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Sexuality & Society

Sexuality & Society. Unit 6. Research in Sexuality. Not researched until after WWII Major Researcher: Kingsley Davis Sexuality is learned Generally conforms Based on drives Guided by norms Norms are social in origin. Cultural Universals. Cultural Universals in Sexuality Incest Taboo

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Sexuality & Society

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  1. Sexuality & Society Unit 6

  2. Research in Sexuality • Not researched until after WWII • Major Researcher: Kingsley Davis • Sexuality is learned • Generally conforms • Based on drives • Guided by norms • Norms are social in origin

  3. Cultural Universals • Cultural Universals in Sexuality • Incest Taboo • Adultery rules • 2/3 of societies taboo! • Conformity to heterosexuality • 1/3 of societies taboo!

  4. Degrees of Sexuality • Degrees of restriction • Sexual restrictiveness • Sexual permissiveness • Most societies are more permissive than restrictive • Universal taboo on incest

  5. Sex in America • Alfred Kinsley – launched sexuality research • Gap between norms and reported behaviors • Triggered drastic changes in 1960’s-1970’s sexuality revolution

  6. Sexuality Ratings • Increases in pornography, but link to promiscuity very inconclusive • Increases in premarital and extramarital sex • Decrease in average age for first encounters • Increase in STI rates • Double-standard for genders

  7. Rape • Crime of violence • Power ritual • Only 1/10th reported • “Date Rape” on the rise • Cultural elements involved • Inequality of genders • Men’s view of women as objects

  8. Sexual Orientation • Sexual Orientation • Early childhood experiences • Family environment • Social learning • Self-labeling • Biological predisposition

  9. Homosexuality • Homosexuality vs homophilia • Pederasty • Male Homosexuality • Female Homosexuality aka Lesbianism • Bisexuality

  10. Transgenderism • Transgendered • Male to Female transgender • Female to Male transgender • Sociological conformity • Biological conformity

  11. Prostitution • Cultural universal • Four Forms: • Women -> Men • Men -> Women • Men -> Men • Women -> Women • Typically criminalized in Western society • Not criminal in all societies! • Geisha of Japan • Hetaerae of Greece

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