Delving into Gender and Human Sexuality: Class Reflection

In the course of this semester I have learned my understandings of sexual gender through classes and discussions presented amongst the class. The cultural aspect of sex and gender allowed me to make connections to my previous beliefs about gender and human sexuality. To share personal thought about gained knowledge on gender and human sexuality is the purpose of this essay. Also I will thibk about how my understanding of women and men are different in culture regard their genders and sexuality affects families.

Influence of Gender and Human Sexuality in My Life

I was born and raised in the United States to a loving family that attended church regularly, said grace before a meal and most importsntly believed in God. As a young girl my parents would dress me up in girly outfits the ones with the lace around the bottom of the pants and lace at the end of the sleeves yeah those! My closet mostly screamed pink because that was the main color in there because I was known to be a female. I can't forget about the big bows my mom would put in my hair to match every single outfit even if were just staying at the house. Moving on from the baby stage, growing up I never really had responsibilities like learning to cook, washing my own clothes or cleaning my momma always took care of that. But going to school and listening to other kids talk about their chores and learning in my classes how kids our age in other countries were being raised was a big shock. Seeing and knowing that made me admire some aspects of how my parents raised me. I started to view the gender and human sexuality in more depth and detail. My previous understanding of females are so different from males only biologically. My understanding that we are socialized into gender roles that model of who we are.

Gender roles are determined by the society in a way that it conforms to the traditional standards. Men and Women are are imposed to roles and duties that they should follow. I did some reach on some different cultures and I learned some new things actually and found it very interesting and I thought it would fit pretty well with this topic. In Europe the culture is so different up there for instance boys are supposed to attend the military and graduate from it before they can get married and girls from Europe are supposed to maintain a good GPA so they can pursue their career and graduate early as they can. Here in the U.S. men can get married anytime they want unless they are not of age, then a parent can sign for them to get married. Anthor thing is women there are expected to get married in their young adult hood like their twenties with someone of the opposite sex, have children and take care of the household duities, while working their jobs that they maintained to get. Women here in the U.S. are not expected to get married and have kids at a certain age it's when the woman is ready to have a kid or marry. But I have to say it is common for individuals here in the U.S. to get married and have kids in their twenties. Reading over this I saw a really opposite picture of how family works in other countries.

Final Thoughts

This class has truly helped me further my comprehension of the themes and has opened my eyes to numerous different points and thoughts that past classes were not ready to cover. This class truly helped me comprehend different societies sees on sex and sexuality and how not all societies see sex and sexuality as we do. Sexual orientation is exceptionally impacted by both the social parts of life and the social parts of every person. Normally, sexual orientation articulation mirrors an individual's sex character which is their very own intrinsic and inner view of their own sex. I believe sex and gender are both clarified differently among cultures. Cultures are steady changing along with generation after generation.     

References

1. Bem, S. L. (1993). 'The Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality.' New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

2. Fausto-Sterling, A. (2000). 'Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality.' New York: Basic Books.

3. Halperin, D. M. (1990). 'One Hundred Years of Homosexuality: And Other Essays on Greek Love.' New York: Routledge.

4. Kimmel, M. S. (2018). 'Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men.' New York: Harper Collins.

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5. Laumann, E. O., Gagnon, J. H., Michael, R. T., & Michaels, S. (1994). 'The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States.' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.