HISC 27 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: As Nancy, The Mismeasure Of Desire, Acculturation
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The search for true sexuality or the truth of sexuality has occupied humankind from ancient times but the word itself didn"t come into being until the modern era. The ancient greeks and other peoples believed eros to be of divine inspiration. Sexuality in the west has usually been portrayed in an antagonistic relationship to society. The universality and timelessness of the body"s sexuality is more apparent than real. Bodies have also changed together with our understandings of them and our awareness of their potentials and functions. Societies have always grounded sexuality in bodies that are gendered male or female: this is a theme that reappears constantly throughout the history of the west. Most such texts have liberal and tolerant views of past sexual beliefs and practices: they invoke history for two purposes: To remind readers that because history reveals a diversity of past beliefs and practices, our present beliefs are not necessarily natural or.
