HDFS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ejaculation, Orgasm, Puritans
12 Feb 2018
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The feelings and behaviors of human beings concerning sex. Human ancestors were quadrupeds (most sexual activity was likely to rear entry intercourse) Transition to upright posture (male genitals towards front, emphasized female breasts and hips, allowed more face to face intercourse, allowed contact between more body areas, stimulation of breasts and clitoris) Followed the bible, legacy on attitudes about sexuality. More permissive attitudes about sex than hebrews (myths: incest, rape, etc. difference between love and sex) Institutionalized homosexuality (older male mentor between male student/adolescent. Marriage means to improve economic and social standing (no emp. on passionate love) Free men engaged in same-sex relations with slaves, prostitutes, and captives. Hinduism (reincarnation being born a women = sinful. Humans have responsibility to marry and procreate. Interdependence of all things, unified in the tao (yin = feminine, yang = Sex considered natural process (joins the yin and yang) Men obtain life extending yin forces by controlling ejaculation (helping women achieve orgasms)
