WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emma Goldman, Sexology, Safe Sex
WS-100-B: Lecture 3 !!!!!!!September 18th, 2017
-Women are never given full information about their reproductive system, theyâre only
educated on safe sex
-Sexologist / the say what types of sex acts are normal and okay and which ones are not
-Sexology considered same sex relationships abnormal and wrong, they would go to jail
and it was mostly geared towards women
-The ďŹeld of eugenics, scientists coming together and asking how to create that perfect
civilization
-hitlers government in the 1930âs liked the idea of creating the perfect white person and
spreading it
-the indian act was how to marginalize, control and diminish a whole population of
people that did not represent the image that hitler wanted
-women have learnt that they were really smart, and they have learnt this through telling
stories and talking to each other
-Women know how to take action and that they can be leaders
-any change we make as women make is not evolutionary and continuous
-Women would do all their education and learn how to be domestic servants to their
parents and elders
-Women had to ďŹght for access into all schools and universities
-They never accepted people outside of the Caucasian (white) culture
- white women go to university (theyâll have a great time!) but this a time where
relationships are organized and not natural, the issue is that itâs hard to be good about
yourself if you canât be loved.
-In womenâs universities, youâll be having conversations that you've never had the option
to have, and you get all new experiences
-If the culture doesn't allow for loving relationships, we ďŹnd it elsewhere
-This means that women aren't marrying as early and aren't having children, the birth rate
dramatically decreased
-some women that went to uni and found loving relationships stayed in those
relationships after school
-when men come back and occupy the space in the church was ďŹne
-women wanted to gain some kind of access to having a voice about what was going on,
not only for themselves but for men as well
-The famous 5: only fought for white women
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Document Summary
Women are never given full information about their reproductive system, they"re only educated on safe sex. Sexologist / the say what types of sex acts are normal and okay and which ones are not. Sexology considered same sex relationships abnormal and wrong, they would go to jail and it was mostly geared towards women. The eld of eugenics, scientists coming together and asking how to create that perfect civilization. Hitlers government in the 1930"s liked the idea of creating the perfect white person and spreading it. The indian act was how to marginalize, control and diminish a whole population of people that did not represent the image that hitler wanted. Women have learnt that they were really smart, and they have learnt this through telling stories and talking to each other. Women know how to take action and that they can be leaders. Any change we make as women make is not evolutionary and continuous.
