midterm Flashcards
culture
- sense of comfort
- how we understand ourselves and way of being
- Indigenous culture can provide healing for the generational trauma inflicted on people and communities
- auntie residential schools
Discourse
- a larger social understanding impacting how we live our lives and view ourselves
Hegemony
- beliefs of dominant social groups portraying as universal values
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Gender
- socially constructed mental and social experiences
- we act our genders as products of social discourses
Transgression
- before 1868
- Sexual acts that weren’t between married people and wasn’t for the purpose of reproduction (homosexual acts, oral sex, sex for pleasure)
Kraft Ebbing and Karl Kertbeny
- Kraft was first to use “heterosexual” in the medical field
- Karl used the terms “heterosexual” and “homosexual” in 1868 letter meaning equal but different
Hegemonic masculinity
- men are the dominant gender over women
Post feminist masculinity
- represents straight masculinity as foolish/incapable
- highlighting independent women
- views men as more sensitive and gentle
1868
- Terms heterosexual and homosexual were used by Karl Kertbeny
prior to 1868
transgression
Hegemonic Binary
- Merging gender, sex and sexualities into two categories (men and Women
- people who do not conform are “others”
Pink Triangle
- 1933-1945 homosexuals had to wear pink upside down triangles in concentration camps
- Subjected to physical, sexual abuse, medical experiments, and forced castration (1945)
Prussian Penal Code
- harsh punishment between people and animals as well as people of the male sex
- April 14, 1851 - 1994 when it was repealed
Omnibus Bill
- 1969 trudeau government states “no place for state in the bedrooms of the nation”
Subjectivity
- sense of self
- we construct subjectivity through storytelling. In out storytelling we identify what we think we have been, who we think we are, and what we want to be
1933-1945
pink triangle
1945
gay prisoners were allowed to be forcibly castrated
April 14, 1851
Prussian penal code
1969
Omnibus Bill
Traditions of marriage
- transfer of property
- creating children
- bloodlines
- controlling women
White weddings
- Ritualize heterosexuality is highly organized by society and culture
- People who participate must be socialized to do so
Dress colour
West - white (purity and new beginnings)
East - red (life, luck, and celebration)
Heteronormativity
- the belief that heterosexuality is and should be the norm
- the connections between heterosexuality and traditional gender roles
Freud
- women envy penis and wish they were men
- replaces desire for penis with the feeling of power by dominating their son
Madonna/Whore complex
- love is virginal, sex is dirty
- men marry the madonna which may lead to affairs because they want to keep their wives pure so they can’t engage in “dirty sex” with them
- women are either madonnas (mothers, pure) or whores (sexual subjects)
Purity Movement
- programs, purity balls, groups and events to promote abstinence before marriage to young women and girls
Binaries
- social constructs composed of two parts that are framed as absolute and unchanging opposites
- ex. Virgin/Wh*re
Residential Schools
- to “civilize” and Christianize Indigenous children
- to sever the link between the children and their parents and culture
- Cultural genocide
- The schools were not educational, they were detention centres
Cultural Genocide
- attempt to destroy indigenous culture
- punished for speaking their language
- violence, starvation, abuse (including sexual)
Justice for Indigenous
- less than 50 convictions
- 38,000 claims of sexual and physical abuse
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
- inform Canadians about Residential schools
- document stories of survivors, families, communities former employees and churches
Generational Trauma
- “students” resented their parents and were ashamed of who they were
- couldn’t speak the language of their family
- unwilling or unable to teach their children their culture
1831
Residential school opens in Brantford
1871
Indian Act
May 2021
finding of 215 children where the BC residential school was
Love
- experienced differently by people
- found in ancient societies
- feelings of like with sexual attraction and desire
Liking
- feeling close
- positive feelings
- their company is rewarding
- possible emotional intimacy
companionate love
- connects feelings of emotional intimacy and commitment
- less intense feelings
Passionate love
- intense passionate feelings
- may fade as you learn about each other and routines develop
3 Types of love (John lee)
- Eros
- Ludus
- Storge
Can intersect
Eros love
- erotic
- based on physical attraction and sex
- quick and passionate emotions
Ludus love
- emotionally distant
- Commitment issues
Storge love
- Viewed as a mature love
- similar interests, expressed affection
2 Key aspects of a long-term relationship
- Communication and listening
- physical pleasure - not giving up on orgasms
Philosophy of love
- a powerful emotion that can make us do things that we wouldn’t usually do
4 reasons sex is important
- pleasurable and rewarding
- Can be bonding (can help fall in love or affirm and existing love)
- Procreation
- It can be a release (sexual frustration can cause unhappiness)
Rules for war brides
- couples needed permission from commanding officer
- permission from parents if under 19(m) and 21(f)
- Brides expected to move to Canada
Domestic Violence
- British servicemen would abuse and in some cases murder their wives because they assumed they had affairs with Canadian soldiers
- jurries supported men using the excuse adultery
- DV was more accepted in the 40s
Sep. 10, 1939
Canada declares war on Germany
Jan. 28, 1940
First marriage between British woman and Canadian Soldier