KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Judith Butler, Heteronormativity, Sexual Identity
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Every individual should have the right to enjoy their bodies through physical activity wellard 2009. Why do we have sex: reproduction, pleasure, love, intimacy, prostitution, identity. Natural and normal : heterosexuality are perceived this way while others are viewed as unnatural or abnormal, this affects power and its distribution, sexuality: Telling of sexuality produces discourses or truths about sexuality. Truths are produced based on knowledges that come together around particular norms. Truth is mobilized in relations of power in ways that affect how bodes and institutions are produced. Is a method of organizing individuals within knowledge/power relationships. (self) surveillance ensures compliance with regulatory norms. Linear model: sex gender sexuality: biological sex: 2 sexes, masculinity/femininity testosterone/estrogen, heterosexuality. There are some very real beliefs ideas and stereotypes that. Sex, gender, and sexuality are all interrelated but are also influenced by: society, culture, race, ethnicity, religion, class, age, history.