One of the most essential impacts on everyones thoughts, feelings, and actions is sexuality. A persons attraction to other person

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One of the most essential impacts on everyone’s thoughts, feelings, and actions is sexuality. A person’s attraction to other persons can be characterized using the definitions of biological reproduction methods, self-representation, and biological reproduction. The post “Cannabis may be a safer alternative for people who use drugs during sex” on The Conversation.com piqued my interest the most, even though there are numerous publications on human sexuality. This article discusses both drugs and sex.

According to the survey, gays, bisexuals, and minority men who have had sexual relations with other men are the most interested in combining drugs and sex. In the article, cannabis is mentioned as an alternative to these medicines. After understanding that sex and drugs cause more harm than good, the author of this post determined to confront the issue. Some users report increased intimacy, confidence, and happiness after consuming methamphetamine-based compounds such as crystal meth.

People in the medical community and society have begun to look at safer alternatives to combining sex and drugs. During this epidemic season, cannabis has shown to be the appropriate alternative because, in addition to providing gratifying online sexual experiences, it also alleviates anxiety about one’s physical appearance and fears about meeting a new sex partner for the first time (The Conversation, 2020) . Many in the group consider cannabis as an alternative, believing that it can provide males with a genuine sense of sexual freedom and closeness in a milieu where same-sex intimacy is frowned upon. This suggests that using cannabis for sex can assist gender minorities in overcoming feelings of guilt and dread caused by internalized biphobia, transphobia, or homophobia, allowing them to have the sex pleasure they desire.

References

Parent, N., & Knight, R. (2022, June 8). Cannabis may be a safer alternative for people who use drugs during sex. The Conversation. Retrieved February 2, 2022, from https://theconversation.com/cannabis-may-be-a-safer-alternative-for-people-who-usedrugs-during-sex-138264 

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Various romantic relationships occur in various cultures, especially for heterosexuals. Some tribes, regions, and civilizations believe in monogamy, whereas others believe in polygamy. Some aspects of partnerships are addressed, while others are just for the benefit of the other partners. In a survey of 573 North American individuals, most claimed they discussed their objective engagement in a single relationship with their partners. This study answers the question of how couples explain their romantic relationships arrangements in a monogamous relationship. Monogamy is largely accepted as a method of achieving love relationships since it is well understood, and that’s why these relationships are the most common in today’s society (Muise et al., 2021). It is a type of relationship with just a single mate rather than several.

In our society, although certain cultures encourage polygamy, the majority condemns it, so why does society condemn it? (Crooks et al., 2020). Infidelity is rare since most individuals who chose monogamy were serious about it, yet culture and tradition force a few people to have other relationships outside of marriage (Rubinsky et al., 2021). The study found out that current population should be urged to disclose their desires to their partners before entering into any agreement that may subsequently be broken. Transparency about future intentions to polygamy or open relationships might help avert future issues. Heterosexual relationships function best when both partners have interests and objectives and can accept one other’s shortcomings and limits.

References

Crooks, R. L., Baur, K., & Widman, L. (2020). Our Sexuality (14th Edition). Cengage Learning US. https://ccis.vitalsource.com/books/9780357038390

Muise, M., Belu, C., & O’Sullivan, L. (2021). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their exclusivity agreements. The Canadian Journal Of Human Sexuality, 30(2), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0011

Rubinsky, V., Cooke-Jackson, A., McMahon, T., Roldán, M., & Aragón, A. (2021). “It Strengthened My Core Relationships, and Filtered Out the Rest:” Intimacy Communication During COVID-19. Sexuality & Culture, 26(1), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09890-1

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Crooks, R. L., Baur, K., & Widman, L. (2020). Our Sexuality (14th Edition). Cengage Learning US. https://ccis.vitalsource.com/books/9780357038390

The authors have addressed various issues of human sexuality in an in-depth analysis. The article is relevant to the study of human sexuality since it has been created considering various issues that impact the topic. The work has been tailored to address issues of the right to sexual privacy, sexual equity, and sexual pressure. The authors have addressed issues of human sexuality that have great impacts to the people in monogamous relationship. The article is relevant to my study as it can help me understand various aspects of romantic relationships and communication channels. The article can add various important aspects of monogamous relationship that need to be addressed.

Muise, M., Belu, C., & O’Sullivan, L. (2021). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their exclusivity agreements. The Canadian Journal Of Human Sexuality, 30(2), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0011

The authors indicate that although monogamy is still the most prevalent romantic relationship arrangement, little study has been done on how couples communicate about exclusivity. The present research looked at how couples talk about and negotiate exclusivity agreements, as well as how such agreements develop over time. Inductive content analysis was used to identify eight major themes from open-ended data. The text is relevant, and agreements were more often characterized as implicit implying that they had never been addressed in detail. The importance of clear communication between spouses concerning exclusivity and infidelity is presented as one example of the implications. The article can be very resourceful when determining the communication between couples in monogamous relationships.

Rubinsky, V., Cooke-Jackson, A., McMahon, T., Roldán, M., & Aragón, A. (2021). “It Strengthened My Core Relationships, and Filtered Out the Rest:” Intimacy Communication During COVID-19. Sexuality & Culture, 26(1), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09890-1

The authors indicate that when the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States in 2020, 29 cisgender women and gender minorities were interviewed, focus groups were convened, and friendship pods were established to investigate how people perceived, discussed, and maintained their personal connections throughout the pandemic. The article is relevant and informative as scripted intimacy is a normative relationship pattern that symbolizes heterosexual life script and co-created intimacy, which legitimized and questioned existing relational scripts by establishing new conceptions of what intimacy, may look like. Sub-themes that came up throughout the debate were stability vs. development, pain vs. comfort, and physical danger vs. relationship risk. The findings have repercussions and hint to new avenues of inquiry that can help me in getting more information concerning communication for monogamous relationship.

References

Crooks, R. L., Baur, K., & Widman, L. (2020). Our Sexuality (14th Edition). Cengage Learning US. https://ccis.vitalsource.com/books/9780357038390

Muise, M., Belu, C., & O’Sullivan, L. (2021). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their exclusivity agreements. The Canadian Journal Of Human Sexuality, 30(2), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0011

Rubinsky, V., Cooke-Jackson, A., McMahon, T., Roldán, M., & Aragón, A. (2021). “It Strengthened My Core Relationships, and Filtered Out the Rest:” Intimacy Communication During COVID-19. Sexuality & Culture, 26(1), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09890-1

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How do couples communicate their romantic relationships arrangement (monogamy) to one another?

How do couples communicate their romantic relationships arrangement (monogamy) to one another?

In various societies, there are different romantic relationship arrangements especially for heterosexual individuals. Monogamy is practiced in some communities, regions, and cultures because they belief that is the right way and others practice polygamy. There are aspects of relationships that are discussed and those that happen just for the other partners to experience especially those marrying the second wife secretly. Communication is an important aspect that acts as a pillar in relationship but there are issues that are less discussed by partners that are in romantic relationship. According to research conducted where 573 North American adults were involved as participants showed that most of the participants that participated argued that they discussed with their partners about their objective engagement in a single partner (Muise et al., 2021). The research showed that part of the couples in relationship engaged in a conversation about the nature of their romantic relationship and decided to settle on monogamy type of relationship. In monogamy, the couples are not expected to engage in any sexual act outside their exclusive romantic relationship. Surprisingly, the research by Muise et al. (2021), showed that out of the 573 participants in the study, more than half have never discussed exclusively with their partners concerning their agreement to participate in a monogamy relationship and this shows that there are many people in the population that are in a relationship without any condition.

The interview and discussion with the participants indicated that most of them are in monogamy relationship because that is the nature of relationship that is universally accepted and within the requirements of Christianity religion. The couples had no need of discussing the issue of monogamy relationship with their partners because they knew that the people, they are engaging with understand the universally acceptable nature of relationship that is in place (Rubinsky et al., 2021). There is an expectation that communication between partners in a relationship would result to an important agreement that would contribute to a more years of good relationship. There are solid reasons to why couples were not discussion their relationship through engagement in a communication because they already have an expectation of an outcome that monogamy is the order of the day and accepted globally. Romantic relationship is universally accepted to be achieved through monogamy because the population and various cultures have been made to understand that way (Muise et al., 2021). There is no polygamous or open relationship that has been welcomed to be romantic because people have negative perception and stigma against them, and they are highly marginalized making it difficult to thrive in the current society.

Despite the acceptance by most communities that monogamy relationship is monogamous and should be embraced, there are still challenges that are experienced. Issues of infidelity are experienced in the current society, and this is contributed by the fact that there are people that join monogamy due to societal expectation but naturally they are polygamous forcing them to engage in infidelity (Rubinsky et al., 2021). The case of infidelity is low in the population because most of those that chose monogamy were determined in doing so but a few of those engaging in other partners outside marriage are forced by culture and traditions (Muise et al., 2021). Polygamy is there in our society and some culture accepts them, but the society is pushing against it and this is much evident even in more of our common movies and films that portray monogamy as the acceptable kind of relationship. The challenges that are encountered in the monogamy relationship where partners are found to engage in infidelity are contributed by the aspect that they failed to engage in communication about the nature of relationship they would like to have. Engaging in a relationship without proper communication would result to multiple disagreements in future and this is avoided by giving details about becoming polygamous in future or like to participate in open relationship. Those that value monogamous relationship need to discuss it openly to cement their relationship and build trust and avoid the room for ambiguity that might trigger divorce.

There is a reason why marriages were made agreements because without the provisions, there are those that might joke with the serious institution of life and put their partners in much pain and disappointments. Participating in an agreement to stay loyal to each other in a relationship is a crucial declaration that makes someone becomes responsible for their actions like infidelity and take the necessary action to accept it and ask for forgiveness (Muise et al., 2021). However, I belief that the current population should be advised to consider opening to their partners about the nature of relationship they would like to have before making any agreement that they might break it in future. If your partner knows the kind of relationship or romance that you like is wrong and couples should value consultation that promote sharing ideas, concerns and also demands to have a successful life together (Rubinsky et al., 2021). Heterosexual relationship is achieved both sexually and emotionally and works best for people that share interest, goals and can understand their faults and weaknesses.

References

Muise, M., Belu, C., & O’Sullivan, L. (2021). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their exclusivity agreements. The Canadian Journal Of Human Sexuality, 30(2), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0011

Rubinsky, V., Cooke-Jackson, A., McMahon, T., Roldán, M., & Aragón, A. (2021). “It Strengthened My Core Relationships, and Filtered Out the Rest:” Intimacy Communication During COVID-19. Sexuality & Culture, 26(1), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09890-1

Crooks, R. L., Baur, K., & Widman, L. (2020). Our Sexuality (14th Edition). Cengage Learning US. https://ccis.vitalsource.com/books/9780357038390