Sexual Revolutions

Human sexuality is often represented as being “natural” and static, yet sexual norms and sexual cultures have experienced significant shifts over time. With a focus on historical and contemporary moments and movements of change – revolutions in sex and sexuality – this subject invites students to consider how systems of power, cultural formations, gender relations, economic contexts and medico-scientific discourses contribute to shaping our sexual lives. By analysing a range of case studies and examples across diverse cultural contexts, this subject will equip students with the conceptual and theoretical tools to understand human sexuality as a contingent and dynamic social phenomenon in our world.