Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Exhibitionism, Sexual Stimulation, The Second Sex
22 Mar 2016
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Mit 2200f mapping media and cultural theory. We are told that femininity is in jeopardy . Not every female being is necessarily a woman. Humanity is male, and man deines woman, not in herself, but in relaion to himself; she is not considered an autonomous being . Men never posit themselves as an individual of a certain sex it is obvious that they are men. However, when women write, they must irst posit that they are women, and all other asserions will arise from this basic truth . Although the two sexes appear to be symmetrical, they are not. We largely associated the word man to describe all of humanity. Posits that we are women because we lack certain qualiies penis. Women are deined in relaion to men not autonomous. The woman"s body seems devoid of meaning without reference to the male .
