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5 results for "sexuality"

ZC_2_09 Verified Social Science

ZC_2_09 — Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

The sociology of gender and sexuality examines how societies construct, enforce, and contest gender categories and sexual norms. The sex-gender distinction (introduced to sociology by Ann Oakley, Sex, Gender and Society,

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C_3_11 Verified Global Traditions

C_3_11 — Sacred Sexuality, Hieros Gamos, and Fertility Cults

Sacred sexuality — the ritual enactment of sexual union as a cosmologically generative act — represents one of the most widespread and most misunderstood categories of ancient religious practice. The Sumerian hieros gamo

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ZC_4_06 Verified Social Science

ZC_4_06 — Foucault — Power, Discourse, and Knowledge Control

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) — French philosopher, historian, and social theorist — is one of the most cited scholars in the humanities and social sciences, and his analyses of power, knowledge, and discourse have transfo

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B_1_19 Credible Beings & Entities

B_1_19 — Love and Beauty Deities: Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis

Deities governing love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality appear across virtually every documented religious tradition, often combining erotic power with martial or funerary functions that modern Western categories would

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H_4_21 Credible Suppression & Thesis

H_4_21 — Censorship of Ancient Art: What We Weren't Shown

The censorship of ancient art that depicts sexuality, nudity, sacred eroticism, violence, bodily functions, or other content considered offensive or inappropriate by later sensibilities represents a significant and well-

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