HED 320: History of Sex in America

 

•         History of Sexuality in the Western World

•         Reading: EA, Chapters 1 & 2 ;

•         Crooks & Baur: Ch. 1

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•         E/A Ch. 1: The History & Future of Sex

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•         Question: Communication & entertainment technologies (VCR, Internet) became widespread & successful due to their use to distribute pornography.

•         A = true

•         B= false

 

•         Technology changing sexuality:

•         VCR à porn

•         Photography à porn

•         Internet à porn & cybersex

•         Telephone à phone sex

•         Cars à backseat privacy

•         Vulcanization of rubber à condoms

•         Electricity à dates at night

 

•         Social changes & their sexual impact (however unintended)

•         Prohibition à made drinking outlawed & sexy

•         Depression à lack of jobs caused teens to go to high school, develop teen culture and courtship

•         Dual-income parents & increased divorce rates à kids home alone after school, more opportunities for teen sex and other experimentation

 

•         Video: History of Sex in 20th century: 50’s-90’s

 

•         Video: History of Sex- 20th century

•         Margaret Sanger: birth control supporter, founded Planned Parenthood.

•         Alfred Kinsey: sex research, used surveys on sexual behaviors of men & women.

•         Masters & Johnson: sex researchers, used direct observation for sexual response.

•         Stonewall: bar raid that launched the gay rights movement.