SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Queer Theory, Heterosexism, Heterosexuality
12 Apr 2016
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Theorist didn"t believe this was a theory unil feminist look into it. Challenges heterosexism: the idea that heterosexuality is natural, normal, superior, anything that goes against it is an abnormality. Heterosexism marginalises other forms of sexual idenity and pracice. Quesions the noion that sexuality is natural: we are supposed to be biologically sexual in a certain way, produced by science and religion. Common sense assumpion that sexuality is a biological insinct/drive. Video: talking about how biological cues in the body make up love. Ideas about sexuality change over ime and space: diferent in diferent socieies, sexual pracice is learned, sexual desire is muli-focal, many people desires are very broad. Sexuality is understood and praciced diferently in diferent historical and cultural contexts. Socially shaped and varies in pracice across ime, space, and a single life: what sex includes. Changes over ime and place: when it"s appropriate. Norm is sex isn"t connected to marriage. Legally have to be 16: with whom.
