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Katz – The Invention of Heterosexuality “Recognizing the time-bound and culturally specific character of the heterosexual category can help us begin to work toward a thoroughly historical view of sex.”...

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Photo Essay

                The amount of social control that our society places on us is something that for the most part, goes largely unnoticed in our daily lives.  In reality a large part of our sexuality and...

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The Beauty Myth

As a woman I’m expected to be perfect at all times.  I’m expected to be fully made-up, tall, skinny, tan, and always dressed to impress.  These expectations have been developed by a society dominated...

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Institutionalized Heterosexuality

Our society is structured in a way that strongly favors heterosexuality and sexual activity between a male and female.  From the second we are born, we’re given a gender and pushed into heterosexual...

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College Double Standard

This is a picture from a costume party here at CU.  A girl is “grinding” with a boy as others around them dance and look on.  Grinding is something that is extremely prevalent in college, as is other...

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The Dominance of Masculinity

This is a picture of me and a bunch of boys playing dodge ball in the intramural league.  The world of sports is one of the most influential institutions on a male’s life.  Sports and competition are...

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