IDENTITY: SEXUALITY Flashcards
What did Weeks argue sexual identification is?
‘A strange thing’, and more complex than other aspects of identity.
What did Plummer discuss with regards to sexuality?
The ‘homosexual career’, where a male who has accepted the label of homosexual will seek out others and join a subculture in which stereotypical homosexual characteristics become the norm.
What does Rich argue about female sexuality?
Women’s sexuality is oppressed by men in a patriarchal society, through institutions such as marriage and sexual objectification of women.
When was the age of consent for sexual intercourse equalised?
2000.
What act makes discrimination against people for their sexuality criminal?
The Equality Act 2010.
McIntosh - the Homosexual Role
In western cultures the role of the homosexual male involves certain expectations or cultural characteristics.
Reiss - ‘rent boys’
Regarded themselves as heterosexual, despite having sex with men for money and actively despised the men as a way of neutralising their behaviour.
Rich - ‘compulsory heterosexuality’
Women are socialised into a subordinate and heterosexual role.
2010
Equality Act.
2013
UK: Gay marriage legalised (however in countries such as Nigeria, LGBTQ people are given death sentences).
Quinn - same-sex relationships
Studied same-sex relationships of some tribal people.
Quinn - gender roles in same-sex relationships
The ‘wife’ acted more feminine ‘berdache’ and the ‘husband’ was a dominant amazon who participated in male activities.
