Part VIII: Sexualities
and global culture
1.
Sexuality in global culture
1.1.
Sexuality becomes more relevant to cultural expression and practices rather
than a biological category.
1.2.
The issues about sexuality are blended with cultural products and
delivered to every corner of the world through a wide variety of media
including pornography, internet, movies and even travel or migration.
1.3.
Sexuality is no longer a personal issue or merely related to intimacy.
Instead, it is also a public issue.
2.
Sex and the City
2.1.
City is an agglomeration of cultural products, symbols and people.
2.2.
Examples: Sex and the City and 《榴槤飄飄》
2.4.
The images of city are also perceived by and through these sexualized
representations. People’s
perception might follow the economic hierarchy of world cities.
3.
Sexualities, identity and power
3.1.
People’s identities are defined by their sexual orientations (gay, lesbian, …)
3.2.
The right of sexual expression becomes a new and critical part of human right.
3.3.
The movement for sexual plurality challenges the dominance of heterosexuality.
3.4.
People need to negotiate or re-negotiate the spaces for actualizing their
citizenship. Example/ Out: Stories
of Lesbian and Gay Youth.
4.
Sexuality and regulation
4.1.
While sexuality becomes a popular theme in various spheres of life, more
debates about regulation on sex culture and sexual practices appear.
4.2.
Example: 明光社vs.
local gay & lesbian groups and women organization
明光社http://www.truth-light.org.hk/ ; 新婦女協進會http://www.aaf.org.hk/
有關性工作者的文章：http://www.aaf.org.hk/halfsky/20001103.htm
5.
Sexuality: from “private” to “public”
5.1.
Global culture provides an arena for people transforming sexualities
from private life to public sphere.
5.2.
The power relations implicated in sexualities becomes more visible and the
power of sexualities is no longer merely a matter of repression.