SOC 345 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12 part 1/5: Identity Politics, Norm (Social), Heterosexuality
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The social construction of sexuality. (3rd ed) new york: ww norton. (pp 55 - 58) Gay, lesbian, and bisexual politics in the united states. Sex is not merely an individual desire or act but a social fact. (pp 55) Certain sexual behavior are respected, valued, and supported by laws, customs, and institutions while others are stigmatized, criminalized, and punished. Struggles manifest from these hierarchies due to the struggle of distribution of respect, social benefits, and material privileges across this spectrum of sexuality. The type of intimate arrangements you prefer. Sex for pleasure, love, reproduction, fun, power . Only when heterosexual practices are oriented to intercourse connected to love and intimacy, monogamous and the intention of marriage and a family. Anything outside of this could be seen as deviant that could result in loss of job, freedom, reputation. Forcing someone to have sex, having sex.
