Identity-Sexuality Flashcards
What is sexuality?
describes sexual identity, attraction, and experiences which may or may not align with sex and gender
What do the cross-cultural studies by Quinn tell us about sexuality?
Sexuality is a unique, personal experience for each relationship w/ varying norms, values and practises; through studies of same-sex relationships of different tribal people, intercultural differences were found that suggested this e.g sub-Saharan Africans have a ‘boy-wife’ and native Americans have a feminine acting ‘berdache’
What does Weeks work tell us about sexuality and identity?
•sexual identification is a strange thing=people may identify as gay and participate in that community but don’t have same-sex sexual activity and vice versa
•dominant sexual codes=not many say ‘I am heterosexual’ but many say ‘I am gay’ to make a statement about belonging and their relationship to dominant sexual codes
How does Reiss’ work support Week’s idea that sexual identification is a strange thing?
‘Rent boys’ are a group of men who regarded themselves as heterosexual despite having sex w/ men for money and actively despising them
What does Plummer say about sexuality and identity?
‘Homosexual career’ is where once the label for an individual has been internalised and accepted, they will seek others and joins subculture where stereotypical homosexual characteristics are the norm
What does Rich say patriarchal society has done to sexuality and lesbian identity of women?
It has oppressed women’s sexuality via institutions such as marriage, sexual violence, rape and sexual objectification of women; ‘compulsory heterosexuality’ is where women are socialised into subordinate roles, ensuring availability to men- lesbian identity written out of existence/ constructed as abnormal since it is a threat to male dominance
What does Mclntosh say about sexuality and identity?
In western cultures, the ‘homosexual role’ is where there are stereotypical expectations of homosexual characteristics, e.g effeminate mannerisms and higher voice, which are fulfilled once a man has internalised the label
