SEX AND MORALITY, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COLLEGE

Emily Varnese Communication

Morality in Everyday Discourse

• Introduction• Discovery• Analysis

• Group Membership• Gender Advertisements

• Wrap-up• Q/A

Outline

Why this topic?

The Cultural Perspective

Group Membership The group to which one associates to

others in terms of age, culture, etc. (Philipsen, 1992)

Gender Advertisements The images and advertising that depicts

stereotypical gender roles and displays in order to establish the role of one gender in relation to the other. (Goffman, 1979)

Group Membership

Teddy (73, male)

Yes. I-I-I go along with you as far as no sex before marriage::but it is so uh (.) prevalent today that theres not much you can do about it but express your displeasure (.) uh (.) I MEAN everybody(.5) not everybody (.) live together before theyre married and it didnt happen before. (.) and just:: (.) uh (.5) and Im oh mygoodness and I think women today dress a little too provocative uh (.7) but thats just the way it is. today:: its just you go alongwith it,

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Monroe (69, Female)

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your daughter make sure shes okay and (.) not dressing:: suggestively and a lot of men:: will look at girls (.) and say (.) shes asking? for it based on how shes dressed.

Nene (47, female)

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I (.) still fight the battle in my brain sometimes when you see girls and the way theyre dressed: its not just the way that theyre dressed: its not but (.) the way they they act when while theyre being: (.) while theyre dressed its=it (.) if youre going to a party? fine. if youre going to a (.) school event when there are parents and grandparents around (.) you know theres gotta:: be a respectfulway to approach how you dress? (.) and um (.) and I dont think any it would lead to anything I mean thats how you dress and makes you feel good as a woman thats how you feel good is how you feel sexy and be sexy? its just=just how you dress?

Caroline (Student: 21, female)

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every girl gets dressed for going out in order to impress guys and in order to impress guys (.) and in order to do that you must have boobs our or tight revealing clothing. I personally don’tfind anything too wrong with this but when you literally have your private parts hanging out that is in no way sexy or appealing.

QUESTIONS?

Thank you.