The Unclean Motion Of The Generative Parts

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Question: Insofar as gender and sexuality are concerned, what do you think is the most significant ethical problem currently at stake in contemporary Western culture? As stated by R.W. Connell and G.W. Dowsett in The Unclean Motion of the Generative Parts, Western society has become fascinated with control over sexuality (265). This drive to override one of the basic elements of life has resulted in a suppression of sexuality to conform to society. This obsession with sexual control has contributed to a culture that dictates when sexual expression is permissible. The human sex drive is biologically written into the basic fundamentals of humanity. As noted by Jefferey Weeks in Sexuality and History Revisited, sex is at the “heart of our being,” …show more content…

The dominance of the marital structure in Western society has contributed to a male dominated society, distinguishing the way in which men and women must conduct themselves sexually. As stated in The Unclean Motion of the Generative Parts, social relations have been democratized through sexuality (Connell & Dorset 283). This democratization of sex creates a difference in power between men and women allowing men to dominate women in the private life (Connell & Dorset 275). Rather than solely being about pleasure, sex has become something to overpower women. The sex power inequality is an outcome of Christianity and a marriage dominated society, encouraging women to remain below that of men. Members of society continue to enforce these adapted ways of life from Christianity, thus continuing the practise of sexual democratization. This inequality violates the dilemma of today, promoting equality among all members of society, except when sex is concerned. Equality standards of contemporary Western society have fallen victim to the influence of society, allowing its control over the private lives of individuals. Members of society are forced to follow the morals put in place by Christianity, and the values of marriage adopted by society as a result of this religious influence, causing an equality in the sex lives of

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