WGST 2P98 Chapter Notes - Chapter WGST 2P98, Week 5, Nicole LaMarre, Reading Note: Sexual Fluidity, Heteroflexibility, Heterosexuality

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2P98
• Professor: Sharlee Cranston- Reimer

Document Summary

Sexual orientation/self- identification of sexuality based on gender/sex of preferred part- ners, is only one aspect of sexuality. Sexual practices, desires and fantasies have a fluidity that challenges the notion of fixed sexual identities. Social groups and institutions are organized around sexual orientation. Common foundation of many groups they construct individuals and families around fixed sexual identity categories. Gay and lesbian organizations have had an often tenuous relationship with bisexuals. Gay and lesbian organizations present homosexuality as a natural condition. Bisexual organizations present multiple desires and to blur the boundaries between heter- osexuality and homosexuality. Members within groups often do not agree on key issues. Media often fails to recognize heterosexuality as a hegemonic social institution that exerts considerable pressure on individuals. Heterosexuality is presented only as an individual choice concealing its status as a social intuition. Exploring heterosexuality: fluidity between sexual identification, acts and desires.