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Sexuality - Coggle Diagram
Sexuality
Intersectionality
Intersectionality interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, gender, and sexual orientation
Black feminist statement, overcoming one issue of oppression is only possible through overcoming all because the fight is always against the patriarchy
Cohen, Queer theory is intersectional
Somerville- racism, sexism, and homophobia, reinforce each other
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The "Black Venus narrative" link between black women's bodies and sexual deviance,
Feminism
Radicalesbians, feminism should be defined as structures of being free of men
Dean, early connection between feminism and lesbianism
Many of our authors were feminist leaders (Lorde, Cohen...)
Black feminist statement, the feminist movement may sometimes be racist, needs more allyship and interconnectedness
Antipornography feminism, pornography oppresses all women, yet is subordinates women differently based on racial hierarchy
Activism
How to Survive a plagues, response to the AIDS epidemic was slow and not productive because it was seen as a "gay" disease by the public/state
People in positions of power include straight, old, white men. HIV/AIDS exposed lack of representation of minorities
Bloodchild, reproductive rights
Lawrence v Texas, decriminalization of homosexual acts opened door for LGBTQ+ groups to advocate heavier for gay marriage rights
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Patriarchy
Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm, women are believed to be able to orgasm from vaginal penetration though this is not true, patriarchy reinforcing idea of "normal" sex
Myth of the vaginal orgasm, surpassing women's sex drives are a way for men to exercise control over them
Radicalesbians, the best way to escape oppression is to not care about what men think
Black feminist statement, overcoming one issue of oppression is only possible through overcoming all because the fight is always against the patriarchy
Heteronormativity
Respectability Politics, asking people to fit in to certain steroetypes to achieve cultural normativity
Dean, Heterosexuality is a social construct (opens door to idea that sexuality as a whole is a social construct)
Rubin's, Exploration of sexuality has been suppressed by social norms and need to fit in
Queer Feelings, Heteronormativity serves as a form of public comfort. Places limits on what homosexual people can do publicly without feeling uncomfortable
"Normal" Sex
Rubin, consent can only be given to a certain type of sex, reinforcing idea of "right" v "wrong" sex
Myth of the vaginal orgasm, penetrative sex is reinforced by society, alternate ways of having sex are not as "normal"
Politics of AIDS, sex education is focused mainly around heterosexual sex between two people who can access birth control; shows system reinforcing this practice
Politics of AIDS, sex is something that needs to be understood as nuanced, varying
Queer
Jagose, Being queer is a way to identify as homosexual to some degree while being flexible and not conforming to specific boundaries; ELASTICITY
Jagose, Queer Theory, "Queer is an umbrella term culturally marginalized sexual self-identification"
Cohen, queer theory is intersectional, "And for those of us who find ourselves on the margins, operating through multiple identities and thus not fully served or recognized through traditional single-identity-based politics, theoretical conceptualizations of queerness hold great political promise”
Public View of Sex
James Joseph Dean, sex was procreative during the Victorian Era and women were too pure to have sexual desires
Rubin, sex throughout history is seen as taboo and is stigmatized
Nacierma Culture, public view of homosexual acts, homosexual acts are used to embarrass pledges
Erotic
Lorde, erotic is a connection within yourself that can be sexual or nonsexual
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