CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sexual Orientation, Sexting, Ender Wiggin
11 Feb 2016
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Not under my roof (2011: results, in us, 10% said yes, in netherlands, 10% said no, us parents, teens as irrational and irresponsible, driven by hormones, dutch parents, teens as self-regulating sexual agents, lower rates of teen pregnancy/abortion. In need of protection: na ve, vulnerable, victimized, easily corrupted, hurt, sex antithetical to innocence. Paradox of childhood innocence: assumed asexual and heterosexual: Sexuality not seen as part of childhood: children seen as asexual; no desire. Frozen slammed" for having gay agenda": elsa hides her inner self, lives in fear of being exposed, is misunderstood by parents, oaken"s family in sauna. Porn easily available: media highly sexualized, kids" shows loaded with sexual imagery. Why so uncomfortable: knowing child is a threat and a fear, offends beliefs of some cultures/religions. Sexuality: desire, attraction, not a choice: orientation: heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality, pan/polysexuality. Linking sexuality and ender: gender performance viewed as window to sexual orientation:
