SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Sexual Orientation, Conversion Therapy, Bisexuality
Document Summary
Sex: not something just innate as it is something we learn about as we grow from various agents of socialization. It has a strong cultural context and sex is fundamentally a social enterprise. Sexual orientation: identification of individuals as heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual based on their emotional and sexual attractions, relationships, self-identity and lifestyle. Contributors to one"s sexual orientation: sexual behaviour, sexual fantasies, emotional attachments, and sexual self-concepts. Transgender: people who do not fit into either male or female category or whose behaviour is not congruent with expectation for their sex in society. Transexuals: individuals who have undergone hormone treatment and sex reassignment surgery. Glbt: term used to refer collectively to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders. The word gay emerged in 1940s and 1950s to refer to both men and women homosexuals. Gay women claimed lesbian during 1960s and 1970s. Bisexual and transgender were added in the late 1990s replaced by lgbt in mid 2000s.
