RELG 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Biological Interaction, Bodily Integrity, Practical Reason
16 Aug 2016
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Vulnerability: world openness makes you open to both terrible an wonderful things (love, joy, con ict, poverty ) Condition of vulnerability is a need for belonging fear of being alone. Ex. the infant: if a new born child is left to themselves, they will perish. Belonging is important, but problematic feminist approaches to vulnerability encounter dif culty with belonging. Jeffery weeks genitalia do not interpret themselves. If sexuality is, as i believe about choice rather than destiny, then the issue of what we choose and how and why we do so becomes central to the debate . Born this way not just about being different, but having the ability to choose one"s personal idea and shaping it. Christine gudorf the erosion of sexual dimorphism . Typical embodiment is the male and female. We have moved from a dimorphic world (male & female relations seen throughout historical texts; bible) and moved to a polymorphic world.
