SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Incest Taboo, Sex Position, Youth Culture

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Sexuality is not simply a matter of bio: It is constructed by society and is an important part of our everyday lives. Although sex can produce much pleasure, it also causes confusion and anxiety in north america. Our bio does not dictate any specific ways of being sexual. It would be like saying that our desire to eat dictates the particular foods we eat or our table manners. Almost every sexual practice shows considerable variation from one society another. Regulation of openness and timing of sexuality also varies. The norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain realities is found in every society. Sexuality regulated in canada by criminal code till 1969. The state has no place in bedrooms of the nation . What people do in the privacy of their bedrooms is their own business. Sexual freedom as long as there is no harm inflicted on others.