In the Introduction to the history of sexuality, Foucault explains how during the 19th century, with the birth of new societies, the discourse or knowledge on sex was not confronted with the repulsion but “putting into operation a whole apparatus to produce real discourses on sex” (Foucault 69). In fact, this diffusion of the discourse on sexuality itself clearly gives an account of how sexuality has been controlled and confined because it is determined in a certain type of knowledge that carries power within itself. Foucault reflects on the general working hypothesis or “repressive hypothesis” and how it has exercised the power to suppress people's sexuality. It has the power to decide what is normal or abnormal, ethical or unethical regarding sexuality. Through discourses on life and sexuality, power is exercised because humans have learned how to behave in relation to sexuality, a method that keeps individuals controlled and regulated. This explains why people get that feeling of inappropriate behavior when talking about sex in a different way than the whole society. Foucault underlines how sexuality is not treated only in moral terms, but is a question of knowledge and "truth". However, these speeches, including sexual ones, are not true or false, but are simply intended as truth or falsehood to control society. As a result, sexuality begins to be explored scientifically, developing the science of the “truth” of sex (Foucault 69). For Foucault, he states that sexuality developed as a form of science that keeps us all scared of such phenomena, which people believe to be true, therefore this science helps society to discipline and control the behaviors of individuals. This passage reflects Foucault's broader argument about ... middle of paper ... easily controls and manipulates how individuals behave. Although there are no true discourses about what is normal or abnormal to do in society, people understand and believe that these discourses are true or false and in this way they are manipulated by the powers that be. This sexual science is a form of disciplinary control that imprisons and keeps society under surveillance. It makes people feel like someone is watching them and become internally subjective to society's rules and power. This is truly the problem with living in modern society. In conclusion, people live in a society that has created fear in the people of society, which makes them feel and be responsible for their actions. Discourses are actually a form in which power is exercised to discipline societies. Foucault's argument states that discourses are a form of subjugation, but this occurs externally and not internally.