Wk5 - Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

Assigned Readings

• 1. Andersen, Ch4: Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

  2. Wade, L. (2016) Sex on campus isn't what you think: what 101 student journals taught me, The Guardian. (https://tinyurl.com/yyvdxghn) 

  3. Changes in American Adults' Sexual Behavior and Attitudes, 1972-2012

  4. Sexual Inactivity During Young Adulthood Is More Common Among U.S. Millennials and iGen: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Having No Sexual Partners After Age 18

  5. The Atlantic - Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?

  6. Male Sexlessness is Rising But Not for the Reasons Incels Claim

  7. Alphas, Betas, and Incels: Theorizing the Masculinities of the Manosphere (Sage Journals)

Suggested:

• Halperin “Is there a History of Sexuality?” (https://tinyurl.com/y4vzjy2e) 

Some Questions:

• what do you think of Wade's article on "hook-up" culture?

• What is hook-up culture?

"In reality, only 8% of US 18- to 19-year-olds have had four or more sexual partners in the past year, and the vast majority of 18- to 25-year-olds report dating in exclusive relationships or not at all. According to a widely-reported 2015 study on sexual practices across generations, young people born in the 1990s are more likely to have had no sexual partners since the age of 18 than either Gen Xers or Babyboomers before them." (see The Guardian)

• R, 9/26: Women as Consumers

  1. The “Pink Tax” 

  2. Vox - Women’s Products Cost More - Here’s How to Avoid the Pink Tax

  3. 📼 Burger King video on Chick Fries (https://youtu.be/7rtHmSfYDbs) 

  4. 📼 Trevor Noah video (https://tinyurl.com/yxlvngz4)  

due R 9/26 AA#4: Cost of Living (in class)