Premarital Sex Essay

Critical Review #1 In Andrew Greeley’s article on “Premarital Sex”, he discusses the true reason for Catholics abstaining from sex. Greeley explains that a long time ago physical virginity was necessary to ensure that one’s land would be, without a doubt, passed on to their true kin (Greeley, Premarital Sex). By true kin, I mean that the child truly belongs to the husband. This was a cultural element that the Catholic Church had associated itself with, in a sense, and began to influence Catholics. Greeley’s argument is that sustaining from sex, chaste, is not because of physical virginity, but because of one’s beliefs of human love and their commitment to God (Greeley, Premarital Sex). To…

Mabel Heighington, a minor character, is judged and considered a “whore” because she had premarital sex with more than one person. In this time period, premarital sex was considered taboo as well as a moral issue mainly because of common religious beliefs. On the other hand, men are praised and given respect for having sex with one or more girls. “Some of the men thought Percy a young rip, but the Cece Athelstan crowd acclaimed him as one of themselves.” (Davies…

societies that women have to fight. In general, in last few decades women’s right has dramatically changed. Before, 1960s and 1970s women were not allowed to have premarital sex. Before 1960s, women virginity was required for marriage, while men virginity was not required. This kind of double standards gave men more power and dominance over women. After 1960s, women were more allowed to get…

The history of love and sexuality is one of complicated circumstances in which many historians have both agreed and disagreed on the foundation of ideals that shaped it. In order to study the history of love and sexuality one must first look at how modernity shaped gender, marriage, emotions, and sex. Modernity which Matt and Stearns would define as the period in which the “rise of science, some political systemization, and some of the beginnings of industrialization” began to appear, marked the…

while males are carrying furniture. This is a normal occurrence with nuclear families. Females are socially viewed as the weaker gender. Males have to be strong. These ideals are what drive the chance of double standards. Double standards between genders have almost become a social normality, but must end because they impede equality in social issues, in the military, and in regards to the law. Social Discrepancies Women and men are not treated the same. Studies have shown that, socially, women…

What does it mean to be a female? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a female is someone of the sex that can produce eggs and give birth to young (Cambridge Dictionary). Some parts of society are more specific, stating that females are defined by key characteristics such as having two x chromosomes, enlarged breasts, long hair, and a lack of beards. Females in most societies are supposed to be delicate. They like flowers and wear dresses. Females have also been taught to be subordinate to…

This is in contrast to males who reach their peak incidence in teenage. In elderly females as the estrogen level falls, The sex stimulating testosterone hormone (produced by suprarenals) level increases.Some women who fail to reach orgasm in coitus are then stimulated manually by their husbands, or they masturbate themselves until they reach orgasm. Some of the married females , on the other hand, confine their masturbation to period when their husbands are away from home.The frequency of…

Capybaras are the world’s largest rodent at one and a half to two feet tall at the shoulder, four feet in length, and up to 150 pounds. They were once thought to be related to beavers but it has been discovered that they are more closely related to the rat. They are simi-aquatic animals and use water to escape from predators. They can stay submerged for up to 5 minutes and can press their ears to their heads in order to keep water out. They eat grasses and aquatic plants and have special…

p. 111). After seeing this advertisement, men and women who have fantasized about having an affair will be more likely to try the product as a means of realizing this dream. This form of advertising not only promotes but also normalizes infidelity amongst its readers and viewers. This normalization leads readers to believe that infidelity is tolerable and fails to remind them of the consequences that come with these actions. According to Weigel and Weiser (2014), “a high proportion of…

Issues of gender is very important to adolescent literature. Gender is the first thing people generally look for when reading a book. Readers look for a character that they can associate with, or imitate. When reading adolescent literature, knowing the gender of the characters in the story, gives readers assumptions about the characters themselves without even knowing their background. Even if the author decided not to formally establish or intentionally state the gender of their characters, the…