PSYC FPX 2800 Assessment 3 Contemporary Issues
Capella University
PSYC FPX 2800 Introduction to Human Sexuality
Prof. Name
November, 2024
Introduction
Modern problems refer to the burning issues and challenges that the world’s societies are facing nowadays (Imoize et al., 2021). Issues cut across a wide array of subjects, including climate change, social inequality, political instability, and economic hardship. For example, climate change and environmental degradation have become pressing issues that threaten biodiversity, enhance the frequency of natural disasters, and affect livelihoods. Social inequality, whether veiled behind race-based prejudice, gender discrimination, or economic inequality, still tears apart societies and more often than not ignites social unrest. Millions of lives are affected by political instability and conflicts in forms ranging from war to authoritarianism, or the breakdown of democratic institutions. Last but not least, amid technological growth unmatched anywhere in history, issues about privacy, artificial intelligence, and digital divides arise. These issues as the world becomes more globalized are no longer singular but often have far-reaching impacts globally. Thus, governments, organizations, and people working together must find sustainable solutions that bring about social justice and environmental protection while being economically viable. There could only be a form to shape such a better future by recognition of these challenges and then working toward those solutions.
Accidental Pregnancy
Accidental pregnancy refers to an unplanned pregnancy, despite all efforts to avoid it, which often occurs due to failure in contraception, misuse of contraceptives, or the lack of any contraception (Salcedo et al., 2023). Such a situation is very emotionally and financially stressful for a person or a couple as it may be detrimental to personal goals, career planning, or even family planning. Sometimes, even accidental pregnancies can result in tough decisions, like deciding whether to carry the baby to term, place it for adoption, or seek an abortion, depending on the personal circumstances and beliefs of an individual. Although modern contraceptives are highly effective, no method is failsafe, and inconsistent application, misinformation, or access to healthcare can lead to unintended pregnancies. Support systems such as access to healthcare, counseling, and family planning education play an important role in helping people navigate these situations and make better choices for their reproductive health. Therefore, preventing unintended pregnancies requires education, accessible health care, and empowering the individual to make better decisions concerning their sexual and reproductive health.
Stigma around Abortion
This means that abortion remains a topic with deep-rooted stigmas within societies and cultures, bringing judgments, shame, and discrimination over people seeking the procedure (Meghana Munnangi et al., 2023). Being a legal medical option in many parts of the world, abortion often carries a negative attitude with misinformation about it, so it becomes a taboo within many societies. The stigma is often due to the religious, cultural, and political beliefs about abortion and is often devised as a form of abortion as a sinful or unacceptable thing that has to be accompanied by the feeling of being guilty or isolated for making such choices or undergoing this process. Stigma keeps people away from seeking requisite health or assistance because they fear being judged or misunderstood by family healthcare providers or even societies. This is an unhealthy setting that affects not only the mental and emotional status of the affected but also the autonomy one has over their own body. Hence, it requires the removal of stigma with open communication, proper enlightenment, and accessible care that allows the patient to have an informed choice regarding the health of reproduction without stigmatization or discrimination.
The Dialogical Approach
This approach to discourse, therefore, focuses on the efficiency of communication, mutual understanding, and cooperation among subjects or groups in dealing with problems, conflicts, and personal relationships (Swart et al., 2022). It has its roots in the works of philosophers like Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas. The approach prefers conversation rather than monologue or debate and ensures active listening from all parties with respect and empathy towards the other person’s view. It is not an exchange idea tool but changes the mentality, and within this modification, both parties come out interested in learning from one another, testing their premises, and finding their common points, which is extremely helpful to heterogeneous, hostile environments. Such enables an acknowledgment of the disparities and a cooperative and shared resolution-aimed approach. On its own, the dialogical approach lays much stress on presence, which in itself is quite conscious of attentiveness, sees the conversation partner as more equal, and values a certain kind of voice. That, in a world being more and more polarized, is the way to overcome divisions that should lead toward an understanding better formed of a harmonious society.
