Intimacy, Sex and Relationships
“Smoke Art – Hearts (White on red)” (Links to an external site.) by MattysFlicks (Links to an external site.) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Links to an external site.)
Readings
Here are links to your module readings:
Love and Intimacy (Links to an external site.)
Sexual Scripts (Links to an external site.)
Dating and Mate Selection (Links to an external site.)
Rape and Sexual Assault (Links to an external site.)
From Sociology of the Family (2020)
By Ron Hammond, Paul Cheney, Raewyn Pearsey (Links to an external site.)
12.3 Sex and Sexuality (Links to an external site.)
By OpenStax (Links to an external site.)
Videos
Here are Videos Related to Selected Module Topics:
By TED (Links to an external site.)
By TED (Links to an external site.)
By TED (Links to an external site.)
By TED (Links to an external site.)
By TEDxM (Links to an external site.)
By TED (Links to an external site.)
By TEDxFergusonLibrary (Links to an external site.)
By TEDxStanleyPark (Links to an external site.)
Multimedia Content
Hookup Culture: The Unspoken Rules of Sex on College Campuses (Links to an external site.)
By Shankar Vedantam, Hidden Brain: Just Sex, NPR (Links to an external site.)
Unsettled: Mapping #MeToo (Links to an external site.) podcast series
By (Links to an external site.) NPR (Links to an external site.)
Dating While Gray (Links to an external site.) (IA radio segment)
By NPR (Links to an external site.)
Researchers Explore Pornography’s Effects on Long-Term Relationships (Links to an external site.)
(Hidden Brain podcast)
By Shankar Vadantam, NPR (Links to an external site.)
Not Tonight: Why Americans are Having Less Sex (Links to an external site.) (IA radio segment)
By Avery Kleinman, NPR (Links to an external site.)
The Promise and Peril of Hook-Up Culture (Links to an external site.)
✎ EditSign, by Lisa Wade
By Lisa Wade, The Society Pages (Links to an external site.)
✎ EditSign
Pornography Use and Relationship Quality: An Interview with Samuel Perry (Part 1) (Links to an external site.)
By Alysse ElHage, Institute for Family Studies (Links to an external site.)
Pornography Use and Relationship Quality: An Interview with Samuel Perry (Part 2) (Links to an external site.)
By Alysse ElHage, Institute for Family Studies”Not Tonight,” Online Dating, Internet Porn and Its Impact on Relationships
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Instructions
In this discussion, you will post a minimum THREE times. First, in a primary post of between 200 and 300 words, then at least twice on other posts in the class (of at least 75 words each).
Deadlines: Your initial post is due Thursday, Feb. 18 @11:59 pm; your two peer posts are due Sunday, Feb. 21 @11:59 pm.
STEP 1: Peruse the readings and multimedia resources listed in Module 5 Learning Material
STEP 2: Discuss the following in a post of between 200-400 words:
Post the title of the TED Talk, podcast, or article as your subject line.
Explain why you selected this option.
Describe three of the most interesting elements of the talk, podcast, or article. What topics would you like to explore further?