Honors Theses
Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Croft Institute for International Studies
First Advisor
Joshua Howard
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
The use of the word revolution typifies much of the research and media coverage of contemporary shifts in Chinese sexual attitudes and behaviors. I argue that this language, while useful in intimating the extent of social transformation, remains clumsy due to the historical backdrop of Western sexual liberation and China's own cultural history. While the PRC government continues to disapprove and outlaw the proliferation of pornography, rising rates of premarital and extramarital sex and the spread of HIV/AIDS and other developments demonstrate ongoing shifts in Chinese society. Yet, the government's domination of politics and the Chinese people's desire for continued economic and political stability have ensured that China's current de facto sexual revolution is more limited in scope than Western sexual liberation.
Recommended Citation
Whitehead, Zackary L., "Defining the Revolution: A Study of Contemporary China's Sexual Transformation" (2015). Honors Theses. 977.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/977
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Comments
A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the Croft Institute for International Studies and the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.