Another theme that I saw in my posts was discussing sexuality within a Christian context. Of the thirteen posts, three of them directly dealt with Christianity. I think that there was a theme of Christianity within my posts not only because I identify myself as a Christian, but also because I wanted to know more about how Christianity and human sexuality could coexist. Specifically, because I made a commitment to remain abstinent until marriage, I was interested in Christian articles that had to do with singleness and purity. In my first article, the protagonist is a woman who was saved later in her life and had become a "born-again virgin". She was wrestling with the reality that she was now a single woman in her sexual prime who had just committed herself to abstinence and was very frustrated that God had not sent her a healthy relationship to satisfy her desires. At the same time her friend whom she has met in church is getting married and she is a very conservative person when it comes to sex. This situation is extremely frustrating for the protagonist and ultimately, she realizes that in order to be whole and complete in every aspect of her life, including her sexuality, he must fully rely on and trust in God's plan for her life. This was a very insightful article for me as I can somewhat relate to the protagonist in the sense that I too would like to be in a healthy marriage that includes sex, however I must also learn to be content with the Lord and trust him fully with my life. The other article that dealt with Christianity and especially purity was the story of a woman who blamed her commitment to remain abstinent for the failure of her marriage. When reading the article, it became very apparent to me that the woman did not take a "vow of purity" because she felt compelled to do so by the Holy Spirit or because she felt that it would benefit her relationship with God, but rather she had a very shallow faith and made the commitment because she felt, at the time, that she had the moral upper hand on her peers by being a virgin. When I read why her marriage fell apart I can see how she may have thought that premarital sex could have prevented their marriage. However, their sexual problems were not caused by her commitment to remain pure. The sexual issues were more likely indicative of underlying relationship problems.

The other posts on my wall were a bit random and didn't follow any overarching theme. However you could categorize some of them into smaller sub categories such as two of them that dealt with how to improve relationships and two of them that dealt with exploring statistical data surrounding various types of sexuality. The remaining three posts where miscellaneous and included a satirical comic about the sexual-harassment in Hollywood, an educational video explaining how abortions are performed, and a booklet that discusses the versus typically used to condemn homosexuality found within the Bible and how they may not be as "black and white" as previously thought.

When looking at the sources discussed above, it is important to acknowledge that there are pre-existing biases in the material that we chose to post to our Padlet. For example, the video about Rebecca and her family is very clearly biased towards a pro LGBTQ stance and the woman who blames her failed marriage on her "virginity mistake" has a very obvious negative bias towards Christianity, monogamy, and abstinence. There was a clear and intentional bias in my other Christian post because I wanted to explore this issue from a Christian perspective. Additionally, I also chose academic videos about topics such as abortion and the concept of gender because those are such emotionally charged topics and I wanted to try to educate myself without to sort through the opinions of a biased author.

Overall I really appreciated this public experience and I really learned a lot about a variety of different topics. Not only was it educational for me to explore different sources before I deciding to post on my own Padlet, but the opportunity to engage and interact with classmates and their chosen posts was an area in which I experienced great personal growth by establishing my own thought on a post, and by reading the responses of others.