there are rules and codes to live by. This is supposed to be easier than actuall... ... middle of paper ... ...: An Exploration of the Contemporary Double Standard." Journal
societal debate in terms of the consequences of unplanned pregnancy and whether it is a female, male or both sexes responsibility to practice “safe sex”. Introducing the birth control pill for women in the 1960s created a huge controversy between sexual conservatives and the women who would benefit from the pill, but the responsibility still remained in the hands of women. However, as medicine has advanced and the possibility of a male birth control pill has amounted, many wonder if the same issues
campuses. Sexual assault occurs frequently among college campuses. Approximately 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted on campus. While colleges are cognizant of these high rates, they are often slow to deal with the aftermath of the attacks. Documentaries, such as It Happened Here (2014), highlight the prevalence rate of sexual assault as well as the mishandling of these cases by universities. It Happened Here (2014) uses anecdotes, interviews, and headlines to explain the ongoing double standards and rape
education.” (Foster 78) Throughout the novel Mr. Shelby gives Mr. Boyer advice on what to do with his current situation involving his love interest, Eliza Wharton. In this passage Mr. Shelby agrees with the pope’s opinion that “Every woman, is at hear, a rake.” (Foster 78) After the first time reading this I did not know what to think that such a religious icon would say that every women despite their behavior has whorish tendencies. By the pope declaring this statement men have a stereotype on what every
Gender Equality Today, in modern society, gender equality is a very controversial issue. Many people feel as though that all genders are equal and are being treated in the same way, however, this is not the case. Many women in the world are being discriminated against just because of their gender. On a daily basis, women are exposed to stereotypical gender roles, discrimination, sexism, inequality, and tremendous amounts of violence. While progress is being made to increase gender equality across
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century Russia was largely a patriarchal society, where institutions were male dominated and male-centric, serving the male interest. The inherent sexism and its oppressive effects created a double standard regarding the consequences of adultery for men and women. When Anna Karenina deviates from the behavior expected of a moral woman through her acts of adultery; she is ostracized; when Stiva does the same, his reputation remains unthreatened. The unfortunate realization is the relenting persistence
answer lies within the women’s actions, the men’s actions or both, it is something that has been an ongoing occurrence for many years. A valid explanation is that society has different expectations for acceptable male and female behaviors, which ultimately ends is a double standard that ruins relationships. However, another idea that has been more commonly researched in today’s society is that women and men think completely different and just do not understand each other. Steve Harvey’s book, “Act like
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these critical readings – as any single text can be constructed around a variety of discourses. College in this instance can be understood through the discourse of Sex, which engages with notions of promiscuity, societal dominance, double standards and libidinous behavior. In the second text “Colleges
encouraging safe and healthy sexual behavior. By perpetuating “the cult of virginity” as feminist author Jessica Valenti calls it, (Valenti, 2009) we are supporting a dangerous narrative about young women and sex that “conflates sexuality and morality constantly” (Valenti, 2009). This issue has become controversial because it is situated in the middle of a debate about how we, as Americans, value women in our
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