Posts Tagged: museum of sex

Here is the compiled slideshow for my amateur photoshoot at the the Museum of Sex. Super-Cultural Constructs The first class discussion on Foucault left me reeling, because I could not understand how I had missed or completely misinterpreted some of his most emphasized points.  Granted, reading on a crowded train doesn’t help, but neither does […]

The beauty of a liberal arts degree is seen when two seemingly unrelated subjects provide an understanding of each other.  For example, a simple fact about crystal growth may provide clarity on the topic of sexuality within culture. Given proper conditions of temperature, pressure and space a crystal will continue to grow with virtually no […]

“Keep away from whores and all loose women.  KEEP AWAY FROM WHORES!” said a pamphlet given out to soldiers during World War I.  This pamphlet was ancillary to a pro-kit that was also distributed in order to prevent further outbreaks of venereal diseases.  It contained a tube of ointment, a cloth with soap, a cleansing […]

Manga, Media, Social Construction v. Essentialism? For me, our visit to the Museum of Sex drove home some of the ideas that Weeks’ touched upon in his discussion of the social construction of sexuality.  Weeks states that sexuality is shaped and given meaning by society and that it in turn shapes each of us.  Each […]

Museum of Sex, Norton, Weeks I was struck by the condom exhibit at the Museum of Sex for two reasons.  One, despite Talmudic law that prohibits the “waste” of semen, the two most largely used types of condoms – animal skin and latex – were invented by Jews (one American, one German.)  This is as […]