Women's Studies 1021F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 90: Human Female Sexuality, Homosociality, Industrial Revolution
12 Jan 2016
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Can be considered ahistorical being outside history, never changing but, sexuality does have a history. Ex pre christian period in athens greece, it was norm for male citizens to have sexual relations with male youths. It was an intrinsic part of greek culture. Reason why we know this is because of illustrations in museums on artwork. History can be thought of as existing in layers of meaning/experience. Gender and sexuality in the early 19th century. Time of transformation and anxiety about gender roles. How each sex could behave and act towards others. Separate spheres: men and women lived separate social lives, they were married but they didn"t do everything together. Men worked outside of home, women worked inside home. Wrote about domestic sphere struggles of women to find a. Very critical about society, was writing at the same time that. Always try and marry above your class, try to move upwards.
