Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sexualization, Reality Television, Cybersex

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Buzzwords: raunchy culture, striptease culture, pornified culture, mainstreaming of sex. A contemporary preoccupation with sexual values, practices and changing norms. We think of a pre 50 shades word and post 50 shades, gay sex scene, proliferation of sex. The emergence of new forms of sexual experience. Dating apps, tinder, bumble, cyber sex, social media is a way to present and support their sexuality. Shift from relational to recreational model of sexual behavior. Sex doesn"t have to appear within confines of a relationship. New forms of sexual experience- shift from sex as relational, to something recreations. Tie that to sex clubs, sex parties, strip clubs. Reconfiguring erotic life to a location in the marketplace. Our fondness for sandals, controversies, and panics around sex. All the manifestations that indicate sex. has become the big story . White, young, able bodied women are presented for the heterosexual male gaze. Sexualization of female body taken for granted- it"s normal.