Question

1) How is sex depicted on television? Give examples of a typical sexual encounter in television. Is this what we expect sex to be like? Is it usually like this? Are our expectations for sexual activity too high or too low? How might these expectations lead to unhappiness in a real relationship?

2) How do the key elements of a sexual relationship change as a couple age? Do men and women experience aging differently? Might their priorities change differently? Do you think they become more alike or more different?

Answer 1

1.Sex is depicted in television in a way to induce it rather than being for educative purposes to the public .

The typical sexual encounter in a television comprises of two things.One is the beauty standards followed and portrayed by the characters and the second one is the activities of sex.The expectations of what actually needed is missed in most cases.

By seeing these type of scenes ,it can cause a hormonal change and making oneself getting adapted to it easily and overtime can lead to its addiction. Nearly 20% of teenagers stick to television in a whole day.

This may impact the real life when the things depicted or portrayed in the television is not similar to the real life incidence.

2.As a couple ages physiological changes happens which usually decreases the sexual pleasure in women compared to men .They attend aging in a different way where men may have a desire on it as they age, where women become more family oriented and spending time with them rather on a priority basis than with the life partner.The men may tend to be more responsible when they have a family and at times may concentrate very less on it.As they age one can observe more differences between gender.