The History of Sexuality

born in Pennsylvania on the 12th of October in 1939. She lives on today as a former graduate of University of Illinois and Bard College and is known for her photography, filmmaking, and paintings on the human body’s sexuality, and gender. A piece that caught my eye from the Art History book was called Meat Joy, that appeared to be sort of add at first. Meat Joy(1964) was a radical feminist piece that was performed in a theatre to depict the view of humans “erotic rite”, and celebrated “flesh as…

2.2 Pornography - A Form of Oppression to Women? Academic literature on pornography (e.g. history of production and regulation of pornography) is extensive, and tends to focus on the male consumption of pornography. As afore-discussed, the evolution of the market of pornography couples with technological innovations could imply an increasing trend of men and women participating the production and/or consumption of pornography. However, many research on pornography such as Malamuth, Addison…

Question Two: How is sexuality politicized in Rome? According to the beliefs of ancient Rome, a person’s sexuality was intrinsically tied to their character. Because sexual characteristics were implicative of personal characteristics, you could judge someone’s character by their sexuality. The ancient Romans used sexuality to judge character, even though the two may be entirely unrelated. The Romans may have done this for another, more practical reason as well: bloodlines. The Romans had no…

but her last being the one that was responsible for her end. The love affair with, Saint-Lambert, a man who she was with out of spite and lacked better judgment, led to her pregnancy and early death. While Turing being unwise about displaying his sexuality can be seen as naive for having an affair that led to the downward spiral of events from his arrest, the paranoia of surveillance, to his end in suicide. Furthermore, the partners they associated themselves with were not a part of the public…

okay to form interpretations of women as sexual objects or that sports are strictly molded around the interests of men, you’re more than likely to have a biased and sexist upbringings as a young adult. This not only affects your view and outlook on sexuality but has a very large influence on the impacts of sexism. Take in account “Sexism” by Marilyn Frye, she argues that the whole system of gender is really one of power. She implies that masculinity is about dominance and that femininity is…

proscribed for them” (History Central,…

Food and sexuality are associated throughout the history in many different ways. For example, in many cultures, it is believed that chocolate is an aphrodisiac due to two chemical elements it contains. One is called tryptophan which builds serotonin in bodies, and other is phenylethylamine, which can act as an aphrodisiac if a person is in love (O’Connor, 2006). The function of food for human beings is crucial for the life because without food people are not able to survive. According to Natalia…

we are who we are because of our genetics. On the other hand, gender is associated with the social constructionist theory, presented by Jeffrey Weeks, arguing that the way we are depends on our race, class, and sexuality. Every individual is different within their race, class, and sexuality, therefore, their gender is socially constructed. One’s gender identity refers to one’s perception of self either as a male or female, as well as being masculine or feminine. Keeping this in mind an…

‘Romp’ may be too colloquial and odd a word to use in a title of work which aims to engage critically with Scottish fairy tale literature in relation to desire, however it sums up quite nicely what this dissertation is, it is a brief ‘romp’ through Scotland’s Fairyland. ‘Romp’, according to OEDO, is defined as ‘play roughly and energetically’ and ‘[e]ngage in sexual activity, especially illicitly’. This piece seeks to energetically engage with sexual activity, and by that I mean sexual culture,…

opened for discussion and investigations on race and sexuality. In present time, the hashtag #TeacherBae flooded social media, with the story of Patrice Brown, an African American fourth grade teacher in Atlanta, Georgia, who was highly criticized for her “inappropriate” attire. Although centuries have passed since the “Hottentot Venus” (Sarah Baartmann), controversies over race and sexuality—such as Brown’s—continue to emerge because sexuality is a social construction that will remain never…