SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Michel Foucault, Sexual Orientation, Sex Assignment
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Sexuality (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (examples of how to make sense of this argument) If sex was defined purely in terms of reproduction, then we have modern technology that can help us reproduce without having sex. Different activities for different definitions of sex i. e. reproduction, pleasure. Definition of sex has changed quite a bit. When you take a sample survey, you find out there isn"t a set definition, people don"t define sex in a certain way. On one hand people define sex as a way of leading to a child, other such activities aren"t constituted as sex (i. e. oral sex) The real thing is something that can lead to an individual being pregnant. On the other hand people define sex as any kind of contact between body parts kiss, touch, brushing. All of this varies based on religion, class background, age, culture. Different results by what was defined as sex in the past.
