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English Essay On Sexual Script

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Sexual Scripts Alyson Sanders
Southern Utah University

Introduction
Sexuality is controversial. Even though it tends to hide in advertising themes and is shown predominantly is most movies and television shows, every individual still has their own idea about it. Every single person is born with biological needs. These needs demand a bodily and behavioral response. Everybody has to breathe. Everybody has to circulate their blood. Everybody has to eat. Everybody has to sleep. Our sex drive is just one of many of those biological needs. How do we learn what we do? The majority is learned from our culture and socialization. Once these sexual scripts are learned, they define how we respond sexuality. Our culture is constantly …show more content…

They showed such love to each other. I knew they loved each other, my siblings knew they loved each other, and everybody around them knew they loved each other. They were believers in physical displays of affection. My parents snuggled when watching movies; my parents held hands walking into the grocery store; my parents kissed each other before they left for work. All throughout my childhood, I felt blessed to know that my parents were so in love. I learned that it is okay to show your love in public. Sexuality in Religion and Media I grew up a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Otherwise known as the “Mormon” church. I remember many of my sunday school lessons being about sexuality. I strongly disagree with what was being taught to young girls of the church. The Mormon church teaches chastity. I am a firm believer of chastity. I believe that sex was meant to happen between a man and a women bonded through marriage. However, the church gives the impression that sex is bad before marriage and good after marriage. This is giving such a confusing message to young girls. Mormon girls grow up thinking that sex is bad. Then they get married. All of sudden its a green light to have sex and it's now a good thing. This causes so many problems in a …show more content…

I met my husband sooner than expected and sex became extremely real. It was at this point that I realized how grateful I was for the way I was raised. I was thankful for all that my mother and parents had taught me. Sex turned into something real and magnificent. It was a way for my husband and I to connect on such a surreal level. It was a way to show each other that we loved each other. It was something that only we shared together. It was a way to eventually create a future family. Sex exceeded my expectations. As I mentioned before, when I was younger sex seemed far off and abstract. I only knew what I had seen in my movies. Sex was romance, rose petals, and perfection. When I actually experienced it, it surpassed all expectations. Was it perfect? Absolutely not. It gave us the chance to have fun and learn together, and that made the experience even better. Sex wasn’t what I expected it to be, but it was better.
Conclusion
I enjoyed writing this paper. It was very eye-opening to physically write down my sexual scripts. It was interesting to see where I started and what I learned along the way. These questions helped me to see how much more there is to learn. We never reach an omnipotent state. There is always something to learn and there is always room to

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