PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Orgasm, Double Bind, Slut
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Dominant discourse of male and female sexuality in the media. Tend to colour our reality - we start to actually think and feel the way that we"re told we should. Socialconstructivist theory of sexuality: understands our sexuality as being a product of our environment. We are a product of our society. Describes what"s normal and valued in terms of our sexuality. Men initiate sex (including the initial introduction, conversations, sexual activity, direct sexual positions, etc. : men should be the ones taking charge. All men ejaculate or nish every time (performance) All men want sex all the time. Gary brooks: researcher talking about common discourses of male sexuality. Leads to the idea that men cannot be friendly, there"s always sex as their background motivation. Causes girls to be more trusted for things like babysitting or teaching children because they don"t have such a strong sexual desire.
