SOC 022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Masters And Johnson, Social Constructionism, Pilot Experiment

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 022
• Professor: mary Burke

Document Summary

Their research was focused on sex at the physiological sense. Contributions & critiques: was their sample representative, said that multiple orgasms were specific to women which has now been questioned because women are now thought to have a refractory period as well. Worked against kinsey because they put more emphasis on the social meaning of sexual relationships. Application of social constructionist perspectives which was a way of concurring the essentialist perspective. Characteristics of persons or groups are largely similar in all human cultures. Biological essentialism: things that are essential are biologically programed and universal. (strategic essentialism) Therefore, sexuality would be rooted in reproductive purposes: e. g. Rape would be rooted in this biological need for reproduction. Immutable and indisputable: if you can"t change it people shouldn"t be punished for it, challenges the idea that everyone is born heterosexual. Phenomena as socially, culturally, historically contingent & variable.