Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Premarital Sex, Hymen, Shining Light

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Historical consideration: morality and sexual behaviour: morality is defined as (cid:1688)principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour(cid:1689, morality is a social construction. In what ways is feminism used to encourage a return to traditional values: the leaders who push the virginity agenda believe that a return to traditional gender roles is the only way to combat young people having sex. In doing so, they produce really archaic notions about female sexuality and womanhood: virginity movement is more than just sexism. Interesting to consider that virginity is rooted in strength seems contradictory to the message they purport. March 29, 2018: a girl(cid:1685)s nude was put on instagram and people reported it still not taken down. Implicitly suggests that the inherent responsibility for sexting gone wrong lies w/ the body in the image rather than the agents of distribution: e. g.