POLS 3710 Lecture Notes - Sex Organ, Claire Colebrook, Heterosexuality
4 Nov 2013
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender roles formality and informality in politics. In political science there is a growing recognition that power can be distributed through informal mechanisms, such as ideas practices, and informal institutions. Informal institutions socially shared rules, usually unwritten, that are created communicated and enforced outside officially sanctioned channels people respect. 1960-70"s some moved into informal institutions - family. Patriarchy (informal) men have power, men sit at head of table, men drive car concept of heteronormativity. Informal institution, a vehicle to explore the politics surrounding the regulation of sexuality. Expected to be monogamous (if not deviance, weak) When see a man and woman together = together, when see 2 men don"t assume they"re together. Reproduction must be in a relationship & have kids, if not there"s something wrong. Contributed to the building of formal institutions. Family -> becomes formal because its sanctioned by the state. Financial benefits extended by the state to nuclear families.
