LWSO 337 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Hygiene Movement, Heterosexuality, Gay Liberation

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Law and Society
• Course: LWSO 337
• Professor: Ted Mc Coy

Document Summary

At different times and in different cultures, homosexual behaviour has been variously approved of, tolerated, punished, and banned. The fundamental notions of what is deemed as sexually ethical have been tied to religious values. However, kinsman and hunt both does not touches this part when discussing sexuality and moral regulation. Hunt addresses the question of sexuality and moral regulation by focusing on how sexual purity led to social hygiene. In this regard, hunt is taking a closer look by focusing on the historical materialism, social control and paternalism/surveillance. First, hunt explains that the social hygiene movement arose from concerns over class, immigration, urbanization and resulting health conditions, and the need for healthy soldiers in world war i. This is representation of historical materialism that how these things all impacted sexual regulation. As people immigrated to urban areas and their concerns over health increased, people opposed the idea of homosexuality.