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.
Read: Evelyn Blackwood, "Transnational Sexualities in one Place: Indonesia" (pdf)
Watch the this TED Talk/Sydney: Living beyond the binary: decolonizing Queer communities
DISCUSSION Thread: Sexualities in different places - Discussion Group
Write two 2 paragraphs summarizing the major points in the class materials for this week and reflecting on them.
How are sexualities constructed within the confines of the particular culture? Need Assignment Help?
How does the Ted talk connect to the reading?
What do sexualities in other regions of the world teach us about Western sexualities?
Respond to two of your peers
This is an academic assignment so you should write it in complete sentences with proper attention to grammar, word usage, capitalization, punctuation and so on. If you quote a passage, you should use proper in-text citations.