Sex Online
Module 1-
Lecture 1- What is sex? This lecture is really an intro to the course. It defines the act of sex as the “exchanging of genetic data by two organisms for procreation.” This lecture also challenges our ways of thinking about sex as more than just an act of procreation, but also as an act with social, political, mental, and personal complications. From strictly an evolutionary perspective, the goal of our genes is to have as many babies as possible, through the act of sex. This lecture tells us sex has never just been about babies (although they do allow for a kind of immortality and free labor) but also has to do with culture.
Lecture 2- Fertility Tech This lecture begins to transcend into the discussion of sex and technology. Technology comes from the greek word techne, which means “Knowledge around a way of doing something.” This lecture also discusses the early forms of sex tech, specifically fertility control through herbs, abstinence through calendar manipulation (also known as the rhythm method introduced by St. Augustine, 4th Century), and acupuncture. This lecture also discusses the economic effects on fertility, such as the requirement of money to support a child.
culture was fluid and open. Homosexual relationships with young boys were considered fine in Gre
Lecture 3- Why do we do it? This lecture clarifies the argument, that even in ancient times sex was not always for procreation. Early times were less hung up on sex. After human environments began to become heavily agricultural, sex did undergo a change that saw sex as something that should be controlled, or even saved for marriage. Still, sex in ancient times was still used much like it is today, for pleasure. Condoms made of animal bladders, women using primitive forms of lipstick, and all types of masterbation and group sex demonstrate that in regards to the act of sex itself, not much has changed. Sex in modern and ancient times was/is performed for pleasure,
Lecture 1- What is sex? This lecture is really an intro to the course. It defines the act of sex as the “exchanging of genetic data by two organisms for procreation.” This lecture also challenges our ways of thinking about sex as more than just an act of procreation, but also as an act with social, political, mental, and personal complications. From strictly an evolutionary perspective, the goal of our genes is to have as many babies as possible, through the act of sex. This lecture tells us sex has never just been about babies (although they do allow for a kind of immortality and free labor) but also has to do with culture.
Lecture 2- Fertility Tech This lecture begins to transcend into the discussion of sex and technology. Technology comes from the greek word techne, which means “Knowledge around a way of doing something.” This lecture also discusses the early forms of sex tech, specifically fertility control through herbs, abstinence through calendar manipulation (also known as the rhythm method introduced by St. Augustine, 4th Century), and acupuncture. This lecture also discusses the economic effects on fertility, such as the requirement of money to support a child.
culture was fluid and open. Homosexual relationships with young boys were considered fine in Gre
Lecture 3- Why do we do it? This lecture clarifies the argument, that even in ancient times sex was not always for procreation. Early times were less hung up on sex. After human environments began to become heavily agricultural, sex did undergo a change that saw sex as something that should be controlled, or even saved for marriage. Still, sex in ancient times was still used much like it is today, for pleasure. Condoms made of animal bladders, women using primitive forms of lipstick, and all types of masterbation and group sex demonstrate that in regards to the act of sex itself, not much has changed. Sex in modern and ancient times was/is performed for pleasure,