SOCWK120R Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Sexology, Transsexual, Heterosexuality
14 Dec 2015
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Social work and sexual and gender diversity (chapter 14) Lgbttq: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, and. The rise in lgbttq activism and the removal of homosexuality from the dsm, social workers are increasingly celebrating what sexual and gender diversity contributes to the profession and to society in general. 2 major developments have shaped our thinking about gender and. In the 19th century, scientists and philosophers in europe and north. It marked the shift in how we made sense of same-sex and different- sex desires and behaviours: though homosexuality existed the concept was never defined until the 18th century. The concern around sexual normality and abnormality was focused on whether people were engaging in sex primarily for reproduction (normal) or pleasure (deviant) Kraft ebing" stated that heterosexuality as reproductive sex and homosexuality as same sex desire. Karl heinrich ulrich was vocal in the fight to decriminalise sodomy (anal sex: he saw homosexuality as inborn and natural.
