Journal Question:
As you prepare to end this course with this final journal, reflect on and summarize the key lessons in this unit. Make sure you include evidence that you read the lecture notes and readings.
Answer this question: What is the romance myth and summarize Professor Essig’s argument? How does it relate to Stepping Off the Relationship escalator?
Relate the key lessons of the two readings together, connecting with the concepts from the notes, including connecting it to Audre Lorde’s “the erotic,” queer theory, kink, keeping in mind the disclaimer at the end of the notes.
