Presentation Title
VIBROTHERAPY: The Medicalization of Female Sexuality
Major Field of Study
MA Liberal Studies
Location
Dominican University of California (online)
Start Date
19-6-2021 3:00 PM
End Date
18-6-2021 4:00 PM
Abstract
American social norms have historically admonished the pursuit of women-driven sexuality. Technology is structured to comment on the social construction of the tasks it was designed to implement. So what is the commentary of a formerly heralded electromechanical vibratory device? Learn how androcentric views of sexuality and their implications for women shaped the development not only of women’s sexual pathologies but also the instruments designed to cope with them.
VIBROTHERAPY: The Medicalization of Female Sexuality
Dominican University of California (online)
American social norms have historically admonished the pursuit of women-driven sexuality. Technology is structured to comment on the social construction of the tasks it was designed to implement. So what is the commentary of a formerly heralded electromechanical vibratory device? Learn how androcentric views of sexuality and their implications for women shaped the development not only of women’s sexual pathologies but also the instruments designed to cope with them.
Presenter Biography
Emma Holland (she/her/hers) is a M.A. candidate for Reed College's Liberal Studies program in Portland, Oregon. By day, she works as the National Community and Volunteer Manager for StartOut, a nonprofit that brings economic empowerment to LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs and founders. She is also a long-term company member for Imago Theatre, where she explores ontological, philosophical or absurd elements of life, being and existence through performance and dramaturgy. Her scholarship interests lie in the intersection of data analytics and the performing arts to understand social evolutions/revolutions. Learn more about Emma here: www.emmaholland.co