The Problem
The social problem that we have identified is improving sexual health on campus. This includes the understanding and comfort with ones owns body as well as the sexual health issues of STI prevention.
YouTube. "For You and Your Partner: Love Your Body!" YouTube. N.p., 18 Jan. 2011. Web.
18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYgcd4w1opE>.
18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYgcd4w1opE>.
When observing sexual health on campus, we were able to see problems in terms of equality and opportunity. This is especially prevalent in terms of birth control. The contraceptive for men (ie condoms) is much more affordable and easier to access in comparison to birth control for women. Men have the privilege when it comes to contraception because of this reason. Privilege is defined as advantages people have by virtue of their status or position in society (Shaw & Lee, 45). Also, women must have a doctor who specializes in gynecology in order to receive sexual medical attention such as pap smears, prescribed birth control, and breast exams. Men can get their check up more conveniently from their regular physician as well as during a physical. It also creates obstacles when it comes to opportunity because people may not have the resources to access birth control, a gynecologist, or other medical expenses due to their socioeconomic status and lack of knowledge on the issue.
An obstacle to justice pertains to image and embodiment issues that women face from social media and our society. This can be an issue of self-objectification which means seeing ourselves through others' eyes and impairing a woman’s body image (Shaw& Lee, 222). This can become a limitation to the understanding and comfort with one’s own body. In the article, Designer Vaginas by Simone Weil Davis (2002), it discusses how women want the ideal genitalia and will go as far as having sex surgery on their labia minora because they are troubled about the appearance. This desire that women have comes from the media, Playboy, pornography, and eventually morphs into what women think is “normal”(Shaw & Lee, 270).
An obstacle to justice pertains to image and embodiment issues that women face from social media and our society. This can be an issue of self-objectification which means seeing ourselves through others' eyes and impairing a woman’s body image (Shaw& Lee, 222). This can become a limitation to the understanding and comfort with one’s own body. In the article, Designer Vaginas by Simone Weil Davis (2002), it discusses how women want the ideal genitalia and will go as far as having sex surgery on their labia minora because they are troubled about the appearance. This desire that women have comes from the media, Playboy, pornography, and eventually morphs into what women think is “normal”(Shaw & Lee, 270).
STI Rates in the U.S. (per year)
"Statistics on Sexually Transmitted Infections." Statistics on Sexually Transmitted Infections.
N.p., Mar. 2013. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.ashasexualhealth.org/std-sti/std-statistics.html>.
N.p., Mar. 2013. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.ashasexualhealth.org/std-sti/std-statistics.html>.