SOC 633 Chapter Notes - Chapter 134-137: Beau Sia, Positivism, Masturbation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 633
• Professor: Doreen Fumia

Document Summary

Limg-hing approached this article by focusing on two point, first being how her race as influenced her sexuality and how sexuality has influenced her understanding of her race. At a young age lh was told by her parents not to masturbate which was the only sex talk they had with her until she got her first period. Health professionals who work with boston chinatown residents describe chinese attitudes toward sex as puritanical, citing parents usually avoid the topic unless they relate directly some malady. Lm directed her parents reservation about this topic do to them being roman catholics. Lm was a lesbian, the implicit message her family gave was not s much a condemnation as an embarrassed tolerance inextricably tied to a plea for secrecy. Lh makes the reader understand that if you are not white, you get distinguished by your race (she is asian) and not necessarily your other physical attributes.