The Internet and Human Sexuality

The Internet and Human Sexuality

Introduction

Sexuality is a broad term referring to the ability of living things to be sexual. Humans, animals and plants are all sexual beings, meaning they have the capability to relate sexually and procreate through sex (Gray,2013). Sex can mean gender and sexuality as well; different people have different definitions of these three words. Most often however the three words are used interchangeably (Watney,1997). They can describe sexual activity between two individuals; they can also mean sexual identity, reception and orientation, sexuality can similarly mean someone's interest in sex (Gray,2013). There has been quite a misunderstanding on the exact choice of words to describe a particular aspect of sexuality.

Sexuality has however been a significant part of the human life even during the classical times of the world (Kipniss,1999). Men and women have different views on sexuality and sex over the years. It is important to understand and observe that these views of sexuality were never steady with the passing of time, as times changed so did the perspectives and views towards sexuality (Kipniss,1999). The social structure of the world in the 10th century can never be same as that in the 21st century. The policy system of administration has presumably changed over the years, people are no longer ruled like it was in the 1800s, and leadership has evidently changed just like the leaders themselves. The economy of the world is similarly a critical area that is bound to experience change over time. The money and economy system has evolved. A good and major example is the evolution of electronic money in the modern world, credit cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic money transactions have taken over the modern world. This is opposed to the earlier days when paper money was the only medium that was used in business transactions a part from direct exchange of goods.

Literature Review

Human Sexuality

Pornography was one of the industries that began growing with this easy access to the internet (Gray,2013). These sites became increasingly available with just a click of the computer; teenagers became exposed to sexuality even at a very young age (Garcia,2013). With this kind social transformation from a much passive generation to one that was very active and hi tech, exposure and approach to sex grew and so did the sexuality of many.

Social transformation can occur in a number of ways, there are however two major significant occurrences that define social transformation, individual and societal social transformation (Garcia,2013). When an individual transforms socially, he edges himself away from the social norms he has grown up with under the spotlight of parents and instead acquires a new status probably from the influences of the society he lives in that is very different from his initial social life. Societal social transformation on the other hand involves a large number of people; it can be local or even global depending on the rate of adaptation (Kipniss,1999). Examples of these can be scientific discoveries, religious interests ...