Sex and culture essays

Sex and culture essays Throughout history views about sex have been defined and redefined by each and every culture. To many virginity is viewed as sacred and cherish able, where as others, it means little. After taking a close look into the Asian, White, Black, Indian and Hispanic culture in the twenty first century we are able to still see the many differences each share, and how cultural influence, along with a growing population of sexual liberals have effected these races views. Also, we will see how a few of these races have changed their views over the many decades that have passed. First we will examine the White or Caucasian race, which is very familiar to many of us. To better clarify my meaning of the white race I wish only to examine the most familiar to me, the America, Caucasians. When looking back throughout history at the American White race, we are able to see the views of sexuality and virginity change dramatically. In the early 1930s many of the members of the White race held strong religious belief that sex was sacred and only to be active within the realms of marriage. Virginity was especially special and people were looked down upon for having lost it before married. In the social aspects, sex was unpopular to speak of or show publicly. This way of collective thinking can be viewed through the music, movies, and media of that time. In many of the silent films people never share a kiss and it was thought of risky to share physical contact. The music was soft and slow without any regard to sexual desire or action. Sharon Ullman states in Sex Seen, The Victorian world of homosocial relationships gradually gave way to one of the heterosocial associations. American men and women have always socialized in some fashion; however, such connections-particularly among unmarried individuals-were closely regulated in the early twentieth century, an era of gender-segregated friendships and social networks. Though such networks survive ...