For the interpretation of the present trends in any discipline relation to the social world it must be known about its history and the past incidents which are the base for the current trends of that discipline, social influence or any wave of revolution. There are many things which happened in the past which are the core cause of the differences among the people of the society. For instance, the blacks don’t like the whites because of their horrible past under the white nation’s influence. Also the women are pressed down since the ages and even in the United States this trend is before the slavery period and they were only considered for their fertility and pleasure purposes. The feminism is one of the main issue of the society in Australia, Canada, America, and the United Kingdom. Since they are the well developed countries so, they have considered the social equality among the gender, race, class and ethnicity because of higher levels of diversity. The topic is too wide so the paper is supposed to discuss the past for understanding the present as well as the discussion of the feminist theories including the waves of feminism, pleasure versus danger, and heterosexual imaginary. Also the main aim of the paper is also to discuss how the sexual and gender based double standard is being loosen in different ways and how it still exists and practiced in other ways.
In the beginning of 20th century as well as at the end of the 19th century, the era when United States of America was completely occupied with the industry improvements and social reforms including the complete end of the slavery and removing the social differences among the individuals like black, white, men women, foreign and native, it was highly observed that the mixture of social norms is seen and seemed to be disturbing for everyone. Women faced great problems in maintaining themselves professionally in the society. The cases of regular sexual harassments and abuses which caused great difficulty for the women to survive in the American Society. The first wave of feminism was seen at that period of time when for the first time in the history the American women took a stand to fight for their right. The reform was started in America and was found influencing the entire world. There were two main traditions in the feminism movements. One was stronger and was describing and explaining the primary dangers and very less possibilities of sex and pleasure activities. The second tradition of that wave was to encourage and enhance the knowledge of the women to be adventurous, carefree and leap in the sex experiences but there was neglecting the male construction of the sexual experience for the women.
In a discussion of feminism briefly about the theory of pleasure versus danger as well as all of the waves of feminism, It can be explained that the overall movement of feminism was based on giving women the right of choosing their own way of living and the pleasure of sex as they require. It would should be necessary to mention that the black women have faced more about the sex and freedom of choice. A story of a girl had got prominence in which she was waiting for the bus at a rural bus stop and a car stops. The two men from the car introduces their lust for sex but since all the girls were not considering but when the specific girl explained that she is a lesbian, the men punched her chest only for that reason and attacked her badly. Many incidents of same theme happened in that time which were the cause of the movement of feminism. There were small and big, influencing and non-effecting waves of feminism which were introduced by the communities and the feminist movement leaders who had the main goal to give the rights of women and in North America, specifically the black women. This was due to the western social thoughts that were associated with the blackness and imaged wild sexuality and uncivilized behavior because of the racial difference.
The pleasure and danger theory, explains about the women’s life associated to the quality sex and the dangers that she is facing due to the necessary interaction of the society. The examples include the male gynecologists who attempt to check the private parts of the female during the examination of the women’s pelvic portion. Many feminist leaders including the female representatives have raised the voice of cancellation of the license of the men who are attempting to do false actions while in the process of diagnosis. The danger for the women in such diagnosis is the loss of the virginity which would be disturbing for them. Also, in this it is described about the persistent form of the sexual dangers and the violence which was observed due to the gender freedom and the self-determination at the same time. The paradox is completely understood and the joining of the danger and pleasure together is sadly remained relevant and no individual in the society is feeling comfortable with these terms together in the American world of especially African-American women as well as men. It is all explained because in the explanation of the disappearance of virginity, it is clearly explained that we live in the world of less inhibited and there are more dangers comparatively in the past 40 to 60 years. The vulgarity of the sudden introduction of the sex and sexual education in the books including the sexual behaviors and homosexuality being introduced among children as a legal concept is also a concerned concept.
One of the main aim feminist social purity advocates was the ending of the double standards. It was highly observed that the double standard for the women was effecting the female body of the community in which they were not given the right to protect their virginity, misuse of their bodies and to attempt because of their weaknesses. The target of the feminist movement representations in the law suits were focusing on the two major aspects. The first one was the greater and close to perfections safety of the women and higher and strict penalties for the men who are involved in creating insecurities among the women. According to them, the social poverty could be achieved by applying a set of controls over the sexuality which would be structured through the families and would be enforced by the laws or by the social influence in which, as it is known that the sexual risk could not be removed but should be minimized at least. The reaction of the men was also considered and it was also claimed that the men could fulfill their sexual desire by the prostitutes which were available in the American culture since the start of the history.
Feminists were supposed to be correct and considered by the parliaments and the law making departments but in respect to the opposing and contradicting effects which are assumed and were also faced at that time and also currently were ignored including the HIV-AIDS and other STDs. The heterosexual imaginary theory was considered highly before any decision and it was highlighted in the official papers that the sociological concepts should be considered before any appeal or request to be considered or approved in which the main point was the consideration of the family norms and the ethical and religious acceptance towards the enhancement of the prostitution. The perfect example of the black community to be involved and were against the heterosexual imaginary was that their poverty and norms which were built by their ancestors since they were in Africa was that because of poverty and lack of nutrition, they supposed to complete and fulfill their sexual desires by only the heterosexual activities for the purpose of reproduction to use their women’s fertility for the growth of population and the whites and other Americans were involved in many other things including the homosexuality, transgender including the gays, lesbian, bisexual, and other roles of genders including the men acting like women and women acting like the men.
In a nutshell, it can be explained that the feminist movements were very high in the past. The first wave of feminism was revolutionary in changing the basic concepts of the domestic as well as the working women. it is described about the persistent form of the sexual dangers and the violence which was observed due to the gender freedom and the self-determination at the same time. The feminist leaders were of both considered as correct in one sense as well as considered as wrong in the other sense. Most of the feminist movements were considered to be unnatural, against the culture and forbidden in many ethically and religiously composed societies. In 1890s and 1910s the first movement was highly opposed by the men and the many females who were more focused on their social and domestic freedom and their happy lifestyle provided by their men.
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