Please choose ONE to respond to for this assignment.OPTION ONE: (Part 1) Find a representation of non-normative sexuality in the media (this could be a scene from a movie, a music video, song lyrics, an advertising image, TV show). Link that representation in your post so we can all have access to it. Then, place it into context with respect to our course materials on gender and sexuality. First, please explain why you chose this representation. Then, tell us a bit more about it: how are women represented? Men? Are there other gender representations present? How does the representation demonstrate non-normative sexuality–in other words, does it challenge or reproduce heteronormativity (or homonormativity) or gender norms? (Part 2): Respond very thoughtfully to a peer.OPTION TWO: (Part 1) As mentioned in Hilary Howard’s 2011 New York Times article, “Vibrators Carry the Conversation,” vibrators can now be purchased at mainstream drugstores. Despite the accessibility of vibrators and other sex toys, open discussion of women’s orgasms and sexual pleasure is rare. Why might this still be the case? How might this relate to the medicalization of women’s sexuality, as discussed in this unit’s lectures and articles? Please find an example of women’ sexual pleasure in the media and discuss how it opens the conversation on this topic. (Part 2): Respond very thoughtfully to a peer.OPTION THREE: Identify the benefits and drawbacks of using a medical model to understand female sexuality, either historically and in the contemporary era. For example, you can characterize the political and historical context for hysteria, or discuss such controversial issues as masturbation, cosmetic genital surgery, or the search for a female “Viagra” as they relate to the medicalization of female sexuality. (Part 2): Respond very thoughtfully to a peer.
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