Why does the state seek to control and regulate human sex and sexuality? use homosxuality to critically analyse the impact of policies on human sexual behaviours.

The following should be included in your answer:
the essay structure

• History, time & geography – Your starting point is that human sexuality is taken for granted but changes over time and across cultures.

• Theories of sex and sexuality – these are the theories that explain what is natural and normal? (e.g. sexologists, Freud, Feminism, Foucault, Weeks, Butler)

• Policies and laws:
– Description of the policies and laws and their aims
– Discussion of the process of policy or law making (e.g. competing moral, medical, economic, or political opinion)
– Effects on individuals and populations
– Theories of sexuality evident in this governance.

• Motivations for these policies and laws regulating sexuality – economic, cultural, political, social, moral and religious.

• What are the discourses evident in the debates on state regulation for you topic – moral, legal, nationalism, medical, human rights, citizenship?

• Who are the stakeholders in the debates – e.g. young people, LGBT movement, sex workers, politicians, religious leaders, medical profession, criminal justice system, other powerful elites?

• Globalisation and international comparison – Demonstrate an awareness of the impact of these on your topic e.g. UNAIDS, Reproductive rights, global differences and disparities

• Impact of state regulation on individuals, groups, norms

– Critique – did regulation work?
– How did individuals and groups respond e.g. backstreet abortion, sexual dissidents (Harvey Milk, Gay Liberation Front, global LGBT movement), under-age sex? Demand for rights