SOCIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Heterosexuality, Stoicism, Slut
8 Apr 2020
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Heteronormativity: concept popularized circa early 1990s, important concept of queer theory, understood as an institutionalized norm & practice. Involved particular relationships of family structure & identity: is a category divided by gender, prescriptions around appropriate social behaviour & roles. Rape fantasy dominant theme in romance novels: is aligned with feminine identity & normative gender displays, looking pretty, acting demure, passive, emotional, sexy, associated with social & economic privileges when partnered with a man. In representations of gay sex, anal sex heterosexualized. Is represented as feminized & passive depending on sexual role taken insertor vs insertee. Is shaped by beliefs, values, ideologies, cultural myths. Is shaped by social practices that construct heterosexual sex: (iii) 1st experience of heterosexual sex is masculine. Is an introduction into adult masculinity for young men: via heterosexual sex, is how boys" become men", but for young women is an ambiguous experience, many pressured to consent to sex.
