Sex and sexuality Cat Flashcards
‘Were you cutting a piece of poontang last night’
interrogative/euphemism-offensive noun choice poontang-objectification of women
‘Do you make Brick happy in bed?
Interrogative- second person pronoun ‘you’- women blamed for marriage difficulties- patriarchy/double standards
‘A good breeder’
Noun-breeder. Animalistic connotations-sex as a function of procreation
‘he drops his eyes to my boobs and licks his old chops’
Animalistic imagery-predatory connotations
‘You’re naming it dirty’
Deictic pronoun it, adj dirty- homosexuality- afraid to name ‘it’
‘Me and Skipper made love because it made us feel closer to you’
Euphemism- ‘made love’ second clause (justification of infidelity.) Wording downplays the act of betrayal. Sex as an act of love