WMST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sandra Cisneros, Medicalization, Egg Cell
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Hasn"t been open to all women because of culture or racist stereotypes. Is it for pleasure for certain people or certain views. Intersection of gender, race, and sexuality - shamed of her body and uneducated about sex or her body. Intersections of sexuality and health - afraid to go to the doctors. Stereotypes involving with their bodies and sexual behaviors. Jezebel came from the concept of slavery. Linked to contemporary images in popular culture. Example white women vs black women and justify the system of rape between slaves and white men. Between respectability and science black women found no way from their. What does this mean for black women"s sexual revolution ? silence. Movement on wearing whatever a woman wants and be as sexual as she wants. Conflicts between women"s liberation movement and sexual liberation. Not painting the right picture of feminism. In a culture where sexual liberation is either a lot of sex or with a lot of people.
