sexuality identity Flashcards
McCormack
decline in homophobia in collages.
He thinks homophobia happens as heterosexuality was the majority, when there was an aids crisis causing a stigma around being a gay
He saw 6th ad collage students having pro-gay attitudes and publicly supporting gay people
Laws and polices
section 28 Act
banned teachers from allowing them to promote homosexuality and silence gay issues and decision this impact lgbtq+ people making being homosexual was wrong
Mac an Ghail
Young men suspended their homosexuality with the three Fs- fighting, football fucking
These were types of control to suppress any feminine traits
Rich
Women’s sexuality is oppressed by men in a patriarchal society.
lesbian identity has been written out of existence or construction as abnormal since it’s a threat to male dominance and power over women.
Weeks
not many people point out if they are heterosexual in relation to their identity but a homosexual person would make a statement about belonging and your relationship to dominant sexual codes
Plummer
Sees homosexuality as a process and discusses the homosexual career, where a male who has accepted his label as a homosexual will seek out others and join a subculture in which stereotypical homosexual characteristics become the norm. Shows how peers can support the acceptance of homosexual identity.