History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sexual Repression

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2181A/B
• Professor: Monda Halpern

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Test 1: 30 mins, then class begins after. Test 2: 40 mins, then class begins (non-cumulative) The study of the history of sexuality start in the 1960s and early 1970s. Michelle foucau: french philosopher that studied the history of sexuality and turned it into its own academic field. He was saying that studying sex and sexuality is socially constructed (important: this means that it is created by people living in a particular time period. It changes depending on time and place (not static) These institutions are trying to dictation or guide us to a way to have sex. Sex and sexuality is a product of its culture (not much is natural) Earl(cid:455) i(cid:374) (cid:455)our life (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e se(cid:454), when you are a teenager you want it, when (cid:455)ou"re i(cid:374) (cid:455)our (cid:1006)(cid:1004)s (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e it all the ti(cid:373)e, (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e kids (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t it a(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:373)ore .