SLGY 3233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Different From The Others, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Magnus Hirschfeld
6 Feb 2017
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19th century a time of large social, political, and intellectual change. Liberal and conservative ideas begin to clash in europe. Sexual behaviour studied due to advances in medicine/biology/psychiatry. Growing discourse on human rights turns attention to homosexuality and sexual desire. Lgbtq should be accepted just like disabled people, think of it as a disability or excess of female hormones. Havelock ellis o film burned by nazis o 1 st fill on homosexuality. Studied transgender but couldn"t separate them from homosexuality. Psychiatrist who worked with courts on homosexuality. Divided cases of psychopathic sexuality nto 4 categories o homosexuality o fetishism o sadism o masochism. Sexual variation medicalized and viewed as dangerous/mental illness. Campaigned for human rights and acceptance of homosexual. Fired from his job for being homosexual. Women of the 19 th century housework, extreme sexual abuse. Excessive childbearing, wearing hot/tight uncomfy clothes, limited life opportunities, hard. Out of closet lesbian, began as a model and stripper.
