Abstract
In contemporary Western societies sexual regulation is produced through a combination of sociolegal relations centering on state formation, truth regimes that privilege certain notions about sexuality while marginalizing others, and normalizing discourses that establish the normative ordering and reordering of social life. Sexual regulation extends from the macro processes of state policy and transnational politics to the micro processes of identity creation and self‐formation. It is pervasive throughout social relations, including those that, on the surface, appear quite removed from sexuality. Studies of sexual regulation have been inspired foremost by Michel Foucault's (1926–1984) three‐volume The History of Sexuality , particularly Volume 1. Among other contributions, Foucault directed researchers to move beyond a social control perspective on sexuality to an approach that centers specific conditions for the government of sexualities, and the normalization of particular identities, beliefs, and practices.
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