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WEEK 13 READING ASSIGNMENT - Coggle Diagram
WEEK 13 READING ASSIGNMENT
homosexual identity plays a privileged and tenacious part in discussions about homosexual behavior.
it is a popular concept used as a mediator of gay and lesbian behaviors.
Mati work.
Dutch gov. official was on a mission concerning the health situation of the population.
there was an unusual relationship between women in the colony of Suriname.
identitiy carries heavy connotations of stasis that is immutable about a person.
we will be focusing on a widespread institution among the creole working class women. NO FIXED IDEA OF SEXUAL IDENTITY.
the most frequent response of working-class women when asked to name a proverb of how they saw themselves was as a gold coin.
a gold coin is a reference to an old odo used by insiders who often only need the first three or four words to understand what is being understood.
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A dual sexual system.
the identification with a coin is striking, elicits the obvious connotations of a coin, passing from hand to hand.
the connotation is women going from one relationship to the next, trying to find their own happiness.
this connotation also does not have any negative connections, just like money women never lose their value.
younger women, in general do not want to raise a large family, but motherhood remains vital.
it is generally agreed by mati that when a womans desires are consistently denied by her partner, that she is able to find sexual pleasures with someone else.
pertinent in this segment of the sexual system is also that women tend to see each other as competitors for mens favors.
the concept of rights for sexual and reproductive health has been going on for over a decade.
the actual realization of sexual rights remains a daunting challenge in African Culture.
weaknesses in the legal system are not the only problems in the spectrum of domains.
not all individuals are aware of their rights, or take action in making them a reality.
ultimate realization of sexual rights can provide an entry for engaging in meaningful communities.
anchoring the notion of sexual rights on a particular conceptualisation of the body and body ownership is both limiting and problematic.
the notion of the body is known to be adequate and universal.
invariably depict the body of the individual as the ultimate and only measure of the achievement of all rights.
deeper exploration is needed in other African cultures.
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it is a medium of culture and the locus of the construction of sociality.
from the perspectives of the communities studied the body is essentially a slate upon which the community inscribes a variety of norms, beliefs, rights, statuses, etc.
members also see themselves as bodying forth, their communities.
idea of duty overshadows the rights of privacy in several African socio-cultural settings.
the debates have particularly probed whether individuals and their rights stand on their own, apart from the community, or the two are naturally embedded in social relations.
argument: individuals reach their full stature only amidst the solidarity of their community.
the community is allowing the individual to actualise him/herself without destroying his/her will.
in building secual rights upon a one-sided premise, we do a disservice to prospective rights-holder who are expected to realize their rights within framings.