Let's Talk Family

Week Seven: Sexual Intimacy and Family Life       This week’s material was great and precious, but it didn’t pass my mind without flushing my face every once and a while; the topics are a little sensitive. In short, this week we talked all about the physical realm of intimacy within marriage, and the joys and stressors that could be involved there with. I hope that I can convey these topics that I found interesting in the most sensitive and pure way, as to not soil their amazing nature. I also wish to discuss a little on infidelity and remaining ‘true’ to our spouses.         To start off, I want to make a connection from a couple weeks ago regarding gender differences. We all have come to a common consensus that women and men are innately different and through their differences make a more perfect union. Well the same is true in the sexuality of both genders, they are both different! Both genders appreciate and love having close rel...

Week Four: Gender and Family Life            This week I was really humbled and brought to some new realizations that changed my perspective and understanding on the human species.            Most of my life, I have been taught that men and women are the same, other than some physical differences, we are all the same and should be treated as such. I have always been told that men and women need the same opportunities and should be respected in all points of life, but what I gained in mentality and support, I also lost a lot of fundamental truths that come along with understanding that men and women are actually very different, and that the differences are actually vital to all social structures whether  that’s the family unit, the social circle, or society as a whole. Understanding, respecting, and building upon these differences will inevitably improve the human family.         ...