FEM 1100 Lecture 8: Regulating Women’s Bodies and Desires
17 Jan 2016
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Sexual education info for minority youth (i. e. youth of colour or native youth) very hard to nd bodies. As part of a process of decolonization: taking control of our. Native people had their own methods of sex ed for youth before colonization. Sex was seen as sacred, normal but also powerful. Young people would learn from elders and community members. Native peoples also have long history of sexual exploitation (ex. Treatment of native women as squaws , residential school abuses ). This history interferes w/ creation of positive sexual identities & practices. Sex is still a taboo subject in larger society. Important not to let dominant society dictate what is sexually healthy (or not) for native peoples. Important for native youth to have self-determination on the issue of sex education. Category girl = shorthand in media, pop culture, feminist research, education, sociology, psychology, for white, middle class, straight girls.
