Do Cities Build Sexualities?

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The primary research question of this text is how does place matter in sexualities? The text argues that cities build sexualities due to individualism. It gives people more freedom to be themselves. The city is a place of sexual practices. In the city people are more understanding of sexuality. The author states that city life began to eroticize difference’ in the wider sense of attraction to others, the pleasure and excitement of being drawn out of one’s secure routine to encounter the novel, strange and surprising. The author is trying to explain the up coming of diversity in backgrounds, individualism and where the origin is from. This helped shape sexual identities. In case study 1.1 sex in the metropolis: Weimar Berlin, Ward suggested that extended to the body itself. The body took on the attributes of the city, with bodies culturally and economically valued for their efficient, modern, stylish appearance. The cities offered an excess of commodities that were fashioned, packaged and displayed in an aesthetic manner to increase their external appeal. The evidence showed for this was the up rise of new fashions for men and women. This was mostly containing to Neve Frau referred as new woman. The style was …show more content…

Using arguments about the cities’ culture and diversity to explain how sexuality has evolved. Yes the argument, in particular, and the conversation it enters are in general important. The text has an argument that there has been important connection between cities and sexuality since the onset of mass urbanization in the nineteenth century. The chapter showed us the urban life ease to sexuality. It broke the traditional views by sexual freedom and libertarianism. This developed relationships, networking, and communities getting together. The overall purpose of the text was to highlight the relationship between cities and sexualities to show sexuality is the form and production of