Human Sexuality Course Analysis

In the course of this semester, I have increased my knowledge about the field of human sexuality, as well as having gotten the chance to better understand a variety of topics within human sexuality by reading chapters from our textbook and attending a lecture sessions. From the first day of class, this class gave me a broad way of understanding how we should view sex and gender. Before the semester started, I thought this class would only teach me about sex or an interaction between two people, but as the semester progresses, this class has covered every aspect of human sexuality. Reading and learning about the historical perspectives of human sexuality was something I thoroughly enjoyed about this class. However, all of the topics covered in this course were very important to understand.

Professor Fanelli has done great

job in this class by bringing guest speakers from the different fields, and I thank him for that.

Our guest speakers did really well by sharing information about the field of human sexuality such as, STDs, HIV, and many others. The information they shared not only helped us better understand it, but even provided information about how to be safe with those diseases, and what the consequences may be and how to be cured and even more they shared with us contact information in the event that we ever need some help or suggestions about dealing with them.

One of the observations I would like to outline is how community and society plays a role in people’s life and family. While growing up in an underdeveloped country, there are many things that are bound with superstations. It is a male dominated society, where all men in their households make the decisions for entire family. Eastern lifestyle is completely different than western lifestyle. In other words, there are plenty of little minor things that can occur every day in western countries, whereas in eastern

countries those same minor things are taken very much more seriously. For example, in eastern countries families organize most marriages, and that is the only way for two people to stay together under the same roof. When two people are together in a relationship, many situations may occur within it—sex is one of them. Sex is not allowed before marriage, and there are consequences for those who take part in pre-marital sex. During those situations, unintentional pregnancies might occur. If that is the case, then the couples are forced to get married and raise their child. This is where abortion plays a bigger role in western society. It is unacceptable within eastern societies for two people to choose to abort their pregnancy due to lack of knowledge. Eastern people aren’t educated enough about abortion to the point where they can understand what it is and how it works, otherwise they might let people have better lives. Therefore, people’s lives take huge turns. However, I find Things are different here in western culture. Sex is a normal thing as people are better informed about the subject. There are many cases where pregnant women do still attend school and college without having to deal with stressful consequences. Life is lived normally without any problems when a society and its people are educated, and it is acceptable for women to become pregnant women before marriage.
The syllabus for this class is fantastic. Professor Fanelli does a great job of taking the important topics from our textbook to teach in class, which is extra, helpful for all students to learn important material worth learning and even helpful in preparing for our exams. I heard about this class from my friend and I decided to enroll in it. Since the first day of class, this class has been worth more than I thought. I have learned so much more about human sexuality, and that in turn has helped broaden my perspective about what it means to be human.