Women's Studies 1021F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Exhibitionism, Libido, Orgasm
2 Nov 2015
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Intersectionality: the interrelatedness of social categories (gender, race, class) as they create integrated systems of discrimination. How we shape the way we"re publicly known (pornography and pregnancy), how sexual identity comes together. Anne lister (1791-1840) was a propertied, lesbian at a time when few women owned property and few queers were out; she is considered the first modern lesbian because she had self- awareness of her sexuality. Looked at psychiatry, healthy and sick, how does prison produce criminal, criminal justice system produce laws that produce criminal. Trained as marxist, disciplined by uni, learned about marxist theory. Dropped acid, best experiences of his life. Repression operates as a sentence to disappear. Think about queer sex acts, were repressed at certain points in history, and prohibited in other points. Abortion: criminalized (prohibited), but at other points was repressed (taboo, but not criminalized)
