SOC100 Lecture 21: Continuation and end of Chapter 10
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Sociology of sex: theoretical and methodological approaches. Sociologists frequently stress the social and cultural relativity of norms surrounding sexual behaviour and the socio-historical construction of sexual identities and roles. Sociologists like irvine understand sexuality as being inter-connected to cultural, political, legal, moral, and ethical phenomena. Sex is neither a dangerous instinct nor passionate impulse. Sexual activities become sexual when social meanings are attributed to them. Sexual script: the socially defined language and actions that make up sexual encounters. Western society: sex has two dichotomous views (dangerous/passionate) Social meanings tell us what is sexual and what isn"t sexual. The social meaning of breasts and how its hyper sexualized. The mundane act of eating a banana. How you would go about wanting sex with someone or what you"re doing during sex has essentially a script. These scripts are given to us by all kinds of media: movies, porn, literature.