SOCIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sexual Orientation, Innocent Victims, Egosyntonic And Egodystonic
27 Jun 2016
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Homosexuality too simple to claim that homosexuality: has always & everywhere been despised & prohibited. That there have been rule and restrictions on homosexualities across time and cultures. In the west, homosexuality has been disapproval to condemnation yet, this true for virtually all sexual behaviour in the west western culture is sex-negative . Lacks ars erotics- sex as the art of pleasure from beginning", appears homosexuality a religious transgression. Different religions will also have different rules around religion punishable by death. By end of medieval period, matter of state control; becomes a crime that is. Homosexuality current debate around homosexuality is whether it is: A choice? is biological (genetic, gay brain) is psychological (essential identity) 1 among many ways of expressing desire is homosexuality a choice? (4:30) cartoon http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=lymjxuctfam. Early concerns over same-sex behaviour some historical evidence that same-sex sexual conduct disapproved b/c: Of connection between species reproduction and community survival fertility regulated for survival of the group.
