Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Virgin Records, Heteronormativity

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

Lecture 9 virginity: virginity is part of an important transition from adolescence to adulthood. The way it is spoken about tells us about gender, sexuality, and culture. Images from the past: virginity is important in the bible, so there are a lot of images regarding virginity, mary was reported to be a virgin, giving birth to jesus, represented as beautiful, innocent, etc. These images evoke, and the women are presented as: mournful, depicted in a group, ten virgins is a story. This is gender discourse: a lot of virginity images only depict women. Hiv/aids: virgins were thought to cure hiv/aids or protect against it, depends on sociocultural location, worked into many hiv campaigns. In many parts of the world, many countries don"t have access to hiv medications, and it is considered a death sentence: saying no to sex = saying yes to life. Lock on the woman"s jeans to illustrate protection from sti"s.