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I found the Foucault reading to be dense but of high interest. As Dr. Reid suggested, I did not get bogged down with what I could not understand, but rather latched on to what I could understand. My ability to grapple with the concepts at hand was hinged to what little prior knowledge I had of the Victorian time period and sexual repression in general.

Foucault depicts a time when sex, although necessary for sustaining life and the strength of nations, was something looked upon as taboo, or rat… Continue