GSWS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Potter Stewart, Sexualization
27 Apr 2018
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Lecture 2 – Pornification and the Sexualization of Culture
Overview
- To understand the pornographic as a notion that serves a discursive function, rather
than a descriptive term that refers to something concrete
- To uderstad the oral disourse of porifiatio ad iestigate it’s lais
- To find out what may be missing in the discussion and panic over pornfication
Porn, what is it, exactly?
- I ko he I see it – Justice Potter Stewart (case on the film The Lovers)
- It’s a gut feelig, its ueplaiale ut ou uderstad ad ko hat por is
The Poronographic
- As a concept, what the pornographic signifies often depends on community standards
and social contexts
- The pornographic is often negatively distinguished from
o The erotic
o The sensual
o The sexual
- Pornographic is very male driven, while erotic is female driven
The Artile’s geeral arguet aout the futio of the porographi as a oept
- Pornographic as a discourse functions to distinguish the normative from the illicit
- To designate the regulate the boundary dividing il/legitimate sexual representations
o Not porn = normal, respectable, publicly visible sexual images
o Porn = illicit, shameful images that are supposed to remain private.
Porn? Not Porn?
- Can an image be pornographic in one context and not pornographic in another?
Unseeing Porn
- When the normative/illicit boundary becomes blurry
- Sexuality becomes a product
- Pronographic can mean different things in different situations
The Mainstream of Porn Aesthetics
Changes in Media Distribution
- The liberalization of adult content in late night time slots and paid channels
- HBO (first channel to incorporate sex into shows)
- It’s the a ou otetualize a see or por, / ou a reappropriate scenes
Outdoor Porn?
- Increased sexual visibility in public place
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