sexuality in the U.S
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readings_of_the_term.docxREADINGS OF THE TERM
Blank, "Sexual Disorientation" ; "The Marrying Kind" ; Endnotes
Rupp, “In the Beginning: Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America”
Nagel, “ Sex and Conquest: Domination and Desire on Ethnosexual Frontiers ”
D'Emilio and Freedman, Chapters 1-3
Rupp, “Worlds of Men, Worlds of Women: Sex and Romantic Friendship in an Industrializing and Expanding Nation,” (pages 37-72)
Blank, "Carnal Knowledge" (pages 23-40)
D'Emilio and Freedman, " Race and Sexuality " (pages 85-108)
BH notes on "Race and Sexuality," Intimate Matters Chapter 5
Blank, "The Love that Could Not Speak Its Name," (Chapter 1), pages 1-21.
Rupp, “Definitions and Deviance: Sexual Transformations at the Turn of the Century,” (Chap. 4), pages 73-100.
SHORT and useful additions:
Ellis, “Two Case Histories”
Freud, " Letter to an American Mother "
Expressing and Reforming Men’s Same-Sex Sexualities in Early 20th Century Portland
Boag, Chapter 2: “ Sex in the City: Transient and Working-Class Men and Youths in the Urban Pacific Northwest ”
Boag, Chapter 3: "Gay Identity and Community in Early Portland"
Boag, Chapter 6: " Reforming Homosexuality "
Nagel, " Sex and Nationalism: Sexually Imagined Communities ," (Chapter 5, 140-176)
Nagel, " Sex and War: Fighting Men, Comfort Women, and the Military-Sexual Complex " (Chapter 6, 177-199)
Adam, " The Holocaust " (Chapter 4, pages 49-59)
Newsweek, " Homosexuals in Uniform " June 9 1947, page 54
Brief pamphlets from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM): " Homosexuals ," " Lesbians and the Third Reich ," " Women in the Third Reich ," "Women During the Holocaust"
Nazi Chart of Prisoner Badges (Triangle Chart)
“ Henry Gerber ” First would-be same-sex rights organizer in the U.S.; 1920s; with historian George Chauncey; 6 min 53 seconds (excerpted from Out of the Past)
“ Bayard Rustin ” Civil rights organizer and gay black man; with Rustin's biographer, John D'Emilio; 10 min 42 seconds (excerpted from Out of the Past)
Blank, “ The Pleasure Principle ” Chapter 6 pages 121-146; Castleman, " 'Hysteria' and the Strange History of Vibrators " (3 pages) & optional readings below
Nagel, " Sex and Tourism: Travel and Romance in Ethnosexual Destinations " Chapter 7 pages 200-223 (and optional reading/listening below)
Nagel, " Sex and Globalization: The Global Economy of Desire " Chapter 8 pages 224-253
History of Sex Ed in the US
Sex Ed--A Brief History (going back to the early 19th century) 3 pages
Lord--Keeping Fit-The Origins of American Sex Education (starting with turn of the 20th century Progressive movement) 4 pages
Planned Parenthood--Sex Ed in the US (more focused on 1970s to present) 11 pages plus references
Sexploitation Films as Sex Education (If you have to skip some reading, this section is the best bet!)
Mom and Dad--a 1945 film about "sensitive subjects" (This is the Wikipedia entry about the film, formatted as a pdf)
Joe Bob Briggs on Mom and Dad & its producer, Kroger Babb (The first page or so will be familiar from the previous document, but read on for some interesting info about the film's contents, films within the narrative film frame, distribution, etc. Briggs' tone is breezy, but he knows his stuff!)
Contemporary Approaches and Alternatives
State Policies on Sex and HIV Education--Guttmacher Institute, 2015
NYT--Youth Sex Ed Via Text (2011)
Parenting in the Age of Online Pornography
Bisexuality
· " A Brief History of the Bisexual Movement " by Liz Highleyman--an incomplete and dated but worthy attempt to summarize the visibility movement for bisexual people in the United States
· Wikipedia on History of Bisexuality in the United States "
· " Yes I Really Am Bisexual. Deal With It " by Wilson Diehl (NYTimes, April 25, 2013)"
· " No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist " by David Tuller (NYTimes, August 22, 2011)
· " NYTimes columnist Charles Blow on Revealing He's Bisexual " (Huffington Post, September 26, 2014)
Asexuality
Note that many people who identify as asexual use the term "ace" to refer to themselves.
Here are the titles and links to individual articles from a series by Dominque Mosbergen:
· " What is Asexuality?: A Community's Coming of Age "(exploring the history of the asexual community) [In the video link, Dominique Mosbergen fields some general questions about the spectrum of ways asexual people do and do not participate in sexual activities. I think the printed articles are more useful.]
· " Is Asexuality a Disorder?: The Search for Ace Recognition is Part Recognition, Part Redefinition " (from Kinsey's 'X' to possible sexual orientation, a look at the science behind asexuality)
· " Asexual Relationships, Masturbation and Romance in the Asexual Community " (debunking some popular misconceptions about asexuality through the exploration of the asexual spectrum and asexual relationships)
· " Battling Asexual Discrimination, Sexual Violence and 'Corrective' Rape " (a glimpse into the battle against asexual discrimination and sexual violence)
· "LGBT, Asexual Communities Clash Over Ace Inclusion" (asexuals discuss their struggle to find acceptance)
· " Final Words: Asexual Community Leaders Look Toward the Future "
The above articles were published as a series by the Huffington Post in 2013; here's the home page for the series: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/asexuality-the-x-in-a-sexual-world_n_3444417.html?1371476630
Polyamory:
Thanks to an alert student, what looks to be a comprehensive and useful website: More than Two--Franklin Veaux's Polyamory Site
A New App is Shattering a Major Myth about Polyamory
