SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Symbolic Interactionism, Gender Binary, The Fruit Machine
19 Mar 2018
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Human rights is now the focus of much public discussion in this matter. Period of victorian prudery, normal people were entirely heterosexual or homosexual. Alfred kinsey: sexual orientation lies on a continuum with heterosexuality at one end and homosexuality at the other. People often do not act on their sexual desires for fear of attracting criticism or stigma. Transsexual: individuals who emotionally and psychologically feel they belong to the opposite sex. Stats can defines homosexuality in terms of identity rather as opposed to sexual behavior. Researchers tend to agree on several matters: likely that homosexuals concentrate in larger numbers in some communities rather than in others. Population may reach 10% when more concentrated. Male homosexuals are invariably found to be more numerous than female. Sexual hypocrisy was prevalent in ancient greece, where people considered same-sex relations a regular and normal part of life. Felt one could not readily infer sexual identity based on sexual action.
