Women's Studies 2161A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Softcore Pornography, Internet Pornography, Sexting

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

Document Summary

Media policing intimate relations: hs-s(sixpack, midriff, hotlesbians, compulsory heterosexuality & heteronormativity, sds,cs,c,h). Pornchic(brandedself: emerges online&face2face pornstar?, what real encounter is, homogenization of desire-infinite choice of same thing, sexting=unsayable, porn: sensation w/o feeling). Bff(only counts if problematic, means girls on tv, normal relationship not there, not meaner-better ways). Fs(phone-public exchange line, teledidonics-partner control device, dolls-don"t look like women, submissive,passive,docile). Marriage&colonialimagination(legitimates sexuality,shapes gender, control relations don"t marry same sex,other race,other religion, intimacy shaped by normal") hs-s(sds,cs,ac,h) Pornchic(can"t interact properly) marriage&motherhood(monogamy requirement-notfor gays, tradition,glorified,romanticized, status, mandatory and oppressive to women. Aspects of identity-intimate: hs-s(gender, sds-men can"t control desires, goodgirls are reserved, cs-men power through gifts, women seduce yet can"tmake first move, aoc-men aren"t tied down,women trying to tie down, h-no homo,hot lesbians) Bostonmarriage&pulp(sexuality, michelfoucault-certain acts certain people, homo=feminine, women no sexuality, straight/gay, 2girls together not sexual) Globalmotherhood(class, transnationalpity, no value injured/lesbian moms, white patriarchal heterosexual nationalism, momhood mediated through relations of power)