EAS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jonathan Ned Katz, Heterosexuality, Human Reproduction

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Aboriginal Studies
• Course: EAS 1101
• Professor: Daniel Ruck

Document Summary

Thus, it was only through a gradual process that heterosexuality became the dominant norm within the society we live in today. Katz examines the various descriptions on heterosexuality and recognizes the effects of the cherished ideas of heterosexuality on both of the major influences of literature and popular culture. The first two chapters in katz book the. Invention of heterosexuality forces the reader to think thoroughly of the world in a particular way, a world that is not carved into a binary of homo and hetero sexualities. Katz goes back to the 19th century and demonstrates the countless ways that sexuality is constructed throughout history, and how it is negligent to impose our current-day conception of sexuality on the beliefs from the past. With that being said, this initiated a new form of dividing, categorizing and judging sexuality and people within binary groups.