性别和人际互动节选：Sex and Relationships
10-29, 2015
性和它的作用关系是在人际互动中的最有争议的特性之一,几乎每花几年就有人想研究明白它是如何工作的。在过去,性的讨论在很大程度上都是一个禁忌的话题,只会闭门讨论,从不在公众场合谈论。
年轻人则完全不同,性的问题几乎出现在任何朋友或家人的晚餐对话之中。今天的主题是如何对待当下这种鲜明的对比。
今天性宣传已经无处不在,广告牌、杂志、电视和电台广告、社交媒体网站,它出现在从汽车保险到绿茶的广告中。因为不断进步的社会标准和媒体的宣传,性行为的本质在我们的日常关系已发生了翻天覆地的变化,不过在很大程度上性仍然是一个有争议的主题。
Sex and its role in relationships is one of the most contentious features of human interaction that just about every couple spends years trying to figure out just how it is meant to work. In previous generations, sex was largely a taboo subject, only discussed behind closed doors and never referred to in company.
Young adults had to pretty much figure stuff out on their own as it was hardly any sort of appropriate dinner time conversation among friends or family. A stark contrast to how the subject is treated today.
Sex is everywhere today; billboards, magazines, TV and radio ads, social media sites – and it is used to sell everything from car insurance to green tea. And because of evolving social standards and intense media pressure, the very nature of sexual behavior in our relationships has undergone a transformation – yet largely remains a contentious subject matter.
Young adults are being brought up in an environment where sexuality is celebrated to levels that most definitely cross the lines of exploitation. Massive percentages of young, college students are sexually active and have been for some time. And we live in an age where sexual relationships are perceived as having a totally different value than once before.
Our grandparents before us would never have dreamed of having sex before marriage, yet, here we are, just 3 generations later, having sex barely out of high school and getting married having had multiple sexual partners.
So where does that leave the role of sex in relationships these days – is it even something that is considered to be sacred anymore?
With the introduction of the internet not too long ago, students were suddenly exposed to vast amounts of scantily clad men and women and pornography was immediately available on phones, computers, hand held devices and being exchanged through email.
And as a generation were in the process of being desensitized to graphic sexual images just through advertising alone. Sex education was being introduced in junior high school and condoms were being handed out like flyers for a bazaar.
Sex no longer became a special, sacred event; it was starting to be considered a natural progression after just one date. And for some, it was even considered a right – a thank you for dinner and desert.
The bottom line is – sex within relationships has changed – forever. In fact, it is no longer necessary to be in a committed relationship to have a sexual partner, and it is not uncommon to hear the term ‘’Friends with benefits’’ among college students, who don’t have the time or energy to wine and dine any prospective partner, and just call up late at night for a few hours of ‘’benefits’’ cutting right to the chase.
But there are glimmers of change, with many couples being loud and proud about their right to abstain until marriage – but is either concept getting it right? You will have to be the judge of that.
年轻人则完全不同,性的问题几乎出现在任何朋友或家人的晚餐对话之中。今天的主题是如何对待当下这种鲜明的对比。
今天性宣传已经无处不在,广告牌、杂志、电视和电台广告、社交媒体网站,它出现在从汽车保险到绿茶的广告中。因为不断进步的社会标准和媒体的宣传,性行为的本质在我们的日常关系已发生了翻天覆地的变化,不过在很大程度上性仍然是一个有争议的主题。
Sex and its role in relationships is one of the most contentious features of human interaction that just about every couple spends years trying to figure out just how it is meant to work. In previous generations, sex was largely a taboo subject, only discussed behind closed doors and never referred to in company.
Young adults had to pretty much figure stuff out on their own as it was hardly any sort of appropriate dinner time conversation among friends or family. A stark contrast to how the subject is treated today.
Sex is everywhere today; billboards, magazines, TV and radio ads, social media sites – and it is used to sell everything from car insurance to green tea. And because of evolving social standards and intense media pressure, the very nature of sexual behavior in our relationships has undergone a transformation – yet largely remains a contentious subject matter.
Young adults are being brought up in an environment where sexuality is celebrated to levels that most definitely cross the lines of exploitation. Massive percentages of young, college students are sexually active and have been for some time. And we live in an age where sexual relationships are perceived as having a totally different value than once before.
Our grandparents before us would never have dreamed of having sex before marriage, yet, here we are, just 3 generations later, having sex barely out of high school and getting married having had multiple sexual partners.
So where does that leave the role of sex in relationships these days – is it even something that is considered to be sacred anymore?
With the introduction of the internet not too long ago, students were suddenly exposed to vast amounts of scantily clad men and women and pornography was immediately available on phones, computers, hand held devices and being exchanged through email.
And as a generation were in the process of being desensitized to graphic sexual images just through advertising alone. Sex education was being introduced in junior high school and condoms were being handed out like flyers for a bazaar.
Sex no longer became a special, sacred event; it was starting to be considered a natural progression after just one date. And for some, it was even considered a right – a thank you for dinner and desert.
The bottom line is – sex within relationships has changed – forever. In fact, it is no longer necessary to be in a committed relationship to have a sexual partner, and it is not uncommon to hear the term ‘’Friends with benefits’’ among college students, who don’t have the time or energy to wine and dine any prospective partner, and just call up late at night for a few hours of ‘’benefits’’ cutting right to the chase.
But there are glimmers of change, with many couples being loud and proud about their right to abstain until marriage – but is either concept getting it right? You will have to be the judge of that.
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