Lecture #9 Relationship Structures

Question 1

Same-sex attracted individuals form two primary types of
relationships:

Answer 1

Hetero gendered and Homogendered!

Question 2

What are Homogendered sexual/romantic relationships?

Answer 2

involve two partners who share similar gender roles and gender
identities!
The most common expression of these relationships is
between two cisgender males or two cisgender females!

Question 3

When partners in homogendered relationship are the
same age, how do they treat each other?

Answer 3

they often treat each other as social equals
(hence, such relationships are sometimes called
egalitarian).

Question 4

Some homogendered relationships are uncommon, what are they?

Answer 4

1. Two masculine, gynaplhilic females exist but are RARE! (Two butch lesbians). Two butch lesbians are rare.
2. Two feminine, transgender, androphlic males are REALLY RARE!

Question 5

What are Heterogendered relationships?

Answer 5

involve partners who have different gender roles and gender
identities and, thus, do not treat each other as social
equals! (Me and Clay).

Transgender male androphiles & transgender female
gynephiles (Chaz Bono) typically form heterogendered relationships
with cisgender, same-sex partners!

Butch and Femme women can alos be a heterogendered relationship! (dont treat eachother as social equals; have different gender roles!)

Question 6

used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation.

Answer 6

femme

Question 7

What kind of relationship do Butch and Femme possess?

Answer 7

Heterogendered! (They do not treat eachother as social equals, and have different gender roles/presentations!)

Question 8

Protrayed in the Lacage Aux Folles Movie (1978): the heterogendered relationship protrays a feminine male and a masculine male. Is this common?

Answer 8

No, this relatively rare!

Question 9

Involve two partners who differ in age by at least one genration (10y)

Answer 9

Age graded relationships!

Question 10

In homogendered relationships, they usually treat each other as social equals except in the case for:

Answer 10

Age graded homogendered relationships! Only sometimes tho!

Question 11

Do age graded homogendered relationships always treat each other as social equals?

Answer 11

No always.

Question 12

What kind of relationships do the Mpondo men in the south africa gold mines possess?

Answer 12

Heterogendered age graded relationships!

Question 13

Characteristics of Mpondo men:

Answer 13

1. mine marriages
   -older partner pays the younger, more attractive and feminine partner for sex.
2. The younger male was financialy rewarded for doing so. Makes money to bring back to this family.

Question 14

MSM =

Answer 14

Males who have sex with men

Question 15

The younger partner in the Mpondo men study are ______________-rewarded while the older men are _______________rewarded.

Answer 15

financially and sexually

Question 16

What do androphilic males prefer?

Answer 16

masculinity!

Question 17

Gendered language is not used when trying to acquire a mate if you are :

Answer 17

A heterosexual male (Straight guy). But gendered language IS USED if are a gay guy (androphilic male).

Question 18

Because androphilic males prefer masculinity:

Answer 18

1. 98% of MSM described themselves as masculine, not
   feminine
2. When desirable traits were mentioned, masculinity
   was listed 96% of the time
   *3. When undesirable traits were mentioned, femininity
   was listed 100% of the time.

Question 19

What is a transgender androphlic male?

Answer 19

A biological male that now identifies as a female and are atteacted to masculinity. (Transwoman).

Question 20

What is another term for a transwoman?

Answer 20

Transgender male (male refers to the sex the individual was assigned at birth even tho they now identify as a women.)

Transman = transgender female (biologically female but now identifies as a man).

Question 21

Because gynaphilic females prefer feminity:

Answer 21

• Lesbians were more likely to characterized
  themselves as feminine (53%), than masculine
  (38%) but this bias was much less pronounced
  than in gay men
• When describing preferred traits, femininity was
  listed 76% of the time
• If interest in sports was not coded as masculine,
  preference for femininity jumped to 89%
• When describing undesirable traits, masculinity
  was mentioned 95% of the time

Question 22

Attraction to gynandromorphs, who are biological males with both breasts and a penis, colloquially known as “she-males.”

Answer 22

Gynandromorphophile

Question 23

biological males with both breasts and a penis, colloquially known as “she-males.”

Answer 23

gynandromorphs

Question 24

gyandromorphiles are more like…

Answer 24

gynaphilic men (straight men) than androphlic men (gay men)

They seem to like the female “look” that gynadromorphs possess.

Question 25

Transwoman =

Answer 25

biological male who now identifies as a female

Question 26

individuals who are feminized who retain their penises. May or may not have breasts

Answer 26

gyandromorphs

Question 27

Are gyandromorphiles gay?

Answer 27

No, they are mostly hetero sexual or bisexual but not 100% gay/androphilic.

Question 28

Samoan fa’afafine who are exclusively sexually attracted to:

Answer 28

masculine adult men

Question 29

Gynandromorphophilia is the sexual attraction and arousal to feminine individuals assigned male at birth, who may or may not have breasts, and who retain their penises.

Answer 29

remember!

Question 30

these individuals are sexually attracted to MtF transgender individuals with penises:

Answer 30

Gynandromorphophilic men

Question 31

Samoan MtF transgender individuals

Answer 31

fa’afafine

Question 32

Samoan cisgender males who have sex with fa fa fine tend to be most attracted to fafafine, then women, then men last.

Answer 32

?

Question 33

Canadian (UofL) males are most attracted to cisfemales first, then gyandromorphs with breasts, then gyandromorphs without breasts, then cismales and bonobos are equal. lol

Answer 33

They are equally interested in cis males as they are in bonobo monkeys lol