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Sexuality
Sexy!
• What does “sexy” mean?
• “marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest “
• What makes a person “sexy”?
Misuse/Abuse of Power or Disempowering?
• Women’s sexuality– Barsexual: heterosexual girl or woman who partakes in any sort of
sexual or promiscuous activity with another female to get attention from males. This usually takes the form of making out, and to a lesser extent, grinding or dry humping with another female (Urban Dictionary).
• Objectifying oneself encourages the notion that women ARE objects• Do these behaviours undermine feminism?
• The pleasure we derive from displaying our bodies ‘for’ men may have its roots in male domination but the more we show that we like it too, the more that power dynamic is challenged and the fewer rights men can assume over our bodies. – Natasha Forrest, The F Word
Things a Woman Should Never Do … For Free
By Veronica Monet
Article Discussion
• Power Issues– Kissing– Money– Marriage– Sex
Discussion topics:1. Who has the power in these situations? 2. How/when might there be shifts in that power?
The Double Standard
• Latin American culture– Machismo: strength, dominance, virility– Marianismo: purity, virtue, subservience
– Basis of the double standard: • The assumption that males have a greater desire and
need for sexual activity than females do• Women are the ones who get pregnant, therefore,
more restrictive norms are necessary
Motivations for Sex
Desire, Love, Power, & Money
Token Resistance
• The man takes the initiative; the woman succumbs—often after some initial resistance
• “good” women wait to be pursued
Sex for Money
• The ultimate “bad” woman is a prostitute
Sex is a Commodity
• North America: popularity
• Bangladesh: arranged marriage
• Philippines: chance to travel to a new country with greater social and economic opportunities
• Africa: money to buy food for her family
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