SOCIOL 3U03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Sexual Identity, Heterosexuality, Open Relationship
5 Oct 2016
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Tutorials: meet every other week (focus mainly on library research paper assignment) Attitudes towards sex before marriage has changed (more acceptable: however attitudes towards extra-marital sex has not changed. Worldwide view surrounding sexuality is that it is very personal and private. In the past, there was a strong taboo against talking about sex and sexuality, and this has been the gradual change that has happened over the years. Ability to talk frankly about sex is not something everyone can take for granted. Sex and sexuality is naturally seen as a part of your identity. Sex and sexuality in the past was viewed as a behaviour that determined whether or not you were being sinful (when religion dominated) Sometimes sex and sexuality is tied up in your relationship with other people. Sex is often viewed as being about personal choices (ex. How does your social value attach to those choices, and how does that determine your value on a larger scale.
