Chapter 12 Flashcards
Heterosexual
Main sexual feelings are for opposite sex
Gender
Social and cultural construction of a person’s sex and sexuality
Sexuality
Gender, sex, and sexuality can overlap, but are no ways exactly synonymous.
Sexuality is the name for the sexual feelings and behavior of a person
Homosexual
A person whose main sexual feelings are for people of the same sex
Homoerotic
Conveying an enjoyable sense of same sex attraction
Same sex fun
Gay
Description of strong positive sexual love and attraction between members of the same sex. Also means happy, typically reffering to males, but can also be used for any person
Lesbian
Women whose sexual feelings are for other women
Queer
Describes a challanging range of critical work and cultural production among lesbian and gays, with emphasis on DIVERSITY OF RACE, NATIONALITY, and CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.
Butch
Behavior patterns such as aggression and sexual dominance that are typically associated with masculinity
Femme
Description of behaviour patterns such as gentleness, sexual passivity, and concern with dress and appearance, typically associated with femininity.
LGBT
Les,Gay,Bi,Transgender
Camp
Critical attitude that involves looking at texts less as reflections of reality and more as constructed sets of words, images, and sounds that are distant from reality. Amusement vs relatability
Homophobia
Irrational prejudice and hatred against a person because of their homosexuality
Stereotype
A set of commonly expected behavior patterns and characteristics based on role or personal features such as race, age, sexuality, in society and cultural products.
Performativity
Social groups develop self-awareness through shared actions that develop tastes habits, and attitudes in common.
Applied to gender, you may wish to consider the popular conflation of masculinity and football, or femininity and shopping
