Chapter 5

Question 1

What does structuralizing functionalist theorizing focus on?

Answer 1

Begin with family when they talk about sexuality.

Question 2

Explain Talcott Parsons in relation to structural functionalist theorizing

Answer 2

Family provides a number of functions for society. Care for children: teaching children right from wrong.
Socialization of children: nuclear family.
Social cohesion is emphasized: make sure the kids WANT to come home, they feel safe being home, and have a place they belong in and feel connected.

Question 3

Explain sexuality through a structural functionalist lens

Answer 3

Sexual orientation is limited, the only point of sex is to have children. Sex is limited to marital relationships. Those who do not contribute are considered deviant.

Question 4

How did prostitution discourse change over time?

Answer 4

From Morality - Public health - Victimization - Worker Rights

Question 5

How was prostitution seen as sinful?

Answer 5

the belief was that God gave you a body to do good with and you’re giving it away. Drives men from their wives. Inspired the Social Gospel Movement: need to cleanse the community - only then can individuals living there find God (middle class white women)

Question 6

How was prostitution confirmed as criminal?

Answer 6

1892 - Criminal Code - “ Offenses against morality” (infanticide, sodomy, incest, indecency, seduction, corruption of kids, prostitution and procuring an abortion)

Question 7

What did the Gold Rush do for prostitution discourse?

Answer 7

It turned it into a public health problem - women were being checked for STI’s

Question 8

What made prostitution discourse move from public health to victimization?

Answer 8

Sex trade linked to human trafficking. Average age of entry into the sex trade was 13-15 in 2001 (Canada). Most male and female sex workers were victims of child abuse. Most have experienced violence in their work. Heavy stigmatization and marginalization.

Question 9

When the discourse moved to workers rights, what laws made prostitution more dangerous?

Answer 9

1. the keeping of a common bawdy house. 2. living on the avails of prostitution 3. soliciting on the streets.
   Bill C 36 “treats prostitution as a form of sexual exploitation”

Question 10

What were the Coyote Advocacy (CA)?

Answer 10

Advocates for better laws for women involved in sex trade

Question 11

What were the three things CA advocated for?

Answer 11

1. Repeal of all existing prostitution laws.
2. The reconstitution of prostitution as a credible service occupation.
3. The protection of sex workers’ rights as legitimate workers (on basis that work is voluntary)

Question 12

What was the “flapper” and what subjectivist orientation is it from?

Answer 12

Symbolic Interactionism. 1920s modern girl: revealing clothing, short hair, makeup, kept later hours, danced, shopped for pleasure, smoked, sexual activity

Question 13

How was the Flapper treated as a folk devil?

Answer 13

society projected social anxieties onto flapper’s/women’s bodies.
These anxieties stemmed from many aspects (ex. immigration, drugs, etc.)

Question 14

What were the two prescriptions for flappers?

Answer 14

Catholic Church: women who showed bare skin were living in sin.
League Against Indecency in Dress; demanded stores stop selling dresses, and distributing catalogues; flapper dress invited SA

Question 15

What did critical researchers interested in studying deviant/ normal sexuality focus on?

Answer 15

The manner in which elite discourses govern sexuality - the governance and regulation of sexual behaviour

Question 16

What is the big dominant moral code when it comes to sexuality?

Answer 16

Consent: the primary defining feature of “normal” sexuality in Canada today

Question 17

What were/are the forms of governance for sexual behaviour?

Answer 17

Religious groups (resistance to same sex marriage), Doctors (homosexuality as a disease), Educators (resistance to teaching same sex relationships and gender expression), The State (sodomy laws)

Question 18

What was Michel Foucault’s power reflexive theory?

Answer 18

Socially constructed knowledge and regulation concerning hetero/homosexuality impacts experience of being gay/queer. The hetero standard - self discipline - impact on how you see yourself

Question 19

What is the criteria for determining sexual deviance today?

Answer 19

Consent, Nature of Sexual Partner (bestiality is still illegal, minors are illegal), Nature of Sexual Act, Location of Sexual Act (don’t get caught), Frequency of Sexual Act ( we just feel bad when other people have more sex than us)

Question 20

What do the issues of methodology and ethics of the study of sexual deviance cover?

Answer 20

How do we do research on sexual deviance? Especially acts that are considered illegal.

Question 21

In that one study, why did gay men choose public restrooms? List them

Answer 21

Accessible, Easily recognized by initiate, Little public visibility, Stalls offered privacy

Question 22

What did the Tea Room Interviews reveal about why some of the men did what they did?

Answer 22

Quick sex, Sex when they wanted it, Could find someone to give them a blowjob, multiple orgasms daily, variety of men

Question 23

What were some of the ethical issues with Humphrey’s tea room study?

Answer 23

He never told the men the consequences that would follow. He too the men’s private information and went to the police to get their residence. He would trick people on phone surveys to talk about their sex lives. He never gained the men’s consent. Etc.