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The Origin of Queer Theory: Gayle Rubin's "Thinking Sex"

Jun 6, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Evolution of Queer Theory
02:54 • 4min
3
The Origins of Queer Theory
07:08 • 2min
4
The Politics of Sex
09:21 • 4min
5
The Politics of Sex
13:30 • 3min
6
The Anchor for Subjectivity in Queer Theory
16:17 • 2min
7
The Politics of Resistance
18:46 • 2min
8
The Importance of Premature Interest in Sex
21:05 • 3min
9
The Consequences of Sexual Precocity
23:38 • 2min
10
The History of Sex in the United States
25:58 • 3min
11
The White Slave Scare in the United States
28:31 • 6min
12
The War on Homosexuality in the United States
34:20 • 2min
13
The History of Police Persecution in the United States and Canada
36:14 • 5min
14
The Return of Marijuana in Public Spaces
41:03 • 2min
15
The Right Wing's Appeal to Protect Children
42:54 • 2min
16
The Rise of Child Pornography
44:54 • 2min
17
The Obsceneness of Photographs of Naked Children
46:39 • 2min
18
The Child Porn Panic
48:15 • 2min
19
The Climate Created by the Child Porn Panic
50:01 • 2min
20
The Uncensored Male Body at Different Ages
51:36 • 2min
21
The Confusion of Queer Theories
53:18 • 2min
22
The Success of the Dade County Repeal
55:01 • 2min
23
The Sex Information in Education Council of the United States
57:20 • 2min
24
The Right Wing Opposition to Sex Education, Pornography and Premarital Sex
59:16 • 5min
25
The Importance of Queer Theory in Sexual Thoughts
01:03:47 • 3min
26
The Slippery Slope Argument
01:07:04 • 2min
27
Sexual Thoughts: A Radical Theory of Sex
01:08:47 • 5min
28
The Constructivist Alternative to Sexual Essentialism
01:14:15 • 2min
29
The Politics of Race and Gender
01:16:05 • 3min
30
The Politics of Sexual Repression in Western Society
01:18:41 • 4min
31
The Fallacy of the Misplaced Scale
01:22:38 • 4min
32
The Fallacy of Misplaced Scale
01:26:09 • 3min
33
The Moral Hierarchy of Sexual Activities
01:29:32 • 2min
34
The Marxist Mythology of Sexual Ideology
01:31:46 • 5min
35
The Sex Hierarchy
01:36:27 • 3min
36
The Role of Tolerance in Sex
01:38:59 • 4min
37
Cross Generational Encounters: Unmodulated Horrors Incapable of Involving Affection, Love, Free Choice, Kindness, and Transcendence
01:43:09 • 2min
38
The Role of Sexual Morality in Racism
01:44:46 • 2min
39
The Problem With a Pluralistic Sexual Ethics
01:46:17 • 5min
40
The Origins of Queer Theory
01:51:21 • 2min
41
The Left's Attack on Neighborhood Ideological Areas
01:53:29 • 5min