Marriage and Family What Is Term Paper

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Even in private people have a sense of what is or is not appropriate -- like whether the lights should be left on or off. When, might be only after marriage, only after the children are asleep, and only when the parents are away -- or only when on vacation with an 'unsuitable individual.' Where might be the bedroom, the backseat, or not in public, again depending on the particular societal norms one subscribes to, and the norms of one's partner. And why might be only for procreation (the only acceptable reason in some societies or cultures) or for pleasure (in some cultures, prostitutes for pleasure, marital partners for procreation might be the 'rule') (Strong, DeVault & Cohen, 2005, p.241).

The variety of answers to the sexual script questions of 'who, what, when, where and why' underline how culture and context set a sexual script, as well as personal physical and biological preferences.

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Biology might determine when and if we feel attracted to someone, but society tells us the appropriate rules of attraction, and even that we should engage in sex when we don't feel like it, like on one's wedding night, or to rebel against parents, or because a person is pressuring us to do so. Unfortunately, the complex nature of sexual scripts also means that it is easy to misread people's signals from other cultures, or even people from our own culture who have been socialized differently. For example, a male taught to believe that he should be the instigator might think he is doing right to overpower a female who tries to put him off the act by saying she has a headache, when she really does not desire intercourse at all. Female and male scripts can also differ, despite similar backgrounds and personal assumptions.

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