Attitudes Toward Asexuality
The article "Development and validation of the Attitudes Towards Asexuals (ATA) scale" published by Hoffarth, Drolet, Hodson, and Hafer in 2015 focuses on the public's perception of asexuals. The article defines asexuality as "an enduring lack of sexual attraction (Bogaert, 2012)." This definition also includes other groups on the asexuality spectrum, including romantic attraction and behaviors. The authors' justification for this study is that while the asexuality spectrum makes up 3-8% of the population, there has been very little academic research regarding asexuality and prejudices…...
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Queering Mass Media
Mass media is certainly beginning to feature representation of queer characters. Gay and lesbian characters are no longer revolutionary, and transgender characters have been growing in representation. Bisexual characters exist, although often not entirely explicitly, forcing viewers to assume sexuality based on partners throughout the show. With all of these great strides towards normalizing queer communities, many other facets of queer identity are entirely nonexistent in mass media. Specifically, genderqueer characters have not yet been introduced to live-action television in…...
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The Issues of Gender and Sexuality in Society Today
Some of my biggest questions as regards psychology are about gender and sexuality. We know that sex is determined by whether the sperm contains an x or a y chromosome, but gender and sexuality are completely different. Sexuality is not determined by genetics, otherwise, all these straight parents wouldn't have gay children. But it's also not environmental. People of all sexual orientations come from all sorts of different backgrounds and upbringings. But it's also not behavioral, as many in the…...
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Intimate Relationships in Trans Bodies Trans Selves
An intimate relationship, defined as an interpersonal relationship that involves physical and/or emotional intimacy; physical intimacy is characterized by friendship, platonic love, romantic love, or sexual activity, is something that many people, both cisgender and transgender, participate in during their lifetimes; therefore, it only makes sense that Trans Bodies Trans Selves includes a chapter addressing such. Relationships, especially those considered to be intimate, often involve the navigation of many aspects, from emotional to physical, and everything in between. Identifying as transgender adds another variable to…...
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A Reflection of My Mental Growth
Widening Spirals: An Intellectual Autobiography Looking back at how I have developed over the years, I'd call my mental growth a Fibonacci sequence. That may not be familiar at first, but there is a commonly known image that depicts it very well. When people refer to a chambered nautilus, they're often imagining a photograph of its shell, sliced crosswise to reveal its interior. The nautilus builds it as it grows, making new chambers for its softer rear body throughout its…...
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A Study of the Relation Between Genetics and Same Sex Orientation
For a long time, people have been wondering about the idea of same-sex sex. This has been a controversial topic that needs a lot of research to be proved right. Despite the efforts of the scientists to get to the basis of the matter, many discouragements have been put into place with several world religions and beliefs sticking to their doctrines and what they believe in. nonetheless, several studies have been carried and despite the errors that have been noticed, the results are…...
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Gloria Anzalduas BorderlandsLa Fronteraand To Live in
Gloria Anzalduas Borderlands/La Fronteraand To Live in the Borderlands Means You discusses what it's like to live in the borderlands and how it feels to be of different races and feel conflicted or judged by the people around them and by their own country. Anzaldua goes on to discuss the new mestiza way as kind of border woman who is able to negotiate between different cultures and cross over from one to the other and therefore has a perspective of…...
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