Welcome to Fall 2008

Posted by on August 22, 2008 
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Welcome to the course web site for ANT 2301, Human Sexuality and Culture, at the University of Florida. This course is one of the largest at the University, enrolling some 650 students each term. The size of the course makes it difficult for me to get to know many of you personally. This semester, for the second time, we will use this course blog as a new way to communicate with each other.

This website will be an important part of the course. Some materials—including the syllabus, announcements, and details on assignments—will only be available here. The website will also host a blog for the course in order to encourage discussion on relevant news or events around campus, to share thoughts about how the themes of the course relate to current events as well as to share thoughts on the themes themselves, and to stimulate thinking about assigned readings and course material. I strongly encourage you to post comments on the blog to share your point of view or to pose questions that you’d like to raise for discussion with other students, the TAs, and me.

The easiest way to keep up with the web site is to subscribe to the course RSS feed. Just click on the link to “All Posts” on the right-hand side of the page. You’ll have the option of adding the course feed to your favorite feed reader (if you use one) or of receiving a daily email any time there’s new content on the site. Judging by last semester’s experience, most of you will probably want to subscribe by email.

You can also click on the subscribe to “Comments” using the link on the right. When you subscribe to comments, you’ll be notified any time someone adds a comment to a post on the blog. I hope this feature will encourage you to participate in the discussion with other students and with your instructors.

We look forward to a great semester and hope you do, too. What do you hope to learn about in this course? Leave a comment below to let us know.

Comments

17 Responses to “Welcome to Fall 2008”

  1. Olivia on August 25th, 2008 9:47 am

    I hope to learn what is going on mentally when someone is having sex, or when the word sex is merely mentioned.

  2. Wyatt on August 25th, 2008 10:00 am

    I want to learn about the different moods, both positive and negative, that females feel when they are exposed to sex.

  3. Sydney on August 25th, 2008 10:07 am

    I want to learn about what drives humans to want sex and the differences between male and female overall thought process about sex.

  4. Melanie on August 25th, 2008 10:19 am

    I want to learn all the reasons why we as humans are uncomfortable talking about sex.

  5. Emily on August 25th, 2008 11:58 am

    I would like to learn about different sexual orientations, and how other cultures view them.

  6. Alan on August 25th, 2008 12:07 pm

    I would like to learn why sex sells.

  7. Nicole on August 25th, 2008 1:04 pm

    I would like to learn why males are more prone to wanting sex, over females. Also, why is it a more emotional attachment for females, then males?

  8. Tiffany on August 25th, 2008 4:59 pm

    I would like to learn more about the female and male body.

  9. Myriam on August 25th, 2008 5:04 pm

    I would like to know the biological and mental “issues” that a prostitute face; is there such a thing as too much sex?

  10. Marilu on August 25th, 2008 5:34 pm

    I hope to learn how sex influences art and how religion has helped to make sex be considered such a taboo subject.

  11. Candice on August 25th, 2008 8:12 pm

    I hope to expand my knowledge about sex and the numerous views of people across the nation. I think the cultural aspects should be very interesting…..

  12. Mirela on August 25th, 2008 8:16 pm

    I hope to learn all of this, and also about how sexual culture molds us in the way we view, and even interact during sex. They say Italian men are the best lovers. Why?

  13. Natalie on August 26th, 2008 11:29 am

    I would like to learn about the similarities and differences between sexes in different cultures, as well as how they interact.

  14. Helen on August 26th, 2008 12:04 pm

    I would like to learn what, or who, determines the sexual orientation of a person and how different cultures perceive same sex marriage issues.

  15. Sara on August 26th, 2008 1:18 pm

    I would like to know what people believe is in a person’s body makes them homosexual and why people believe that it is nature that results in homosexuality as opposed to nurture.

  16. Lauren Arcoleo on August 27th, 2008 3:01 pm

    I would like to know if the whole theory that men think about sex every certain amount of minutes is true.

  17. Brandon on August 30th, 2008 10:33 pm

    I want to learn about love, about what can make two people care so much about each other that they are willing to risk everything for a feeling. About how a person can feel so much for a person that they are blind to everything else in society.