UNI101Y1 Chapter Notes -Psychological Determinism, Bisexuality, White Meat
5 Jan 2014
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Sex is a natural fact grounded in bodily functioning, so it lies outside of history and culture. Sexuality, on the other hand, doesn"t refer to some aspect or attribute of bodies. It is a cultural construct that explains how we use our bodies within society. So it does have a history, but not a particularly long one. According to foucault, sexuality is not a fixed thing regardless of culture, but a set of ways bodies behave in society and the way society reacts to these behaviors. Sexuality, to foucault, shouldn"t be thought of as a natural given, but a historical construct that links bodies, power, discourse, knowledge, and pleasure. Classical antiquity in ancient societies, there were different values, morals, social practices, behaviors, etc. This calls us to examine whether our assumptions about what life is like and how people are is actually accurate.
