ANTH 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Machismo, Human Sexuality, Asexuality
Guest Chapter 8: Sexuality
I. What is sexuality and where does it come from?
A. Sexuality: the complex range of desires, beliefs, and bahviors that are related to rotic physical
contacy and the cultural arena within which people debate about what kinds of physical desires
and behaviors are right, appropriate, and natural
B. Intersection of sexuality and biology
C. Sexuality and culture
II. What is the scope of human sexuality when seen in a global perspective?
A. Same gender “mati work” in Suriname
B. Machismo and sexuality in Nicaragua
C. Sexuality and pleasure in corporate Japan
III. How has secuality been constructed in the US?
A. Homo-, hetero-, bi-, andn asexuality
B. The invention of heterosexuality
B.1. Sexology
C. “White weddings”
C.1. Constructing hetersexuality
C.2. Inequality and unequal access
IV. How is sexuality an arena for working out power relations?
A. Intersections of race and sexuality for black gay women
B. Sex, disability, and social justice in Denmark and Sweden
V. How does globalization influence local expressions of sexuality?
A. Sexuality, language, and the effects of globalization in Nigeria
A.1. Globalization’s homogenizing influence
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Document Summary
Intersection of sexuality and biology: sexuality and culture. What is the scope of human sexuality when seen in a global perspective: same gender mati work in suriname, machismo and sexuality in nicaragua, sexuality and pleasure in corporate japan. How has secuality been constructed in the us: homo-, hetero-, bi-, andn asexuality, the invention of heterosexuality. Intersections of race and sexuality for black gay women: sex, disability, and social justice in denmark and sweden. How does globalization influence local expressions of sexuality: sexuality, language, and the effects of globalization in nigeria.
