Women's Sexuality/History

[J. Schmitt]

This is Jennifer, and you probably have a million emails from me already!
I just happen to be recovering from a Catholic upbringing, and I totally
relate. Sexuality in Catholic schools is taught on an ultra-limited level,
and certainly nothing about birth control. We could combine church
histories with sexuality. There is also a big debate in the Cathol. church
right now, because abortion used to be a pretty standard deal in days of
yore, but now, it's become a power issue for women Catholics. There is
also a big movement in Brazil (a pretty economically stratified nation, I
might add) called "CAtholics for Choice." Anyway, we could take this a
million ways, and I'd love to put our heads together. Great idea, Ariel! 
LEt me know what people think!
Jennifer

On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, 'Wonder Woman' Ariel Federow wrote:

> I worship at the church of Gillian.  I think it would be terribly
> interesting to do a history of women's sexuality, especially since it has
> for so long been viewed as this crazy mix of terrible terrible
> evil-bringing entity and absolutely nonexistant. 
> 
> I'm all over working on this. Who else?
> 
> --Ariel Federow: http://students.washington.edu/bean/
> "Humanity i love you because you
>  are perpetually putting the secret of
>  life in your pants and forgetting
>  it's there and sitting down"
> 	--e.e. cummings
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, ASUW Womens Action Coalition wrote:
> > Also, Gillian had an excellent idea -- thank you, Gillian -- that we could
> > include the sexuality event by making it Women's History Month and
> > focus on the history of woemn's sexuality.  Any thought?  Lots of good
> > issues there, I think.  And we could still do our cool informational stuff
> > as well -- I'd like to include Hall Health in that.
> 
>