Course: Sexuality and Sexual Identity

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Course title Sexuality and Sexual Identity
Course code KSA/SESI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fafejta Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Social and biological nature of sexuality. Origins of sociology of sexuality. 2. Discursive dimension of sexuality, historical view on na sexualitu: from reproduction to recreation. 3. Theory of sexual scripts - Gagnon, Simon. Sexual scripts in paradigmatic a complex society. 4. Sexual revolution. Sexuality and communication. Anomy of abundance 5. Sexual rights and sexual citizenship. Sexuality of seniors. Sexuality of handicapped 6. Construction of sexual identity active men and passive women: homosexuality, intersexuality, asexuality, polyamory, queer identity, paedophilia. 7. Social construction of sexual violence. Discourse against pornography and sexual work.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The subject analyses constructivist approach to sexuality, the modern view on sexuality and its current changes, and the question of sexual identity and sexual rights.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Seminar Work, Final Report

Recommended literature
  • Dreger, Alice Domurat. (2009). Hermafroditi a medicínská konstrukce pohlaví. Triton.
  • Fafejta, M. (2016). Sexualita a sexuální identita: Sociální povaha přirozenosti. Portál.
  • Foucault M. Dějiny sexuality I. Praha: Herrmann a synové, 1999..
  • Gagnon, J. H. - Simon, W. Sexual Conduct: The Social Sources of Human Sexuality (Social Problems and Social Issues). Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey: Aldine Transaction, 2005..
  • Illouz, E. (2012). Why love hurts: a sociological explanation. Cambridge: Polity.
  • Lišková, K. (2009). Hodné holky se dívají jinam: feminismus a pornografie. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).
  • Nedbálková, K. (2006). Spoutaná rozkoš: sociální (re)produkce genderu a sexuality v ženské věznici. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2022) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2022) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2022) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -