Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Heteronormativity, Victorian Era, Sexual Objectification

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: K. Shewan

Document Summary

History of heterosexuality: early victorian era (1820-1860) Study: as a group, white heterosexual people were more highly educated than black respondents. Straight masculinities and femininities: continuum: straight id practises hegemonic counter-hegemonic. Author: daniel santore: cultural ideas about gender roles are key social forces shaping intimate relationships, how gender organizes heterosexual intimacy. Intimate relationships between men and women change forces them to set aside their workplace more than men. Conclusion heterosexual intimacy: naming and fixing social structural disadvantages for women are necessary for fuller equality, the marriage contract. Author: mary bernstein racial and national purity: historically, marriage laws have served to regulate sexual behaviour and enforce gender roles and notions of. Socially, families that don"t meet the notion of husband, wife, and children were considered deviant: politically, marriage is promoted as the solution to reducing crime, eradicating poverty, and expanding health insurance.