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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by Learning2-2 on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:22PM (#26392447)
The History of Sexuality (French: L'Histoire de la sexualité) is a four-volume study of sexuality in the Western world by the French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault, in which the author examines the emergence of "sexuality" as a discursive object and separate sphere of life and argues that the notion that every individual has a sexuality is a relatively recent development in Western societies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Sexuality

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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by stjohnswarts on Monday March 08, 2021 @08:00PM (#26393907)
I find that "invented here first" of western society is nearly always flawed and incorrect. Just like people's claims that "romantic love" is a relatively recent "discovery" of western society when it is readily apparent in literature from civilizations from all over the world. We're all still humans with raw emotions that haven't changed much in probably 100K years.
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