GOVT 2225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Michel Foucault, Heterosexuality, Hookup Culture
31 Jan 2018
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Sex does not equal gender does not equal sexuality. Biological sex does not always match one"s gender identity. Social norms dictate how we have sex and with who. Social norms encourage some practices and condemn others. Such norms vary across cultures and over time. Sexuality is socially determined and varies in its expression across culture time, and place. Encouraged among the siwans of north africa and the keraki of. Viewed in (varying degrees) as deviant in american society. Take a practice and show how its different over time. Laws around the world reflect around perceptions of sexuality. Sexuality as a reflection of power, prestige, and privilege. What we consider normal changes by time and context and is defined by those in power. Heterosexuality is common but not normal in the sense of being dictated by some universal standard. Monogamy can be seen in the same way. Societies, for various reasons, actively police or govern out bodies.
