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Lesbianism perspectives in East Asia

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Lesbianism perspectives in East Asia

In developing the perspectives of lesbianism in East Asia, there is a need to

identify the societal changes that are rapidly occurring with things that were seen as taboo

increasingly becoming as prevalent, especially among women. To define the term,

lesbianism can be described as the act or behavior with a same-sex partner that tends to

go against the prescribed social norms. Additionally, the actions deviate from the

normalcy of society as the acts go beyond the expectations of a cultural setting.

Following the Asian culture, it illustrates the deviance in reference to the subjective

matter of sexual orientation, the women influenced by external pressures are slowly being

seeped in the deviance tendencies (Pai, 2017). For a behavior to qualify as deviant, there

several attributes to be considered primarily established through a criterion of; the extent

of consent, nature of the participants, actual action and body parts engaged, and the

action scene.

Thesis Statement 

At the core of the discussion is to illustrate the perspectives and challenges Asian lesbians

are subjected to discrimination against their sexual orientation. Lesbians in East Asia are

faced with marginalization due to their sexuality and the constraints of the cultural

identity. 

The world is witnessing a shift in sexuality with Western cultures embracing lesbianism

on the view of granting liberty to women and facilitating the progression of feminism.

Sexuality matters, and feminism are viewed as courses for freedom. On the contrary,

“Asian values” revere on issues of family and social harmony, a total contradiction of the
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pursuit by human rights activists to lesbian rights in the society. Borrowing from the

Asian culture, the prevalence of homophobia is subtle (Laurent, 2005). Lesbians in East

Asian are often pushed to extremities in a bid to negotiate social freedom. The sexual

orientation, lesbianism in Asia, is subjected to endemic social conflicts. In Asia, lesbians

are forced to be innovative when it comes to relationships and sexual orientation,

depicting the higher reverence of sexual identities. The fluidity of sexuality is not a

common approach among the Western on the precepts of essentiality on the manifestation

of individuals right through listening to the audio. 

Lesbianism is a cultural element revealing the complex of her predicaments in same-sex

restrictions. Although the Asian finds his way to trigger motivation concerning life and

cultural aspects. The possibility of Asian populations to explain the emergence without

the strict observation of the tap water is treated following the perception of lesbians on

the feminine negating from the social order. The application of unorthodox is forged

ahead to be due to the conduct approach analyzed update. Through the demonstration on

the premise or illustrating lesbianism, which are tied to gender in expressing sexual

orientation to conform to the wastes in area. 

Manipulation of the sex stories is the order of the day drawing from revelations. It is a

matter of concern that the ubiquitous stories on sex depict the tweaking revolving in

journalism career (Tahmindjis, 2014). What’s worse is the consumers tend to take serious

the information yet in reality they are fictional sex stories. The precedence among women’s

magazines it purely unethical. Even though they acknowledge this unethical practice there

is no hope for the culture to come to an end as it has already an established clientele. It took
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the effort to change the narrative, “for decades, magazines have sold women countless lies

about sex, emotional fulfillment and health issues (Laurent, 2005).

The larger population in East Asia falls in the course of treating differently dwell on the

case for having same-sex. At the same time, other elements go to define the course

differently for fighting against discrimination based on sexual orientation. This is because

lesbians can be hurt and founding the basis for men to marry behavior Stuart squandering

that is left. “Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individual’s sexual interest.

People with a heterosexual orientation are sexually attracted to members of the opposite

sex; those with a homosexual orientation are sexually attracted to members of their sex,

and bisexuals are attracted to members of both sexes” (Kelly, 2016). One of the primary

reasons for the difference in statistical findings regarding homosexuality and bisexuality

has to do with the nature of the research questions that have been done. Depending on the

country, they judge the guys, lesbians, and bisexual people. For example, people from the

Dominican Republic say that they will never accept this to happen because this is not

normal to them. Still, on the other hand, they have to admit it because it is becoming

acceptable worldwide. 

The conceptualization of sexual orientation and conflicts display to sensualize to the

committee as we were very younger. Taking the case for the Chinese lesbian community,

Kei Cheng (2018) forges to counter the development lesbianism among the youths to

comprehend victimization with a higher expectation to conform to social orders. The

existing literature development on the motivation for social activists is through the

advancement of the LGBTQ culture and is prompting rejuvenation for the sexual culture.

In general, homosexual individuals have many biological and behavioral traits that are
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different from those found in heterosexual individuals. Some of these biological

differences associated with sexual orientation can be seen in brain differences, genetic

influences, as well as prenatal hormone influences. The magazine targeting women as the

readers intently fails to publish the right information about feminine sexuality to inform

what is perceived as usual. Achieving orgasm is undoubtedly the dream of every woman

through their sexual experiences, and in the world of magazines, it is always a selling

subject. 

Banks & Banks (2019) speaks and provides bright illustrations regarding the

“complimentary copy” and “advertorials” through her book. The author goes forth to

elucidate the tendency of magazines continues the trend of publishing content and

advertisements that exaggerate sexual experiences. Contrastingly, the publication by

magazines tweaks the normalcy of sexual relationships. Yet it is agreeable that facts can

be a high conviction. Magazines tend to manipulate the truth, which is paramount to gain

tract among the target audiences.

Conclusion

In matters of sexuality, teenagers lack the moral capacity to act responsibly.

Therefore, due to the social changes and exposure to explicit content, they become

excited and pursue exploring their sexuality leading to lesbianism. On the other hand,

young women, teenagers are the primary culprits of lesbianism. A female teenager lacks

the qualities of becoming a good, responsible mother since they have not emotionally

developed to understand their sexuality. It gives a reason to allow abortion among the

youths, though the opponents would argue that such would cause the youth to become
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promiscuous and immoral. Therefore, abortion for this group is the only chance to get

their act together for a successful life soon and also the advancement of sexual

deviance. Instead of upholding what is true and ethical, the magazines have developed a

culture of giving the consumers-women abstract ideas. Although taking the consolation

that the magazines on sex matters are a form of entertainment it could have a great impact

since people seem more emotional detached than in the past. Lying to the audience is not

a good precedence as people especially women are seeking to feel good of themselves. It

is apparent that the magazines have conditioned the masses to always experience instant

gratification during the sexual escapades which is not truly the reality.

 
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