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Assignment 08

In Chapter 4 of “The History of Sexuality”, Faucault indicates that sexuality has been a taboo topic and that repression caused the necessary development of “technology of sex” through medical, Christianity and the social class.
In 19th century, technology of sex took a position in medical term. Appearance of sex related medicine was affected by the idea of eugenic. Community took a value for well-being of future generation because they believed it is one’s responsibility to receive a specific treatment for sexual related symptoms such as perversions or homosexuality. As Faucault mentions “it appeared to be the source of an entire capital for the species to draw from.”[1978:118], I believed that hope or anxiousness for the next generation improved the sex of medical technology and which applied deeply into the community and became a part of method to rationalize sexuality. Faucault also emphasizes about the contradiction between two different social classes. While the proletariat, the working class, tried to minimalize the contact with sex though their attention is more on health, the bourgeois, the ruling class, established the deployment of sexuality by focusing on the political reason. Faucault explained that the bourgeois created their own idea of sexuality which was based on the protection for their own health and royalty. The bourgeois claimed that concern for sex is preserving their noble bloodline and delineate a line between them and commoners.
Despite of the fact that sex is one of the essential and principle factor of human nature, it has been always repressed and prohibited in the history. However, the society manages the way to release their struggle of controlling the sexuality by adjusting their life. “Technology of sex” was the small hole of the balloon. The hole helps to release some air to avoid the rupture. From my perspective, Faucault characterized sexuality as an instinctive power for human kinds.