CGS 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sexual Repression, Immanence, Nuclear Family

• School: UCSD
• Department: Critical Gender Studies
• Course: CGS 105
• Professor: Roshanak Kheshti

Document Summary

Cgs 105 textbook notes the history of sexuality, part four: the deployment of. Sexuality: we see sex as something devoid of reason, when we understand that everything else has reason, or has an opposite that contains reason. 1: objective: psychiatrists say that sexuality is not repressed, that there is a constant struggle between the body and mind over desire. Sex as taboo/prohibited society: power is only successful so long as it is able to be hidden, monarchy incorporates law, which creates juridico-discursive power, need to look at sex whilst ignoring this juridico-discursive power. 2: method: you do(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e po(cid:449)e(cid:396, power is exercised everywhere, power relations play into other types of relationships, power comes from below, with power comes resistance. Silence and secrecy uphold power, but allow for silent tolerance and why it needs to exist. Family anchors sexuality and provides it with support through the husband-wife relationship and the parent-child relationship. Family one of the most active sites of sexuality.