The Pill Summary

1. In the documentary movie “The Pill” the speaker spoke about Comstock Act or “Chastity” Laws. Andrew Comstock did not like the idea of women taking contraceptives because it promoted the idea of people having sex before marriage. Comstock worked for to pass the bill to make it illegal to receive contraceptives or to have abortions. The Act also made receiving the Pill through the postal service or through commercial trade. No one challenged the Act until Margret Sanger opened up her first birth control clinic in America. Sanger didn’t like the idea of women not being allowed to take contraceptives, so, following her arrest the Pill could be prescribed for therapeutic reasons. Sanger pushed to eliminate the Chastity laws and it was finalized …show more content…
The chapter written by Deborah Grayson spoke about African-American women and the health system when working with those who have HIV/Aids. The interlocking of oppression continue to be a concern from African-American women due to the health care system not separating the idea of race, gender and class. Black women activist strategized an idea on how to stop the ideas of “an illness in groups that share certain characteristics.” The National Black Women’s Health Project used self-concept of self-evaluations, self-determination, and self-help to decrease the poor health statistics women of color receive. The health care system often blames women of color than acknowledging the idea of the worker being a) racist and b) sexist towards the clients. In Zuniga article the first couple of paragraphs were women from different countries and how their husbands have been the one carry the diseases, but the women themselves were being blamed. Often times the families would disown the women because they are carrying a “gay, white man disease”. Why aren’t we taking precaution when it comes to sex and having women feel less about themselves because they want to be sexual active? (make sure this is right, am I answering the question …show more content…
“Natural” VS. “Deviant” sexualities have shifted over time. Post war people began to focus more on the “Homophile” movement and postwar sexuality. These two people were seen as sexual suspects and many others were told to no socialize with them. Postwar when who were sexually active, but not married and soon became pregnant, they were seen as evil and dangerous. “Green-eyed Blonde” YouTube clip showed women who break out of the house to go see her man and gets into fights with other women to talk to their men. Women after the post-war were supposed to wait until marriage to have sex and be stay at home wives, but to see them acting rebellious made society see them as sexual suspects. The biggest “sexual suspects” were the homosexual man. In this documentary “Beware Boys” it showed videos of older man who stalked younger boys when they were coming home from the park or walking alone. They were teaching children at schools that if you saw older men who waited by parks or were driving slowly by you that they were all homosexuals and you need to stay clear. This was teaching children the wrong idea about homosexuality. The was hard for people after post-war to accept homosexuality, they saw all homosexual men as predators and that you shouldn’t talk to older men unless it was okay with your parents. It was giving the wrong impression on anyone who was homosexual. There are actually straight men that are pedophiles, but no one wanted to believe that