SOC 633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Heterosexuality, True Women, Human Body

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 633
• Professor: Amrita Ahluwalia

Document Summary

Homosexual: refers to individuals who are attracted to or engage in sexual activities with those of the (cid:862)opposite(cid:863) (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al sex. of the (cid:862)sa(cid:373)e(cid:863) se(cid:454). Construction of heterosexuality: heterosexual: refers to individuals who are attracted to or engage in sexual activities with those, heterosexuality should not be thought of simply as sexual acts between women and men. Rather, heterosexuality is a constructed identity, a performance, and an institution that is not necessarily linked to sexual acts. These values are called moral values: moral actions - those actions that enhance growth within ourselves or other people, that build trust, and that help guarantee all of us the realization of our full potential are moral. Invert was the medical word for deviants from true womanhood and true manhood. Invert stressed gender rather than the erotic deviation. The livi(cid:374)g (cid:449)orld is a (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)uu(cid:373)(cid:863) there are degrees of heterosexual and homosexual behaviour and experience.