ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gayle Rubin, Marcel Mauss, Incest Taboo
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The exchange of women in our society is alive and well: not a thing of the past, or a thing that other people do. Love is a story we tell ourselves: as in, we recognize things as socially constructed but love is still true and how our hearts feel is still true. Tina needs carter for support, safety, drugs, food, stability, etc. Carter needs tina too, but more for love and affection, having someone who is his girl : makes him feel more complete and human. Tension of all heteronormative relationships present in their relationship: tina: a woman who has sex with a man wants to be in a relationship, to be loved, to be given things. Love is what separates selling herself from something more, and more meaningful, more redeeming. In reality, even a loving relationship is still something of an exchange.
