ANTH 1010 chapter 9 USU RILEY

Chrys Ingraham-"White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture" (2008)

"white weddings"-a term with ref to the wedding industry which gives insights into how US culture gives meaning to marriage and constructs contemporary understanding of heterosexuality; brides are not born, they're made;

DOMA

Defense of Marriage Act: declares marriage is legal union between one man and one woman (1996); in June 2013 supreme court ruled this unconstitutional;

asexuality

a lack of erotic attraction to others

sexology

a scientific study of sexuality which began in late 19th century;

Helen Fisher-"Why We Love: the Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love (2004)

analyzes body chemistry to human sensations of love; guides us through 3 phases of falling in love that are built into us and ensure reproduction of human species: 1. testosterone found in both sexes trigger sense of lust 2. bodies release dopamine to promote romantic feelings to deepen relationship 3. hormones ocytocin and vasopressin generate feelings of calm/security assoc w/long term partnership

"no means no" to "yes means yes"

antioch college in ohio redefined no means no, by saying that an explicit yes every step of a sexual relationship was far more beneficial (antioch's policy page 335-336)

heterosexuality

attraction to and sexual relations between individuals of the opposite sex

homosexuality

attraction to and sexual relations between individuals of the same sex

bisexuality

attraction to and sexual relations with members of both sexes

Mignon Moore-"Invisible Families" (2011)

black gay women in US and how they find race to be primary framework that shapes their identity compared to middle class white lesbians who experience sexuality as theirs

Gloria Wekker-"Politics of P assion" (2006)

explores black, working-class Creole women in Suriname (south america); Mati are women who form intimate spiritual, emotiona, sexual relationships w/other women; mati have sex w/both genders, but feel that relationships w/men are for having children or being supported financially; mati have "visiting" relationship w/men to maintain independence; mati work not considered lesbian or rigid

Rudolph Gaudio-"Alla Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City" (2009)

feminine men in northern Nigerian city of Kano; men who have sex with other men, act like women, cook, serve food, sing, dance, and/or work as prostitutes; they still have families and still are Muslim

Jared Diamond-"The Animals with the Weirdest Sex Life" (1997)

identified ways in which humans differ from most other mammals: 1. unlike humans, most mammals live individually, not in pairs and meet to only have sex; don't raise kids together 2. unlike humans, mammals engage in public sex 3. unlike humans, mammals usually only have sex when female ovulates; unlike humans, mammals are fertile throughout entire adult life 4. humans, dolphins, and bonobos (variety of ape) have sex for fun, not just for reproduction

sex work

labor through which one provides sexual services for money

Boy-inseminating ritual in Papua New Guinea

the Sambia believed adult men needed to provide boys with semen to develop them into manhood; ceremonies that would last years, boys performed fellatio on older men to receive their semen which created masculinity

sexuality

the complex range of desires, beliefs, and behaviors that are related to erotic physical contact and the cultural arena within which people debate about what kinds of physical desires and behaviors are right, appropriate, and natural

Ann Stoler-"Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power" (2010)

the way in which sexuality served as tool for enforcing social boundaries under European coloialism; strategies that European colonizers used to control sexual practices of people under their rule

sex tourism

travel, usually organized through the tourism sector to facilitate commercial sexual relations between tourists and local residents

sexual violence

violence perpetuated through sexually related physical assaults such as rape

Roger Lancaster-"Life is Hard: Machipsmo, Danger and the Intimacy of Power in Nicaragua" (1994)

working class neighborhood; men who "received" were considered gay; men who "givers" considered machismo;