WGS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Polysexuality, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Sexual Identity
23 Jul 2016
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An aspect of our lives that is highly regulated as communities shape and control sexual desires and behaviors. Scholars emphasize that this control has emerged as a principal means of governing contemporary societies. Such regulation includes laws that condone certain relationships and sexual expressions. Sex when freely chosen and practiced has the potential to be a liberating force. To enjoy and be in control of one"s sexuality and to be able to seek a mutually fulfilling sexual relationship can be a very empowering experience. Feminist tend to value this notion of an empowered female sexuality, but may disagree about the definition of, and the path to, such empowerment, especially among adolescents. Human sexuality involves erotic attractions, identity, and practices, and it is constructed by and through societal sexual scripts. In this sense, we perform sexuality just as we perform gender and other identities. Sexual scripts are guidelines for how we are supposed to feel and act as sexual persons.
