Professor LeFleur’s lecture on theories of early sexuality fit perfectly into the theme of our past lectures and guest speakers. Beginning with an analysis of her recently published text, The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America, she explored theories of humoralism as well as climate theory, and overall sexual orientation in regard to these themes. With humoralism, Professor LeFleur illustrated the four corners of emotion as stable, unstable, introverted, and extroverted. I found these first few slides to be very relatable and applicable to the life I am living today. We live in a world that is constantly changing as people are consistently on the move; emotions play such a key role in who we are and how we present ourselves. All the emotions that were listed: quiet, passive, easygoing, sociable, impulsive, touchy, etc. were ones that I find balancing throughout my daily life. I find it hard to believe that you can categorize any one person as just one of these four characteristics. Emotions change every second; people are subject to change at any moment in time, though I did enjoy Professor LeFleur’s overall argument. I was also intrigued by Professor LeFleur’s point of humoral theory. This theory is the idea that the human body was a “porous envelope”, and therefore was deeply vulnerable to the impact and influence of the environment. She explored the theory of “cuffing season” to further this point. Cuffing season is the theory that as the weather gets colder, people are more likely to seek a ‘mate’ and couple up (with the inverse also being true). This is a theory that is completely reliant on the status of the surrounding environment. Logically, one would state that more couple are single closer to the equator. Though is idea is difficult to prove entirely, the theory holds its’ own. All of this tied into one of her final points which was climate theory. Climate theory was the idea that particular bodily arrangements and types, particular characters, and qualities were endemic to (and perhaps produced by) the relative heat or cool of different regions. This is just another form of studying sexuality in relation to the environment that has been reviewed and looked at numerous times over the years. Overall, I really enjoyed Professor LeFleur’s lecture as it explored ideas and theories that are applicable and relevant today.