SYD 3800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Audre Lorde, Sexual Revolution, Sexual Reproduction

• School: UCF
• Department: Sociology of Demography
• Course: SYD 3800
• Professor: Diane Prather

Document Summary

Chapter 4: sexuality & intimate relationships: sexuality involves deep emotional feeling & intimacy as well as issues of power & vulnerability, influenced more by cultural definitions than physical possibilities, sexuality is as much social as it is natural. 4. 2 the history of sexuality in the united states. 4. 4a: review how sexuality is actually a sexual construction. 4. 4b: review menstruation & menopause: ma(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e a (cid:862)se(cid:272)o(cid:374)da(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:448)i(cid:396)gi(cid:374)(cid:863) afte(cid:396) a pe(cid:396)iod of abstinence, menstruation when a girl becomes a woman (becomes able to bear children) 4. 5b: describe sexual politics: sexual politics link b/t sexuality & power. American women: myth of the black rapist used to justify violence whites directed against. African american communities: native american women: sexually free, using their charms to negotiate treaties b/t white men & native populations, native american men: savage & lustful. Hot topics: sugar daddies: olde(cid:396) (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ho suppo(cid:396)t (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ollege (cid:272)osts i(cid:374) e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge fo(cid:396) sex.