Contemporary Topics in Literature: Sexual Politics

Apply the lenses of some theoretical analyses of gender dynamics about sexuality, power, gender, and gender relations from a MOVIE OR SERIES. How do they describe sexual activities, put them in a cultural context, and make meaning of them. What functions do sexual interactions serve beyond the expression of sexual desire? Infidelity, How is love defined or considered? What is the nature of human attachments? How does sex serve as a metaphor for, or representation of larger power dynamics in American society, and cross-culturally? How do sexual interactions influence or alter those dynamics? What are the intersections between gender, class, race, ethnicity, and sexuality?