COMM 3250U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Christine Jorgensen, Stonewall Riots, Boys Beware
21 Jun 2018
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Department
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1. Human Sexuality
The Politics of Sexuality
Recognizing Historical “epochs”: What’s in a name?
Ancient civilizations: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome*
Dark Ages/Middle Ages* (Islamic Renaissance) *Pre-modern
Early Modern Period – 1450s – 1650s (Religious wars)
Age of Empires (Scientific Revolution, Renaissance, Enlightenment) 1600s – early 1800s
Industrial Revolution and Victorian Era (late modern)
1. 1800s -> height is 1860s/70s/80s/90s
2. 1900sà Twentieth century: Modernism and postmodernism
Twentieth Century Timeline
WWI, 1920s, WWII: flourishing of gay culture in metropolitan areas
1950s – The Red Scare (communist scare) amid postwar “normalcy,” Kinsey reports,
Christine Jorgenson (first sex change operations) https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=17u01_sWjRE “Boys Beware”
1960s – early Gay Liberation movement, human rights, civil rights, feminism, hippie
movements (free love), Stonewall Riot (1969), Criminal Code Reform in Canada
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrQeNBMqOk&t=39s
1970s – Reagan’s America, continued stigmatization of interracial relationships
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1980s – Toronto Bath House Raids, Aids epidemic
1990s – safe sex campaigns, sex education reforms, popular culture and advocates
push for acceptance of gay and lesbian couples
2000s – continued reform, amid pushback
Policing Sex
‘The policing of sex’ à various ways that sexuality is organized and evaluated.
Regulation of sexuality
4. institutionalized expectations that determine sexual selves
5. possibilities for sexual activities and expression
6. Social concerns:
1. rise of population studies (gov’t, social engineering)
2. the regulation and recognition of legitimate and illegitimate births and marriages
3. campaigns for social reform and morality (respectability)
“Incitement to Discourse,” Michel Foucault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH8urZ4ryPE MCAT, Foucault: The History of Sexuality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBJTeNTZtGU Who is Michel Foucault?
The practice of confession within the Catholic Church in Europe became the model for all
contemporary ‘tellings’ of sexuality and sexual identity
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Document Summary
Ancient civilizations: ancient egypt, ancient greece, ancient rome* Early modern period 1450s 1650s (religious wars) Age of empires (scientific revolution, renaissance, enlightenment) 1600s early 1800s. Industrial revolution and victorian era (late modern: 1800s -> height is 1860s/70s/80s/90s, 1900s twentieth century: modernism and postmodernism. Wwi, 1920s, wwii: flourishing of gay culture in metropolitan areas. 1950s the red scare (communist scare) amid postwar normalcy, kinsey reports, Christine jorgenson (first sex change operations) https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=17u01_swjre boys beware . 1960s early gay liberation movement, human rights, civil rights, feminism, hippie movements (free love), stonewall riot (1969), criminal code reform in canada: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=7zrqenbmqok&t=39s. 1970s reagan"s america, continued stigmatization of interracial relationships. 1980s toronto bath house raids, aids epidemic. 1990s safe sex campaigns, sex education reforms, popular culture and advocates push for acceptance of gay and lesbian couples. The policing of sex" various ways that sexuality is organized and evaluated.
