Comments for ANT 2301: Human Sexuality & Culture

Comment on Sexy Song of the Week: Lady Gaga by Eric Malinasky

Eric Malinasky — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:20:47 +0000

This song brings up the confusion people have sometimes wondering if they just want a physical relationship or an actual emotional attachment. One may want something more while the other just wants to have sex. Sometimes, the emotional attachment naturally develops from the physical relationship even if you do not want it to happen.

I think this is something many people can relate to especially in college. In many cases, women think its something more than sex when that is all the guy wants. Also, people come in to college wanting to have fun with no emotional attachments. Sometimes it is uncontrollable and it develops regardless of their intentions.

Comment on Sexy Song of the Week: Lady Gaga by Adrian Marquez

Adrian Marquez — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:39:17 +0000

I think it’s interesting that some of the lyrics suggest that what Lady Gaga is proposing is nothing more or less than a “love game.” Her actions throughout the video, however, go against traditional views of love, such as fidelity in the course of love with another.

Also, I would agree with Jose and Melissa that there is both a double standard present in the music industry, and that word-play is the style I would prefer. Men that articulate what they want sexually from a woman receive praise, but on the other hand, women, as in many other expressions of their sexuality, are encouraged to suppress explicit expression of their sexuality and opt for a more subtle way of doing so. This all can be traced back to gender roles in society, of course. Culture has long held that a woman’s sexuality is to be controlled in its expression, but has also long accepted the free expression of a man’s sexuality.

And word-play is an admirable thing from either man or woman. It requires effort to find anything comparable to sexual expression, and that manages to capture its significance, its beauty, and its effect on the human experience.

Comment on Sexy Song of the Week: Lady Gaga by Irene Capistrano

Irene Capistrano — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:15:55 +0000

You should look up Lily Allen’s song, Not Fair. It’s pretty blunt.

Comment on Sexy Song of the Week: Lady Gaga by E'lon

E'lon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:47:45 +0000

I think that it’s wise for artist to use inuindos with songs like “candy shop” by 50 cent etc because these cover ups make it easier to sing along to, making it more catchy and marketable

Comment on Sexy Song of the Week: Lady Gaga by Melissa Berman

Melissa Berman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:15 +0000

I think this is the perfect song for sexy song of the week, since it is current in popular music.

I think males stick with the stereotypes they are given and are able to play on that through their music, especcialy with black male rappers. They are able to play up their masculinity, which allows them to be more sexually agressive in their music, and possibly in real life. Males are wrongfully but typically thought to have more sexual thoughts and feelings, and actually do have more and varied sexual partners. I think this allows them to be more open and, at times, explicit.

On the other hand, women need to or feel the need to come off more cutesy or flirty as opposed to sexual or possibly slutty. There is a HUGE double standard in society allowing men to have varied and multiple sexual partners and looked up to, while women in similar circumstances are looked down upon. Even up and coming popstars like Lady Gaga feel the pressure to conform to stereotypes and double standards in society.

Comment on Sexy Song of the Week: Lady Gaga by Jose Martinez

Jose Martinez — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:34:59 +0000

Personally I prefer word-play hinting towards the situation. Not because I feel there’s a need for cencorship, but because it shows more cleveress and creativeness on the lyricist’s part as well as being more likely to make me laugh. I think there is no question that female vocalists for the most part do not have the same opportunity as male vocalists do. EVe though I prefer wordplay over straight-to-the-point lyrics, women should be able to have the same dirty, blunt lyrics that male vocalists do.

(BTW, I’,m glad you finally decided to do this session again. I looked on the syllabus for last semester and was wondering why we weren’t doing this.)

Comment on Transgender debate back in the news by Charles Sands

Charles Sands — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:27:39 +0000

I don’t think that letting transgendered people using the washroom which represents their sexual gender is opening the door for perverts to enter the scene. I mean, what do you think transgendered people have a trail of perverts following them around? Or are you saying that transgendered people themselves are perverts. I don’t think that one has anything to do with the other. However, I do understand that a biological female in womens shower might feel uncomfortable with a pre op transexual. So to put it in a nutshell, a washroom for transgendered people is not a necessity, however a shower for transgendered people would not be a bad idea.

Comment on Arranged marriages in the United States by Huma

Huma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:40:01 +0000

I am agree with Sana.
I would like to give my own example. I am getting married next year, which is arranged by my parents. I should say that that was arranged by my parents 100%.
when his family and him proposed me to my parents, I didn’t like him, when I saw his picture I told my mom that no i don’t like him, but they told me that I should give them a chance and talk to him then take any decisions. then we met….and in our first meeting we like each other…then we talk talk and talk….and finally we fall in love for each other and now our marriage is arranged come Love. now we love each other soo much….and our marrige is 50% arranged and 50% love….so people should consider their parents advise….and the other think that I live in US in western culture…

Comment on Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism by Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:18:03 +0000

I was watching the Today show the other day and there was a segment on Maria Shriver’s new book “A Woman’s Nation”. I thought it might be a relevant subject to discuss in class since it concerns the changing sex roles between men and women when it comes to raising a family, earning money, etc. I don’t have a twitter account, so just thought I would leave a comment here about it.

Comment on Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism by Lance Gravlee

Lance Gravlee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:14:58 +0000

@Sarah: You should cite the popular article, in addition to your scholarly references.