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Dance Me to My Song

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This movie treats the concept of sexuality of disabled people. All people are sexual (including this disabled woman), whether or not they engage in sexual acts. Being sexual is not only about sexual acts; it also includes thoughts, attitudes, and feelings.

This movie shows that even people with a severe form of cerebral palsy still have a desire to have sex. Although physical and mental impairments may significantly alter their ability to function sexually, this does not eliminate basic desires for love, affection, and intimacy. I think that sexuality is essential to being human and that the notion of sexual rights is a subset of the larger body of human rights. They encompass the right to experience a pleasurable sexuality, which is essential in and of it, and, at the same time, is a fundamental vehicle of communication and love between people. Sexual rights include the right to liberty and autonomy in the responsible exercise of sexuality." Thus, the relationship between Julia and Eddie was clearly portraying the rights to experience a pleasurable sexuality.

Julia can choose Eddie as her sexual partner, but I am not quite sure whether Eddie wants to be closer to Julia because he really loves her or just because he feels sorry for her.. I think that the young and handsome man named Eddie is also quite mysterious guy.
In term of sexual and reproductive health, I think that Julia was quite aware of it. It was clearly shown that she prepares condoms in her toilet. Actually, she aware about safe-sex (but not be mentioned for preventing STD or pregnancy). This movie represents condom as the way to practice safe-sex. According to the concept of bodily integrity --the right to security in and control over one's body, this movie represents that Julia puts to much value on her right not only to enjoy the full potential of the body but also to protect from harm to the body. Sexual relationship between Julia and Eddie mentions that both women and men are able to enjoy and express their sexuality, and to do so free from risk of sexually-transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancy, coercion, violence and discrimination.

Brokeback Mountain

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This movie portrays the concept of bisexual, queer, sexual fluidity, and its phenomena. Queer theory pushed even further, arguing that sexual identities, desires, and categories are fluid and dynamic. Using the certain place (Wyoming) and time (1963), the author was intending to show that this kind of relationship (bisexual) has been occurring since along time ago at the very traditional society. According to the movie, fluidity of identity changeover from heterosexual to homosexual and homosexual to heterosexual and so forth, according to time and space – when they get together in Brokeback Mountain and when the get married. Subsequently, it was changing over again when they met each other again after 4 years. Fluidity of desires is also the same thing. They got desires with the same sex when they stay together on the hill. But, Ennis can get desire also with their wives. Jack was interested to young lady when he hung out in the bar, and later on they were married.

Although bisexual have played an important part of their lives, they often have had to hide their bisexuality because of a lack of acceptance from society because of social stigmatization. For example, when Ennis was young, his father has ever showed him a dead body in the ditch. Actually, he was killed by some body because their society does not accept him as a queer.

‘Sexual rights are a fundamental element of human rights”. Sexual rights also include the freedom to choose, when, how, and with whom to be sexually active and engage in sexual relations with full consent. Thus, regarding bisexuals, society should not judge them based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that a patient should change his/her sexual homosexual orientation. In this movie, both Ennis and Jack cannot achieve their sexual rights because not only society does not accept that kind of relationship but also Ennis’ wife does not accept Ennis’ relationship with Jack.

According to this movie, for sexual health issues, Jack and Ennis were not only have sex between both of them but also having sex with their wives. We do not know whether either Jack or Ennis got STI. But, if so, it will spread to their wives. We know that Jack has ever have sex with sex worker in Mexico, so he is possible of getting STI. Moreover, there was no scene mentioned about using condom during their sexual activities.
Related to gender and health, women are suffering because of men’s attitude to put women as subordinate. Actually, it is not only physical health but also mental health toward women. In this movie, it is clear that both their wives are victim of their husband. Especially Jack’s wife, she never knows that her husband has other partner outside. On the other hand, related to gender role and power relation, all activities that Ennis wants to do seem never consider about his wife. He put her wife as his subordinate. He will do whatever he wants to do. For example, we can notice the way he bring his two daughters and enters the grocery store where Alma works. He gives them to his wife and goes somewhere.