The History of Sexuality

Foucault concentrated on the analysis of the effects of various institutions on group of people and their role in resisting those effects in his works such as The History of Sexuality (1978), Power/Knowledge (1980), The Birth of the Clinic (1973) and Discipline and Punish (1977). Power is the main central analysis. He works critically on the concept of power which a group of people or an institution possess and that power…

Throughout the history of Christianity, the use of birth control has been a very controversial subject. Pope Paul IV decided to appoint a special commission to reevaluate the prohibition on birth control the Catholic Church had for a very long time. When Pope Paul IV spoke in 1968, he did not say what people wanted to hear and what people expected. His views on birth control were very different from what was considered the status quo. In the encyclical, Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul IV strongly…

an identity in the later centuries of 16th and 17th, since then, there is a whole ideology in culture and history that has changed ideas of sexual identity and the way it has been construed. A person being defined as queer…

The history justifies the Iranian woman, but the Iranian government did not. Through all the obstacles and problems encountered in her path, she insisted with all her determinations to overcome the restrictions imposed on her. Iranian women participated in the Iranian revolution in 1979, which formed a turning point in the history of this country. Many remember the fall of the hundreds of women during rallies and demonstrations still did not change their determination to achieve their rights,…

Slawny Ashley Bohrer PHL 233 May 15 2015 Michel Foucault’s Eurocentric Patriarchy Michel Foucault’s The History of Sexuality analyzes how gender, sexuality, and power are perceived jointly. He accomplishes this specifically by considering the “repressive hypothesis” and “bio-power.” The repressive hypothesis is the theory that society has been constructed in a way that makes topics like sex and sexuality taboo, unless this discourse is masked in a euphemized, strictly reproductive manner. What…

others. As I read Cleve’s history, I began to grasp how powerful rumors can become, especially ones regarding one’s sexuality, with one rumor about her sexuality forcing Charity to move and find a new job. These rumors can effortlessly damage a person’s reputation in their community or workplace. In regards to coming out of the closet, I realized how coming out of the closet can truly affect a person’s relationship with others. Before taking this course and reading Cleve’s history, I never truly…

1. Foucault The History of Sexuality, Volume 1, An Introduction In The History of Sexuality, Volume 1, An Introduction, Foucault traces a shift in both power and control and society’s connection to concept of “sex”. According to Foucault, people had the tendency to interpret and understand the history of sexuality in the 18th century in accordance to what he calls the “repressive hypothesis”. The repressive hypothesis postulates that from the time of the rise of the bourgeoisie, those in power…

paper. The out of the norms in society was always known but it was not until June 26, 2015 that one aspect of it was talked about. Supreme Court ruled that same sex couple can marry nationwide (De Vogue, Diamond). This was a big step in gay rights in history whether the reception of it was positive or negative. The world of LGBTQ became more realized. The quote does not become reality until now when everything is out in the open and those hungry for social…

current state of our society, as well as in much of human history, an individual’s gender and sexuality, in addition to their expression thereof, determine much of their social standing. Men and women face vastly different realities, as do cisgender and transgender people, and heterosexual and non-heterosexual people (to whom I will hereto refer as queer individuals, as a reclamation of the slur). Exactly how separate are gender and sexuality, though, and how do they correlate? While carried by…

their view of reality, digging them deeper into a hole of self-loathe and destruction. (The Internal Odyssey of Identity: James Baldwin, Go Tell It On The Mountain, and History). With that said, it’s believed that James found it hard to assimilate his desire to be himself and coexist with the values of the church because his sexuality would be considered a sin. However, he does not neglect the fact that the church has had a positive effect on his life…