Sexuality identity Flashcards
What is Sexual identity
the label that people adapt to signify to others who they are as a sexual being, particularly regarding sexual orientation
How does the mass media contribute to Sexuality identity
Cricher - homosexuals are shown as folk devils in the media and moral panics are created around them e.g. aids
How does peer groups contribute to sexual identity
Mary McIntosh - the homosexual role involves certain expectations or cultural characteristics.
Plummer - homosexuality is a process, where a male accepted the label of homosexual over time.
what are two supporting studies of Weeks
Reiss - ‘rent boys’
Humphries “tea room trade”
what did week say
sexual identification is a strange thing, and more complex than other aspects of identity.
how hoes the workplace contribute to to sexual identity
ward and wistanley - studied the process of how workers came out in different types of organisation
