PHIL 334 Chapter Notes -Reductionism, Essentialism, Social Forces
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In weeks" the invention of sexuality, he argues against essentialist understandings of what sex and sexuality are, and in favor of a social constructivist understanding. Explain carefully but briefly how weeks understands each of these two approaches, and how they differ. (this should take about 1 full page of your paper. ) Then, using the views expressed in marilyn frye"s. Lesbian sex," make a case that her discussion of contemporary lesbian practices in north. Against the certainties of this tradition i intend in this essay to offer an alternative way of understanding sexuality (indeed, sexualities"). This involves seeing sexuality not as a primordially natural" phenomenon but rather as a product of social and historical forces. Sexuality", i shall argue, is a fictional unity", that once did not exist, and at some time in the future may not exist again. It is an invention of the human mind. (p 6)
