SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sildenafil, Kinsey Reports, Sexting

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Joel Best

Document Summary

: sociologist study social effects, look for patterns. We often assume that sex is nature, has to do with biology, instinctual. Published sexual behavior in the human male 1948 kinsey reports. Proved that the social norm was not withheld, only having sex with the person you"re married to. Makes americans think that sex is something you can study. Study the effects of blood pressure, heart rate, etc. Sex is a natural biological process and can be studied the same way other biological processes are. Sex is more than biology it can be about religionadam & eve. Lots of legal advantages to being married, taxes, medical procedures, rights to property after death. There are rules about marriage, no incest, age, gender, how many people you can marry, race. Laws were made for sex offenders not teens. Norms: sex should be had in the missionary position. Medieval theologians like thomas aquinas argued that missionary was more likely to cause conception (gravity)