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After sex became widely accepted as a denotation of pleasure, women and men began to explore their bodies and sexual desires with an open mind. Yet, just as doctors started implementing heterosexual in 1930 they began to categorize others as homosexuals. Additionally, heterosexual became the normal and homosexuality the ‘different’ or illness. Therefore, many feel unaccepted in society, abnormal or deserving of their mistreatment. However, no person deserves to feel such way. Today, friends and family have identified as homosexuals and it is important to provide them a sense of protection. In the end, no one has the right to contravene someone’s happiness especially if they belief that what they desire is …show more content…
Yet, in their early live both of them were married and tried to act as heterosexuals because in the early 1900’s they would have been classified as different and sick. Of course, my aunts knew they were not attracted to males, but they performed as so to fit into society. Although, I would like to say that societies’ perspectives have evolved and homosexuality has become accepted even by law (gay marriage). Still, there are people suffering from bullying, rape, and abuse for exposing themselves as they truthfully identify. Even heterosexual women today and in the 1800’s continue to feel imprisoned in sex issues.
As the author stated, womanhood evolved when intercourse began to change from a subject of reproduction to desire. As sex became accepted as a form of lust, women were no longer obligated to marry and some who had were divorcing or failing to give birth. Sex in the late 1900’s begin to be seen as an option and not a marital responsibility. Just as sex begins to define women as sex objects, feminism arose to demand rights and choices. Unfortunately today, women are confronted with similar challenges such as the choice of contraceptives. Including, the right for a woman to be pro-choice or