ACCT 2000 Chapter : Chapter 8
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Manichaeism: took best elements from gnosticism, people couldn"t be saved if they had sex, st. augustine, born pagan father & christian mother, late 20s, became religious, converted to christianity to please mother, became a leading father. Inability of an individual to control its bodies urges. Age of reason: technology, used technology instead of religion to solve our problems. Revolutionary war: opening up lands to u. s. territory, native american land taken. Tremendous polarization in terms of gender norms: women feminine, delicate, at home, men masculine, strong, at work. Stoic idea: sex only in the bounds of marriage for pro-creation. If a man had a lot of pleasure with his wife, it meant his wife had too much control over him; he wasn"t a man"s man. Dr. karl kertbeny (1860s: coined terms homosexuality & heterosexuality. Homosexuality: people who had feelings & were sexually active with same sex, cross-dressers, considered deviant. Normal sex: sex for pro-creation in bounds of marriage.
