Chapter 14 Sex, Sexuality, and Leisure (Glenn J. Meaney and B.J. Rye) PDF

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Chapter 14 Sex, Sexuality, and Leisure (Glenn J. Meaney and B.J. Rye) Section C: Leisure in a Diverse Canada Defining sex and sexuality Engaged in alone or with one or more others Can led to orgasm Physiological reflex Sexuality may be a cardinal trait At the interpersonal level, sexuality can define relationships between people Roles obligations and duties at the social level For example, no sex outside marriage When sex is not leisure When it is not a voluntary activity When it is work Prostitutes exotic dancer etc. Sex meaning is contextual Paraphilia's Sexual assault is not a form of leisure Perpetrator consider it leisure Monogamy or polygamous; form of social control Polyandrous; one person to have many husbands society forces many levels of control complicating things Restricted implicitly or explicitly to some of relationship like marriage Wait for marriage or have sex-illicitly

Sex can become a source of anxiety Punished by legal -sanctions, social-exclusion or guilt Pee wee Herman masturbating in an adult theatre Punished socially When sex is leisure When voluntary Persona needs Simple-form, physical-pleasure and release of tension May take the form of fantasy Even then guilt or anxiety can take over People masturbate but never discuss it openly Mutual consent is another issue Generally one person wants it more than the other Sex as a leisure activity Sexuality as personal development Defining factor of personality ( cardinal -trait) Direct expression of personality traits ( generally dominant person may see knout position of dominance in sexual activity Part of personality-development determining activities in which one will engage and with whom these will be engaged Particular concern of adolescent experiencing physical-sexual growth and defining their futurepersonalities Cardinal trait or organizing principle of a persons life especially sexual -minorities ( gay,lesbian,bisexual, or transgender people or atypical sexual interests Challenging to engage in chosen sexual-activities When we know something about someone's sexuality, we feel we may them on an intimate level

Example bill- Clinton and Monica-Lewinsky. People believed it influence Clintons ability to govern Even if the individual does not want to define it as a cardinal-trait If he a cheater in sex, he's a cheater In life Tool for self- actualization Sense of identity Understanding of ones intimate likes and dislikes Allow solidification of the sexual-component of personality resulting in self-actualization sexuality and relationships Expected part of relationships Positive and negative impact Physical display of emotional intimacy However sexual activity is restricted to "approved" relationships and people who have sex outside of marriage are stigmatized Those who wish to have sex with same sex partner are punished socially or even legal sanction US, some states make anal intercourse illegal in any case In Canada, anal sex for those over 18 years of age No restriction on vaginal intercourse Canadians are accepting of same-sex Sexuality as social identity Formation of larger social-groups Explore identity Peer -groups Reaffirmation of sexual -identity and social-cohesion Important for adolescents

Sexual-minorities too People will go through great lengths to bond with like minded individuals Sadomasochism Two types Sadism Masochism Sadism: sexual pleasure from the infliction of pain or humiliation on another Masochism: the attainment of sexual pleasure from having pain or humiliation inflicted on oneself Minority Heavily enforced rules Safe words Behaviors may be loosely defined Sadomasochistic club share common characteristics Heavily scripted Fetishistic equipment Ritualistic situations ( bondage) Fantasy-oriented and role-playing Serve persona relation and social needs Choices of particular activities is not about group-identity but pleasure itself Sex and society: social control and sexual ethics Social-control over sexuality is present in most society Varies with degree Three sexual ethics The ethics of divinity community and autonomy Ethics of divinity: fundamental belief in some natural law

Those who break are seen as unclean Example sex for reproduction, not for pain Ethics of community: fundamental importance of society as a whole Greater good of the community. Others are subject to humiliation and shame Example male -masturbating Selfish Group sex, bonding More attainable under community than divinity Ethics of autonomy: fundamental beliefs about the value and rights of the individual; otherwise legal or social sanctions Do not interfere with the rights of other people Example same sex sexual contact is harmless Rape no Plays a role in personal well being...