The social view on adolescent sexuality varies across cultures, societies, communities, and families. It is a controversial topic because some individuals perceive sexuality as an important development of a teenager’s gender and identity, while others are opposed to the sexual interaction of adolescence. In the book Not Under My Roof, Amy Schalet demonstrates that in the Netherlands, society provides information and support about sexuality to teenagers. The normalization of sexual behavior in the Netherlands has allowed teenagers to develop a greater control over their sexual desires. In contrast, America’s perspective of adolescent sexuality makes the experience unenjoyable to young adults.…
Deborah Smith Pegues book is a concrete guide to confronting conflict fortified with biblical standards. The book is broken down into five parts which shows confrontation harmony, styles, effectiveness, personality, and selected situations. Part 1 consists of the goal of confrontation and the commanded to confront. Pegues called it “the bridge to harmony”.…
The Deborah Miranda performance consisted of her talking about her life, book and how we have created a prison mission mythology. She first introduces her topic by explaining how missionaries were the primary installment of colonization during the 18th century. However, one issue that she discussed that also mentioned in her book was how missionaries are more of prison than an ideal living space where Indians practiced christianity. First, the missionaries were a form of enslavements where Indians would be considered nowadays incarcerated. The reason that they would be considered incarcerated because they had no citizenship.…
Communicating is an essential component to human life, without conversations life would be full of unknowns. Some conversations are awkward, others are tense, and some are full of happiness and commitment. During “But What Do You Mean” by Deborah Tannen, the author approaches the subject of why men and women have trouble with conversing in the workplace. Tannen uses seven different categories to classify communication problems between men and women that not only apply in the workplace but as well as everyday life. There are two people that come to my mind that have major communication problems and they are my mom and step-dad.…
In this article, Deborah Brandt, and English Professor at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, wrote this article to inform readers how people become literate through sponsors, which can be teachers, parents, supervisors, editors, etc. She interviewed many people from different background to see how they learned how to read and write. I think this is exhibit because she used real people to support her claim. This is valuable because this article shows how someone’s background can effected them. The limitations of this source is it didn’t talk about disability.…
Cassandra Clare once wrote,“Lies and secrets... they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.” Everyone has a secret, but, it is what a person lets a secret do to them and to others that can be destructive. In Election written by Tom Perrotta, characters in a suburban town live everyday hiding secrets from their peers, elders, and even themselves.…
In What’s Love Got to Do with It? by Donna L. Franklin, the question of how gender is constructed and ascribed to define humanity resonated with me throughout the text. Through seven chapters from “Breaking the Silence” to “The Path to Healing”, Franklin delves into the dynamics of Black men and women relationships within the United States. Franklin presented a common theme of acknowledging and rebuilding the schism of Black men and women. She traces gender relations from the Middle Passage to the fight of social equality in the Civil Rights Movement to the depiction of the Black family in the twenty-first century in media and popular culture.…
Module Code: CRM3500 Module Name: Violent Crime: Violence, Sex & Punishment Module Leader: Emma Milne Student Number: M00549909 Assignment Title: Book Review: We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity. Department of Criminology & Sociology School of Law Book Review: We Real Cool: Black men and Masculinity by Bell Hooks.…
These girls have yet to achieve the their own identity and according to James Marcia are in a moratorium status of actively exploring what decisions and commitments to make about who they will become (Bohlin and Durwin, 50). In my upcoming classroom, I will offer a variety of moral issues for students to debate upon. This will help to build up each students confidence, interests and the desire to make a commitment towards their own personal future. Another way to help students is by being a relevant and competent role model for students to…
Futhermore, she suggests that “ the sleepover question “ with the opposite sex that they try to avoid can be a great source for teenage to learn more about sex and will also tighten up the family links between teenage and parents. She clearly states “it is possible for families to stay connected when teenagers start having sex and that if they do, the transition into adulthood need not be so painful” (p.484). In other words, Amy Schalet believes that it is necessary for families to have an open conversation about sex early in their kids…
Susan Minot’s story titled Lust is written in first-person perspective and it revolves around the adolescent life of a 15-year-old girl as she lives in boarding school. The narrator is the girl herself, unnamed and anonymous in terms of characterization; very accurately depicting someone with low self-esteem. The story opens right away with the character introducing the boys she’s met during her time at boarding school but goes no more into depth about them than mentioning the sexual experiences they have had, such as seeing one naked for the first time or French kissing another. The readers get little, if any, description of the male characters beyond their names.…
Born Gay? In the first grade, Zoey’s mom chopped her daughter’s hair short, and the next day at lunch the other kids in her class ripped her apart with nasty comments. There were two tables to sit at during lunch hour, a girls’ and a boys’ table. To be really honest with herself, Zoey wasn 't certain where to sit.…
Interview and Sexuality Experience Throughout the “Sexual Interview”, it assisted in becoming aware of my own sexual preferences/identity, my idea of a sexual being, my past sexual experiences during my developmental years, and how my faith, family members, and peers influenced my views/beliefs. Now that I reviewed my sexual identity, I obtained self-awareness that will aid my counseling abilities while supporting clients who are struggling with their sexuality. Further, by interviewing someone’s sexuality helped me take into account other’s history, interests, and values regarding sexuality. Nevertheless, this interviewing assignment benefited me in practicing my therapeutic abilities I will administer for my future clients who are encountering…
1.) I believe that Steinem‘s main message in her article If Men Could Menstruate is to show us that how we understand what is normal and acceptable about our bodies is very much culturally dictated. Steinem proposes that “the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless”(pg.209). Menstruating would no longer be connected to impurity or weakness if it were a male trait. It is only connected to these things because it is associated to the less powerful sex.…
When Dean was a little boy, he played on swings and his favorite school yard game was tag. He was friends with both girls and boys during elementary school. Middle school came and went and he remained friends with both sexes. His parents and family friends assumed he was a late bloomer due to his lack of girlfriends, or even crushes. As high school progressed, his peers observed that he wasn’t dating, and commented on it.…