These limitations on both men and women work to limit the powers of the gender in relation to various situational areas. For instance, the methods advocated for safe sex are usually out of reach for many people maybe due to the cost or their availability.
'A woman is limited in making influential and important decisions and so is the man.' (Tannen, 1996) For instance, the man cannot sometime make a decision on how many children they will have especially if they both do not make the decision together. This particular discourse around gender is mainly in the developing countries where safe sex is still being introduced and efforts are at their peak to see that the two genders take up the initiative.
The importance of my study is to test the theoretical intersections among individuals on safe sex and understand how this facilitates to the success of the debate on safe sex campaigns. It is ideal to highlight on the need to empower women in a society that suppresses their needs and desires in the name of culture and traditions yet there at a greater risk. 'An attitudinal change is necessary especially because it is imbedded in culture and traditions that are highly honored.' (Shiach 1992)Findings of this study show it is useful in understanding negotiating skills of women on safe sex practices the similar areas and consequently...
Women sexuality is mainly tied to procreation and their sexual desire aspect is by large ignored and this notion gives the idea that women are just reproductive machines. This has made them unable to stand up for their sexual rights. Due the above limiting factors, the talk on safe sex cannot gain any success unless both genders are put at the same operating level and are made to be equal both at decision making and empowerment level.
Sexual education should be based more broadly on the understanding of the social norms defining sexual behavior. It should be at the level of sexual relations that the tension between culturally defined sexual and gender norms and public health assumptions should be addressed, a level at which health policy and education are silent in many countries.
Works Cited
Baxter Judy. Positioning Gender in discourse: A feminist Methodology. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2003. Web. 1 Mar 2010
Tannen Deborah. Gender and Discourse. USA: Oxford University Press 1996. 6 February, 2007
Shiach Moraq. Discourse on popular Culture. New York: Stanford University 1989. Web. 10 March 1992
