SOC214H1 Lecture : nov 15- marriage and sexuality
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11/15/2011 11:24:00 am: social factors and forces that shaped what was seen as normal sexuality for wealthy people back them marriage was about forming political and economic alliances. It wasn t until the 19th century until marriage was epected to create happiness. Motherhood became glorified in the 19th century: nineteenth- century legislation to equate sexuality with reproduction: laws against non-reproductive sex and anti- abortion laws, the ideas of homosexual and heterosexual people, identities and sexual natures. People were seen capable of a number of different sexual practices. y there were laws passes against contraception, and same sex sexe the laws were aimed at promoting reproduction. A lot of forced in culture that pushes us towards heterosexual marriage: in the 1940s you get a different kind of public discussion: by. This made for a huge change in the experience of sexuality for women, following that came the sexual revolution for women. It allows for sex without the idea of reproduction.
