Dolce and Gabbana sells Watches, Britney's new single, and Hilary Duff on Gossip Girl. What do these three things have in common?
Sexuality is becoming less and less taboo as the years go by. The converse is also true; open sexuality is becoming more normal. While discussing Yeps article we as a class defined normalization as deciding what is socially correct and incorrect. We also defined sexuality as a privileged site of social organization, knowledge, identity, and experience that overall lead you to knowing your "true self."
This year alone there are many examples of sexuality become more normal in the media, but the example I am going to discuss is the threesome. This year there has been three major examples of threesome in the media. First is the newly popular song by Britney Spears titled Three. This song is about having a threesome. Some of the lyrics include "1, 2, 3, Not only you and me Got one eighty degrees And I'm caught in between Countin' 1, 2, 3 Peter, Paul & Mary Gettin' down with 3P" and " Livin' in sin is the new thing (yeah) Are - you in" The next example is an episode of the popular television series Gossip Girl. In this episode, Hilary Duff had a threeway kiss with two other castmates and they later end up in bed together. The third example is a TV commercial by Dolce and Gabbana selling watches. In this commercial, a young girl and boy are getting steamy on the way to the girls room when another male enters and is invited to join. You see scenes of them on a couch together when another woman enters and screams. A hand covers her mouth with a D&G watch on the wrist.
These examples show that extremes in sexuality are becoming social correct and as such they are considered normal. It is becoming normal to be your own individual sexual " true self". By knowing and experiencing your sexuality, and by having society accept your sexuality you are able to be your true self. And of course this progression into accepting sexuality is not finished. Who knows what aspects of sexuality will be considered socially correct next year, or ten years from now. The affects of this can have positive affects on society. In the future will homosexuality soon be considered socially correct? Will homosexuals be able to get married? or It could have negative consequences. With the over acceptance of all different types of sexuality could the institution of heterosexual marriage fall apart? We are already seeing the divorce rate on the rise. Is this because as a society and in the media all types of sexuality are becoming normal and the idea of a monogamous relationship is taking the back burner? As we described sexuality as a social organization, society affects our sexuality.People strive to be normal, to fit in, because being normal reduces stress. If society does not accept their sexual urges as normal, they may choose not to act upon them.
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Rachel, I think your blog topic is a very interesting one and seems to become more and more popular in our society. I think people are looking at premiscuity with more than one person at a time as attractive and its the "new thing" in town. I also agree that monogomous relationships are being put on the back burner...which seems absurd to me. Ive even heard of guys who are in relationships asking a female friend of their girlfriend if they would like to have a threesome? I feel like this will become more and more accepted though I do not agree with the idea of being intimate with more than one person at a time. Maybe I just don't entirely understand what is "sexy" about it.
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