RELG 271 Final: Lecture 6

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 271
• Professor: Jon Waind

Document Summary

In the past living well was conflated with someone other earthly. Part of that is through life in the presence of god. Sexual flux: the idea there is not a basic, objective reality for sexuality. Social construction isn"t merely about choice but about conditioning. *6 the thought that goes into our next act. Slide 5 sexuality and the cultivation of humanity. Education for democratic citizenship: idea of living together: she"s concerned that this has lost funding and leads to the problem of the unreflective citizen, goal: people are able to make informed choices, rejecting model on standardized tests. Addresses problematic suspicion of sex research: as a result of victorian societies, religion, etc: manly citizen: who is unreflectively assertive and dangerous to society. Tying emotions to social construction, even if they have a biological basis and she makes this exact same argument when it comes to sexual behaviour, norms, categroies and placement of individuals.