PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Moral Relativism, Flapper, Moral Absolutism
16 Jan 2016
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Theme is always the same: guy sets his sights on virgin, rape. 1901: rejection of victorian values: first wave of early feminism. Fall of moral absolutism, rise of moral relativism (20th century) 2 periods of sexual liberation: (1) 1920"s (flapper era, (2) 1960"s (sexual revolution, both post-war periods, so-called sexual revolution. Studied serial rapists/murderers: spoke to people who knew them as a child, masturbation = spermatorrhea = rapist. Saturday, january 16, 2016: studied normal sexuality (compassion vs. anxiety, nice people can be kinky, polygamous (bi-wife, sexual equality advocate. Should be able to control fertility (family planning) Pinkus gregory: funded by sanger to develop the pill : illegal to distribute contraceptives unless her husband gave written consent (until 1974, canada: laws removed in 1969 by trudeau. The government has no business in the bedrooms of our nation . 1905 book: 3 essays in the theories of sexuality: people are born with the capacity of sexual response.
