SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture : Sociology 1A06.docx
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Sexuality seems to be private and personal. Many aspects of sexuality are social: social morns for sexual behaviours, attitudes of sexuality, laws regulating sexual activity, social control of sexuality. Many critics complain our culture is too sexual. Others find it difficult to find accurate information about sex. Most cant name parts of female genitalia. Free in-school for girls in grade 8. Almost 100% effective against 4 stains of hpv that cause 70% of cervical cancer and 9-% of genital warts. Sti rates not consistent: over time, across age. Based on groupings of physical characteristics: hair, nose, head shape, caucasian-white, negroid- black, mongoloid- asian. Other physical characteristics were not good at separating people into categories. This approach to race still guides our definition: race is the physical display of genetic specialization on the body, anthropologist agree: three broad categories within human species, not three species.