SOCIOL 3U03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dystonia, Premarital Sex, Menopause
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Can"t just say that homosexuality has been prohibited everywhere. However, in the west the over whelming pattern is disapproval. But this is also true for all sexual behavior still a taboo. Vern bullogh, a social historian says that although some forms of judgement has changed, essential morality has not changed. It was seen as a crime and sin by the end of medieval period, that state controlled. Whether it is a choice, or biological (genetic) vs. physiological (gay brain) or a variation of behavior. Historical evidence that before it became a sin, it was disapproved because: Wasn"t part of reproductive duty of individual. This divide seen as bio/moral absolute through history. Has really influenced social defs/behavior toward homosexuality. By 6th c bc pre-marital sex taboo. Sex not controlled but belief that it could be socially disruptive if not controlled. Saw male sperm as gift, not to use for reproduction a waste/rejection of divine gift/sae sex mocked nature and creator.
