SOC 214 Lecture Notes - Radical Feminism
Document Summary
Sexual libertarianism: sex work is empowering, not degrading. Advocate laws to permit this occupation [prostitution and pornography]. Women are not slaves or victims, but free agents. All sexual acts, including "sex work", have meaning independent of the culture or social structure. Pro-sex feminist argues against "anti-sex" ideas of radical feminism. Suggest meaning of "sex work" is directly negotiated within patriarchy. Unusual sex practices can be liberating if it subverts the dominant system of patriarchy. Growth of medicine and its role as a social control agent has grown in modern society. Critical scholars medicine was viewed as being a major institution of social control within modern society. We"re talking about doctors, or health, the medical institution itself. Viewed as a repository of truth the place where absolute and final judgements are made. Social policy and legal forms related to the medical control reflect societal values related to health of members. Psychiatry and public health oversee societal health.
