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Sexuality and Power: The Social Relations of Sex and the Sexes - WOMS2006
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Politics and International Relations
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: POLS2041, POLS3049
 
 
Offered: Semester 1 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 1
 
 

Description

Introduces some of the main theories of power and of sexuality; analyses different sexualities, and issues relating to sexuality, in the context of theories of power. Topics include compulsory heterosexuality; the construction of masculinity, femininity and desire; marriage and prostitution; sexuality and work; body politics; and pornography and popular culture.

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