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Studying Sexuality
Goals
To explore where sexual messages come from
To look at influential sex researchers and trends
Where Do Sexual Messages Come From?
Media Financial Profit
Entertainment
How-to and Normative Behavior Guides
Summaries of Scientific Research for Mass Consumption
“Sex How To”
AASECT
Who are the Famous Sex Researchers?
Cliteracy 101
Kinsey Scale
Kinsey Controversy
Historical and Recent ControversiesKinsey Institute
Feminist Theory Principles
Gender is significant
The female experience of sex has been devalued
Power is a critical element in male-female relationships
Ethnic diversity must be addressed
Queer Theory
A queer perspective teaches that the multitude of ways that persons are made ashamed or positioned as odd ought not to be understood as a consequence of their being or actions, but that the trouble is with the idea of being normal.
Gender Feedback Loop
While many argue gender and sex are separate things, they can also be considered as interactive with one another – gender shapes sexual identity and sexual identity shapes gender.
