SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: George Klippert, Indictable Offence, Sex Offender
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Soc323 making of legal subjects: lesbian and gay rights. Clip 1: gay rights versus bible = another stepping stone towards immorality and judgment of god sounds a lot like racist arguments made by white preachers in 1950s http://www. youtube. com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a8jsrx2lois. Foucault"s history of sexuality: foucault drew a distinction between governing sexuality through acts vs. the homosexual identity, act-based vs. identity- based regulation. Talked about in a discriminatory way despite not explicitly stated in charter. Governing sexual actions = target of law or religious injunctions. Being a sin in catholicism action is wrong, nothing to do with person. Not regulating someone s lifestyle, character, or identity but discreet action associated with character or identity. Historically concerned with crime, 1900s shifted to identity of delinquency decline due to expert knowledge: criminal actions to medical or psychological models, who can diagnose you as suffering from homosexuality. Identity-based: embodiment of an identity or how you look at your self.
