GSWS 491 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: An Unmarried Woman, Zoophilia
29 Sep 2016
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Sex pertains to one"s identity and sense of power. Bestiality -> reliance on biblical precedent for the law: if a man lie with a beast, he and the beast will be put to death . The settlers wanted a clean society of new england. He spoke about power in reference to sex, and wanted to get away from the notion that society is repressed. Society should speak more on the subject instead of shying away from it. Many figures and institutes gained power from denouncing perversion or abnormality . Foucault did not believe that people, past or present, should not be referred to as. Primarily to understand sexuality, scientific understandings of gender and reproduction. Men"s roles in maintaining social order were vital. The household was viewed as a fundamental unit of government. Married women could not sign legal documents, own assets, or earn their own wages. An unmarried woman with no legal standing was known as a femme sole .
