Family - Gender and Sexuality in a Contempary Society

Question: What is intimacy and how is it expressed, negotiated, displayed in the literature? Answer: 1.0 Introduction: Intimacy is the biological necessities of every gender. People of different gender get attracted either by the opposite sex or by the same sex. The process of sexual intimacy, as critically examined by Olund (2010), cognitive development and biological development of a human being is literally helpful for the human growth. Karpman (2010) has opined that the sexual ethics are biologically inherited. The current social ethics is developed in such a way that it helps in managing the social hierarchy. The approach of masculinity and feminist attitudes is significant approaches which enables in managing the ethical approaches. The structural theory states that balance is the most essential attribute which needs to be retained in the sexual orientation. This current research work focuses on the approach of intimacy and how is it expressed and negotiated in the practical world of ethical development. At the same time the researcher will also emphasize on the social attributes as well. 2.0 Critical Analysis of the Concept of Intimacy: Intimacy, as critiqued by Shen (2010), is the emotional attachment with the partner and fulfilling the biological and physical necessities. Intimacy leads to understand the counterpart of one. It is helpful in sharing the feeling of one with the other. Intimacy leads to a genuine development of the physical ethics. Human beings are needed to gain a share with pain and love. Shen (2010) appears to be critical by stating I Love You is not a mere phrase only, it is the expression related to the social and psychological development. Intimacy leads to a significant boldness which is the highest point of love. Achieving success in intimacy is helpful that attains more generality. Intimacy is the sharing of the intellectual, emotional and spiritual facts with the partner which is ultimately a privy fact that manages in the development. The public affairs are having an intricate effect on genuineness of the marital domain. As the intimacy is the sexual content, the couples feel a vulnerable affair and discontentment. People feel more charmed by maintaining the sexual affair. The intimacy is the tool which binds the chain more generically and harmoniously. Intimacy leads to cherish the social and ethical values in a developed manner. As pointed out by Morrison et al. (2012) the approach of intimacy is significantly can be classified into three different types: Intellectual intimacy and emotional intimacy. In the following section a profound narration of all these kinds of intimacies are defined by the researcher. 2.1 Intellectual Intimacy: The basic aspect of intellectual intimacy is to know the partners and having been aware of the approaches of both of them. This helps in such a point which helps in defining what the points of similarity between them are and what the other partner likes and what does it actually acquires of. The dream of a partner is needed to be fulfilled by the other one. Karpman (2010) seem to have mentioned that there should not be any politics and social clumsiness between two partners which may leads to degradation in the relationship. More to be added, in intellectual intimacy mental appetites are needed to be fulfilled. Intellectual intimacy is not the only approach of fulfilling the sexual proximity; it also helps in developing the mental intricacy as well. The psychological bonding between the partners is the most intricate approach which helps in mental rejuvenation as well. 2.2 Emotional Intimacy: According to Luyt (2013) emotional intimacy is keeping the relationship between the propositional partners. For emotional intimacy there is no need that the taste of both the partners is needed to be met and fulfilled. It only states that the comfort level in the relationship is needed to be intrinsically fulfilled having no fear of repercussion. Some people say that the emotional intimacy can only be possible after the marriage. But Emerson Dobash and Dobash (2010) stand directly in contrast with this opinion. According to him if the psychological intimacy can be attained by a person before marriage having propensity in the approach, so there is no issue that emotional intimacy is to be attained in such a stage. The emotional attachment is the most necessary factor which buckles a relationship with sophistication and intense effort. 2.3 Physical Intimacy: The physical intimacy is the sensual approach which leads to develop the positive changes by avoiding the negative feelings. Oswin and Olund (2010) are of this view that sexual intimacy is playful approach which brings utmost efficiency in a relationship. It is not necessary that the sexual appetite of both the partners is to be fulfilled in the physical intimacy. But it brings the utmost pleasure. Sastri (2009) seems to have mentioned the physical intimacy as unity of both soles. 3.0 Approach of Intimacy Expression: In order to search for the intimacy approach expression leads to a subjective approach. Sastri (2009) seems to have mentioned the study of intimacy is having a significant proposition which leads to a genuine embodiment. Psychological feeling leads to intimacy affluence which is a genuine prospect of psychological endorsement. It seems to be a conflict which needs an intense coherence. Olund (2010) has stated that as intimacy is a matter of social projection it seems that people of different religions expresses their intimacy in different ways. For example, in the United States intimacy is a natural factor where a man and woman seem to get intimated naturally. But in the Middle East countries, intimacy is treated to be a social incurious factor. Where in US physical intimacy before marriage with the consent of both end is a natural factor but in conventional countries like Middle East physical intimacy before marriage is not so much sophisticated and allowed. Therefore, it helps in d eveloping of the genuine sophistication of the society. Meyer (2012) can be quoted by saying that it is having an intrinsic cohesion. Intimacy is the approach which leads to a perpetual balance between all the settling effects which leads to a conditional approach of development. The biological balance between the conditionality and non conditionality is creating a lot of opportunities which is essentially a sophisticated approach for the personal relationship development. As it has already been said that the role of society is sophisticated in order to manage the personal sexual affinities, Monaghan and Robertson (2012) have critically stated, it really creates a lot of problem in the intimacy approach. The process of agape, philia and eros are comprehensively disturbed which casts an incumbent effect on the ethical development of ones passion. Meyer (2012) wanted to mention intimacy as sexual attribute which has to be genuine and trilling. The appetite of the sexual intensity is literally a matter of passion which is expressed through filial affection. 4.0 Displaying of Intimacy in Literature: The approach of intimacy has always been a matter of intricate attraction for the literary attributes. Gibson (2010) has projected that in the ancient time reference to the sadistic and sexual attributes seemed to have been a matter of intricacy and immense fascination. Almost all of the ancient cultures and civilizations seemed to have preferred sexual approach as one of the essential part of development. In Greek literature, the concept is generated with preference to agape, philia and eros loves. In the ancient literary creations of India love, sex and intimacy has been a focal point. The approach of intrinsic intimacy in the rock painting of ancient period is a matter of genuine development. Literature of all kinds and languages throughout the ages has focused on intimacy of the character. It has become a matter of ardent necessity in the English literature of 17th and 18th century literature. As the society of this age use to support sexual intimacy potentially, it provides leverage to the literary creation. Braun (2010) has significantly observed that the literature in one hand is having a professional value while the necessity of the literary terms in the others; the literary person cares to meet both the ends together. Essentially, it has always been a matter of attraction to the common people. Intensity affluence in this approach of biological and material necessities gives an influx in the literary approach. It rather has boosted the ethical contraction. Significantly, the approaches of ethical positioning are rather a simultaneous matter of cohesion in terms of intimacy. In the modern days, in order to show the brute of the society, for the literary personnel the preference is given to the sexual intimacy. For example, T. S. Eliot in The Wasteland critically and blatantly exposes the sexual and intimacy approach which marks the beginning of the modern approach of intricacy. 5.0 Conclusion: Throughout this research work the researcher has showed the approaches how intimacy is a sophisticated approach in the current society and how its effect comes upon the literature. 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