Sex and Social Problems Related to Sexuality I. How Do Americans view Issues of Sex and Sexuality? A. Sex and Gender 1. Sex (p.172) a. Sex refers strictly to biological makeup. It refers to whether you have male or female reproductive organs. b. Sex also refers to activities that lead to sexual gratification and the possibility of reproduction. 2. Gender (p.172) a. Gender is the personal traits and position in society connected with being a male or female. 3. Gender identify (p.172-173)
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definition has developed and changed from time to time. To find an exact definition of what is literature‚ it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. There have been several attempts to decipher this puzzle‚ in “What Is an Author” written by Michael Foucault‚ he emphasizes on the idea that an author exists only as a function of a written work. The author’s name holds considerable power and serves as an anchor for interpreting a text. And “On the Sublime” written by Longinus‚ the writer states that the
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Gary Kinsman contends that our attraction is influenced by society and the primary factors on why individuals are the way they are and the material world is evolving benefiting society’s growth. Factors of why individuals are the way is that the attraction we develop for other people is controlled by ourselves not by our genes. Social constructionism is created by individuals in society who have particular opinions on how society should be. In regards‚ to the work of Kinsman he states “Common-sense
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couldn’t be done in the center of the city because the streets were overcrowding. Therefore‚ the idea of separate confinement‚ that was invisible from society‚ was thought of. The observing apparatus-the panoptic design of prison- as described by Foucault in Panopticism‚ enables prison administration to observe and monitor the
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based on the idea that literature should be studied and intrepreted within the context of both the history of the author and the history of the critic. Based on the literary criticism of Stephen Greenblatt and influenced by the philosophy of Michel Foucault‚ New Historicism acknowledges not only that a work of literature is influenced by its author’s times and circumstances‚ but that the critic’s response to that work is also influenced by his environment‚ beliefs‚ and prejudices. New Historicist looks
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for many inmates. However‚ the watchmen could not be seen by the prisoners‚ therefore since the inmates could not see the guards they presumed that they were always being watched. This resulted with the inmates controlling their behaviour. Michel Foucault‚ a 20th century French philosopher‚ took the panopticon model to not just being an element of surveillance‚ but also inducing the ideas of power and space (Wong 1).
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Influence and reception of Friedrich Nietzsche From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Friedrich Nietzsche ’s influence and reception varied widely and may be roughly divided into various chronological periods. Reactions were anything but uniform‚ and proponents of various ideologies attempted to appropriate his work quite early. By 1937‚ this led Georges Bataille to argue against any ’instrumentalization ’ of Nietzsche ’s thought; Bataille felt that any simple-minded interpretation or unified ideological characterization
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such as education‚ politics and the media). For example‚ In our (primary and secondary) school‚ our teacher try not to or never mention homosexuality‚ especially in the textbook. The government does not expect we become gay or lesbian. According to Foucault‚ sexuality has been increasingly under subtle social control. as a result‚ ( the operation of power in shaping sexuality)in forms of the press‚ publishing‚ cinema and television. the disciplinary character of modern society to a large extent regulates
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values and working practices of private industry” (Garland 2001‚ 18). What does this trend mean for how we define and control crime? Has the criminal justice system simply become‚ as Nils Christie (1994) has argued‚ an industry? The work of Michel Foucault (1979) and various
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programme‚ piece of journalism‚ photograph‚ novel etc and discuss the way in which the truth about subjectivity is constructed in the work. Discuss this in the light of issues raised on the module. 9. “The soul is the prison of the body” (Foucault‚ 1979).
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