POLS 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bsc Young Boys, Greek Love, Sexual Orientation
27 Jan 2016
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One hundred years of homosexuality and other essays on. Charles gilbert chaddock the inventor of homosexuality. Sexual orientation was then polarized into two options, straight or gay. In 1891 john addington still complained that there was no proper term for it that didn"t impart disgust. This term was slow to spread, in 1918 ackerley was confused when his friend asked him, are you a homo or a hetero . A number of elderly men who marshall interviewed hadn"t heard of the term until the 1950"s. Didn"t appear in the oxford dictionary until 1976 and even then only in the supplement. Boswell claims that just because there wasn"t a term for homosexuality before 1892 it doesn"t mean that it didn"t exist. Argues plato"s sypmosium explains why humans are divided into homo and hetero groups, vouches for the ancient existence of homosexuality. Boswell argues this means that homo and hetero acts are exclusive and innate.
