Lec 6 Flashcards
What is deviant sexuality
Elite discourses of sexuality underlie the social typing process
White settler cultures definition of sex
Elite discourses of sex, gender, and sexuality are based on binaries
Science view of sexuality
Shows us that sex, gender, and sexuality are better understood as spectrums
The cultural, historical and political construction of sexuality
Sexuality is socially constructed
Perceptions, meanings and social control of sexuality vary across cultures and over time
Political construction of sexuality
Political construction of sexuality includes
Political weaponization
Indigenous Sexual cultures:
Colonizing sex, gender, and sexuality
Diverse indigenous sexual cultures
Some commonalities with today, in contrast to Settler cultures
Indigenous view is seen more positively and holistically
Many recognize spectrums of sex and gender (ie. two spirited)
Sipiniq (Inuit)
Biological male with a female essence
Indigenous sexual cultures
Colonialism discourses
Colonial discourses of racial degeneracy and sexual pathology were intertwined
Controlling gender and sexuality was central to settler colonialism
Social control efforts especially targeted Indigenous woen
North America
The Evolution of Meanings of sexuality
17th century-
North America
The Evolution of Meanings of sexuality
17th century- Reproduction within marriage
North America
The Evolution of Meanings of sexuality
18th century
Intimacy within marriage
North America
The Evolution of Meanings of sexuality
20th century-
Personal fufillment
Reproduction within marriage
Regulation by church, court, family, community
Social control measures varied based on socioeconomic status, race, and gender
Slavery was intertwined with control of enslaved people’s sexuality
Intimacy within marriage
Sexual culture intertwined with social changes
(ie. industrialization, religious shifts, the pursuit of happiness)
Social control by women, physicians, social reformers, the culture industry
Influence of socioeconomic status and racial ideologies
Personal fulfillment
Continued criminalization of some acts
Growth of the culture industry (ie. sexuality within mainstream media, expansion of the sex industry)
Criteria for determining sexual deviance today
Consent
Nature of the partner
Nature of the act
Consent
How do we define consent
Sexual assault
Date rape drugs
Age of consent laws
Youth view consent as a spectrum, not a binary
Nature of the sexual partner
Criminal justice system (no incest or bestiality)
Formal controls (ie. workplaces)
Informal controls (ie. professor and graduate student relationships)
Views of same-sex relationships is evolving
Although same-sex partners are more widely accepted, stigmatization still occurs (examples)
Purging gays and lesbians from public service
Experiences of LGBTQ2IA+ individuals today
Refusal of service laws in many states in the states in the US in response to the legislation of same-sex marriage
Nature of the sexual act
Things that seen as “kinky”
Changing views of masturbation, use of sex toys etc.
Varied individual points of view
Sexuality and the deviance dance debated topics
Exotic dancing
Pornography
Prositituion
Exotic dancing
Victimization versus agency
Contradictory research in the field
Contradictory research of exotic dancing
Some research finds histories of abuse, low-self esteem, and substance abuse issues
Other research finds only minor differences between exotic dancers and university differences
Structure of power in the exotic dancing industry
Individual, organizational, and institutional levels
Individual level of exotic dancing
Counterfeit intimacy
Loosening boundaries
Gender differences in dancers understandings of self
