Correct option is B
The correct answer is Option B (Plastic sexuality).
Introduction
The concept of "plastic sexuality" is a fundamental sociological term used to describe the profound shift in how human relationships and intimacy are constructed in modern societies.
Information Booster
Coined by the renowned British sociologist Anthony Giddens in his seminal 1992 book, The Transformation of Intimacy, plastic sexuality refers to:
- Malleability: Sex that is fluid and flexible, molded entirely by individual identity, choice, and desires.
- Severed from Reproduction: Sexual expression that is fully decentralized and freed from its traditional, age-old integration with procreation, family generation, and biological constraints.
- Driven by Contraception: Enabled historically by reliable, modern contraceptive technologies that allowed pleasure and self-expression to become the primary goals of intimacy.
Additional Knowledge
Giddens argues that plastic sexuality serves as the absolute precondition for what he terms the "pure relationship." A pure relationship is an emotional partnership entered into strictly for its own sake and maintained only as long as it provides mutual satisfaction and fulfillment to both individuals.
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