MT1

Question 1

Good/bad girl dichotomy

Answer 1

• Good girl: embodies traditional values and behaviours deemed acceptable and proper by societal standards
  
  • Modesty, passivity, nurturing, and purity
  • Reinforced in media, literature, and cultural narratives
• Bad girl: traits and behaviours considered unacceptable or improper
  
  • Assertiveness, independence, defiance of traditional gender roles
  • Carries negative connotation, suggest that these women are less respectable

Question 2

How is the Good/Bad girl dichotomy linked to the reception of Kinsey’s volume on women?

Answer 2

• Challenged norms: kidney’s finding revealed that women engaged in sexual activities including premarital sex, same sex experiences, contradicting good girl idea of sexual purity and chastity
• Backlash: conservative society viewed findings as a threat to traditional values. Bad girl label used to stigmatize women who engaged in behaviours documented by Kinsey
• Public debate: some embraced findings as a step towards sexual liberation, while others condemned it as promoting immorality
  
  • Good girls expected to uphold traditional values and bad girls judged for their sexual freedom
• Impact on feminism: Kinsey’s research also influenced feminist movement by providing empirical evidence that women’s sexual desire and behaviours were diverse and complex, challenging simplistic binary of good and bad

Question 3

How is toxic colonial masculinity disrupted by the character Pasmay ( the dancer) in ‘Wildhood’?

Answer 3

• Two spirit identity: challenges binary gender roles imposed by colonialism
  
  • Character embodies both masculine and feminine qualities, defying rigid definitions of masculinity and felinity
  • pasmay’s dancing since he was young —> dancing is not viewed as masculine
    
    • he holds traditional masculinity, but incorporates his won definition of masculinity
    • freedom and feeling comfortable with your own body
• Non-conformity: open about sexuality, creating contrast with expectations of toxic masculinity (emotional shut down, dominance, aggression)
  
  • He is strong and assertive, but does not stick to harmful stereotypes

Question 4

What percentage of the population identifies as asexual?

Answer 4

• 1% of the population
• Asexuality: lack of sexual attraction to others

Question 5

How can (romantic) love be seen as a resource?

Answer 5

• there is not enough for everyone
  
  • We have to work hard to get resources, in this case LOVE
  • We then need to lock down these resources to get stability
• Love also provides tons of stuff, just like a resource:
  
  • Emotional support, psychological well being, social capital, physical health, personal growth, etc
• Compersion: inverse of jealousy, possibility of positive feelings from a partners sexual interaction with another