Women's Studies 2159A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Orgasm, Polykleitos, Premarital Sex
19 Apr 2016
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Study of sexuality and sex began in an academic context in the 60s and 70s, began in social movements such as feminism and gay rights. It was thought that studying this could accomplish goals i. ii. Bring awareness to t82he present conditions of sexual relations. Could help politicize struggling groups who really need human rights. Women, homosexuals, lesbians, groups that struggled to be. People had been writing about it for centuries. By the 19th century many societal theories evolved - bc there was a veneration of all things scientific, ppl had a curiosity of things arounf them. They wanted truth, theories that could be proven. A lot of scientific theories were applied to sexuality - ones that had been applied to society generally. Wasn"t necessarily interested in sexuality in and of itself, but in. People applied his theories of evolution to sexuality. All human interaction is determined by basic animal.
