Sexual Identity

Question 1

Vernon Weeks

Answer 1

• Sexual identity different from other identities as some people may take part in same sex relationships while not considering themselves to be gay.
• Sexual identity is socially constructed and only arose due to society treating homosexuals as deviants.
• Progress has been made in making positive sexual identities as heterosexual people are unlikely to think of their sexuality when describing themselves.

Question 2

Post Modernists

Answer 2

Sexual identity is fluid due to less acceptance in modern society of being told how to act.

Question 3

Giddens

Answer 3

Greater social acceptance has lead to an increase in confluent love (based on mutual respect)

Question 4

Quinn

Answer 4

Native American tribes often celebrated same sex marriages.

Question 5

Statistics

Answer 5

Homophobia in Britain persists as 55% of lesbians, gays or bisexual people faced homophobia in schools on a regular basis.

Question 6

Goffman

Answer 6

Some people feel they have to hide their sexual identity due to fear of stigmitisation.

Question 7

McIntosh

Answer 7

Once a person accepts they are homosexual they conform to societal expectations of how homosexuals should act.

Question 8

Kinsey Scale

Answer 8

Sexuality is a spectrum everyone falls on.

Question 9

Reiss

Answer 9

Young male prostitutes who participate in homosexual sex often don’t identify as gay.