The Importance Of Communication In Relationship

The most basic and essential foundation of any relationship is communication. Planning a date, introducing our significant other to our parents, proposing, planning a wedding, getting a house, and raising children all require some type of communication; however, there is a type of communication, that should be within every romantic or sexual relationship, that is essential as well. This communication is the way we interact with our significant other sexually. Not only just how to perform the sexual acts; but, when what is acceptable in those acts and what isn’t. This form of communication, however, isn’t concrete throughout the world. It varies based on culture, environment, and socialization. For instance, throughout the Asian continent,

Sexuallity, the way people communicate sexually, and the structure of romantic relationships vary across borders. It’s important to acknowledge these differences, so that we are able to understand humans more than we understand ourselves. To begin with, the Vietnamese and the French have connections with societal beliefs on sexuality. Sexuality is a continuous continuum as to what is allowed in public and behind doors between two people in a relationship, involving marital relationships and dating relationships. These expectations within society may enforce influential pressure and lifted standards on couples. For instance, within the Vietnamese culture, it is believed that “both traditional Vietnamese culture and current government policies and propaganda strongly promote abstinence until marriage . . . a woman’s virginity is considered to be of particular value” (). This means that within Vietnam, we could infer that a female’s purity remains as long as her virginity remains untouched. If a female is a virgin, she is valued over another female who is not a virgin. In addition, the Vietnamese society upholds the belief that

Throughout the social institutions of Vietnam, the rules of “policies and propaganda strongly promote abstinence until marriage. . . abstinence outside of marriage is considered important for both young men and women, a woman’s virginity is considered to be of particular value” (). However, is it likely that these “policies” will bleed into the home’s of families throughout Vietnam? According to _____, throughout these homes, parent’s are terrified to deliberate on sexuality with their children due to the fear of their children wanting to participate in these sexual acts more (). Unfortunately, these parents depend on the schools to educate their children for them; however, these programs are “frequently plagued with problems in terms of relevant content as well as effect teacher training” with sexual education. We could then reason with an assumption that the Vietnamese youth and sexually active individuals aren’t educated about sexual practices of contraception and diseases relating to sexual activity. This resonates similarly within the French. Based on a survey by ______ on ______, “less than half of the population (40.9%), for both men (38.1%) and women (43.4%), reported informing themselves on sexual issues. In men, those with erectile problems sought out information more often than those without (43.1% vs. 34.8%). Information sources were