Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rape Crisis Center, Correctional Service Of Canada, Service Canada

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Caroline Dick

Document Summary

Not every personal characteristic is considered politically salient, or socially important. Saw creation of homosexual construction of societal groups in latter 19th century. Homosexuality originally constructed against background norm of heterosexuality: deemed deviant because they were different, considered inferior to heterosexuals, discourses of sin, crime, mental illness group members categorized as deviant or mentally ill. Meanings of society made activities and membership of the group criminalized: ccc 1812 (cid:858)(cid:271)uggar(cid:455)(cid:859) as a (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al offe(cid:374)(cid:272)e pu(cid:374)isha(cid:271)le (cid:449)ith life i(cid:374) priso(cid:374) Compared homosexuality to sex with animals unnatural. Cc amendments until 1954 anal sex and bestiality compared the same. Not criminal when occurring between two consenting adults, in private, with participants atleast 21 years of age. Amendments to ccc important step, but still no parity between homosexuals and heterosexuals: beggary and bestiality did not get amended until 1987 bestiality split into a separate offence.