Lecture Notes

In summary, popular culture is a sexually socializing agent that has gained prominence in encouraging and discouraging sexuality. Sexual references across all mediums has increased significantly, but they also tend to be stereotypical, as well as absent of risk and responsibility and lack of diversity in sexual images that are being portrayed. However, it is clear that culture is one of the most powerful forces shaping human sexuality. The variety of sexual behaviors, even within our own culture, testifies to diversity, not only between cultures, but within cultures as well.