Gays and Victims of Stigma

Question 1

sensitization

Answer 1

age 13. feel different from peers

Question 2

disassociation

Answer 2

age 17. feel but refuse to identify

Question 3

coing out

Answer 3

age 19. classifying/identifying to peers and fam

Question 4

commitment

Answer 4

no timeline. ppl commit to identity

Question 5

who is homophobic

Answer 5

Persons who are conservative, less educated, and older

Question 6

consequences of homphobia

Answer 6

limits access to marriage
denial of insurance 
props in school
delf hatred/depression and constant tension
forced heater assimilation

Question 7

fixed identity categories are basis for

Answer 7

oppression and political power

Question 8

what shapes sexualities?

Answer 8

capitalism-pink dollars
secularism
technology
globalization

Question 9

bio theories

Answer 9

hormones. brain size. identical twins.

Question 10

psychiatric theories

Answer 10

used to think it was mi. sees as disturbance now brought on by alienating moms or distant dads

Question 11

sociological

Answer 11

learn. social forces guide.

Question 12

social constructionists

Answer 12

how society defines certain behavior as desirable or undesirable and treats homos in certain way

Question 13

essentialists

Answer 13

still look for causes but have only discovered that social or biological factors influence rather than determine the development of homosexuality.