GWST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13-14: Virginity, Libido, Sex Education
26 Aug 2016
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Chapter 13: lily tsui and elena nicoladis losing it: similarities and differences in first. Virginity: defined by the act that terminates it, defined as female (?, historically important to woman"s value: why, for males, marks coming of age, purity rings, purity balls. In spite of the gendered constructions of virginity"s end, men"s and women"s experiences are quite similar: gendered differences are artificial. Differences: men"s experience was physical; women"s was more emotional, men"s experiences was with someone around the same age; women"s was with someone older, men"s experience was more pleasure; women"s was more painful. Sex education discourses: sex = health risks (stis, pregnancies, sex = violence, sex, or abstinence = morality, sex = desire, intimacy. Study reported: casual sex is something that happens to us, not something that we choose to do. Also, men have no control over situation or consequences, thus have nor responsibility. Male sex drive vs. female sex drive.
