SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pap Test, Hegemonic Masculinity, Sexual Surrogate
29 Feb 2016
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Young man with polio, can"t use his muscles, wants to experience sex, sees priest who helps him with finding sexual surrogate. Nerves/anxiety (emotion/sense of self- concerned with how he looks, picks out shirt. Hegemonic masculinity (he"s disabled, masculinity is a challenge) Made clear difference between being a sex surrogate and prostitute (context) Woman guiding the sexual experience (not usually seen in media) Racialized statements between mark and co-worker about her dating white men. Challenge heterosexualism (as normal and natural sexuality which demotes other sexualities) Sexuality- ways in which we think about and behave towards ourselves and others as sexual beings. Sociological interest in sexuality- social factors: growing number of sexually linked social problems. ), gonorrhea (15-19 yrs: visibility of sex-related social movements. E. g. same sex marriage (canada 4th country in world to legalize it: technological change. E. g breast augmentation/vaginal reconstruction (to look more feminine/attractive to men: the globalization of sexuality. E. g. sex tourism (brazil, costa rica, dominican, netherlands)
