Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sexology, Moral Reasoning, Industrial Revolution
10 Apr 2020
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Women"s studies 1021 - september 25: reading notes. In some eras any public discussion of sex was very limited. Wanted to explore the boundaries and limits to which one might take sexual experiences. Moral reasoning behind the exclusion of sexual discourse from the public domain. Interested in the subject of personal freedom by the desire of the state to limit such freedoms. Victorian period discussion of sexual matters were discussed only in the private confines of the home. 17th century children were not expected to be aware of questions concerning sex and reproduction. Hypothesizes that the industrial revolution caused less of a discussion of of sex because people did not have time to have sex as a recreational activity. Interested in the relationship between power and sex. And the interest shown by those in power in the way in which it might be useful to manipulate the discourse of sex.
