SOC 633 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Constructionism, Power (Social And Political), Industrial Revolution
17 Oct 2016
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13 22) constructing sex, the sexual, and the erotic. Its meanings and functions vary from epoch to epoch and culture to culture. Rather than being natural and instinctual, it is principally learned and produced within specific cultural contexts. 3 historical intellectual traditions that have dominated western thinking about sex (lynne. In pre-industrial europe, societal views about sexuality were largely shaped by spiritual and religious beliefs. Individuals by nature are heterosexual or homosexual (we are born straight or gay) Men are naturally more sexually aggressive than women because they have been biologically programmed to spread their seed and maximize procreative potential. All of these claims are grounded in the fundamental notion that sex is a category of human existence dictated by nature: by emphasizing that something occurs in nature, a sense of validity is created. Believe it as fact or a larger truth.
