SOC 633 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heterosexuality, Social Constructionism, Orgasm
14 Feb 2017
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*trigger warnings: discussions of non-consensual rape included in the following notes. These are neither the opinions of the author nor myself; simply findings from research. Some, including survivors of sexual assault, may find the following content disturbing. Meanings and functions of sex vary culture to culture. Motives and social aims of sex shaped by the changes of personal desire and sexual possibilities created via existing social conventions. Therefore, meaning of sex is combination of individual and social factors. Underlying sense of what sex is, separate from its contextual meanings, differs person to person in terms of definition. In actuality sex is a social enterprise designed to privilege certain social groups at the expense of others. Sex in human context is learned, not innate, because we need to be taught it. Lynne segal: id"d 3 historical intellectual trad. "s that have dominated western notions of def s of sex: the spiritual, the biological, the social.
