The History of Sexuality

The History of Sexualtiy
By Michel Foucault

This is the first in Foucault’s three part History of Sexuality. It is a difficult read but worth it if you can walk away and question the meaning of normality in terms of sexuality. This book makes a case for the theory that the construction of sexual identity is a function of economics and politics. He also questions the struggle between sex as something that is liberating and something that has become a burden. The book was too difficult to understand to do much more than change the context with which to continue asking the questions when it comes to the topic of sexuality.