Problem: This week we will turn to more current issues regarding gender, race and sexuality from a global perspective. This week's class materials look at the social construction of gender and sexuality. They question whether "queer" and "trans" are appropriate terms or impositions from Northern elites.
YouTube Video: Living beyond the binary: decolonising Queer communities | Jioji Ravulo | TEDxSydney
Use These Sources Above To Answer The Questions Below And Make It Human And Natural And Not Ai At All.
Read: Evelyn Blackwood, "Transnational Sexualities in one Place: Indonesia" (pdf)
Watch this TED Talk/Sydney: Living beyoud the binary: decolonizing Queer communities
Discussion Thread: Sexualities in different places - Discussion Group
1. Write two paragraphs summarizing the major points in the class materials for this week and reflecting on them.
2. How are sexualities constructed within the confines of the particular culture? Need Assignment Help?
3. How does the Ted talk connect to the reading?
4. What do sexualities in other regions of the world teach us about Western sexualities?