HIST 3130 Lecture Notes - Sexually Transmitted Infection, Hypochromic Anemia, Lock Hospital
27 Nov 2013
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. 18th century had a sexual revolution in england where heterosexual sex was viewed as the norm while all other types of sexual activity was not. Had a lot to do with the rise of a single-sex body and stigmatization of deviance (homosexuality,etc. ) Single-sex body: gradient between male and female, women had hidden male genitalia, built on. This was the model that was thought of in the middle ages. Believed the female body had male genitals inside the woman. Early modern transition period: women"s bodies seen as threatening as religious iconography changes. It was believed that women became ill when they didn"t have enough sex which caused parents to marry their daughters off fast (green sickness). 18th century: emergence of separate sexes, women no longer partially male, women configured as the weaker, passive sex. There became a dual identification of bodies into two genders.
