society Vs intimacy

Ethics have played a large role in our discussion thus far,  particularly  for women. Heroines in the novels we had read earlier in the year all had to face a certain amount of consequence for shattering societies ideas of female roles in relationships. we talked about women who were open with their sexuality being deemed as a bad girl, or a tease and some could go as far to say that these women take on some masculine characteristics in order to match sexual drive. they played mental games and claimed control of the men they were involved with. during the lecture it as brought to light that levantine women have control inside of the bedroom and in the home but do not have the same freedoms or even the right to discuss and express these freedom in public. there is a similarity between more traditional societies and our own when it comes to ethics and desire in, there is a large focus on "the social context of relationships and not intimacy and affection..." as Professor Hanna had said in her lecture. in general people tend to look at relationships of others and size it up, see what each person contributes to the relationship  who "wears the pants", whether or not the relationship last and so on. this is why tabloids sell issues filled with articles about celebrities  relationships statuses. relationships are interesting, and in romantic relationships people are more vulnerable and its very easy to pass judgement about their character. in many ways our society likes to put people in pairs and fit each individual in to a stereo type of either masculine or feminine.  the focus needs to shift back to the intimacy between the couple, many more  people would be happy without the pressure of complying  to what societies equates to a perfect couple.