SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Polyamory, Pansexuality, Normative Social Influence
30 Jun 2017
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Sexual orientation - whom you are attracted to sexually. Sexual identity - butch, femme, hetero exible, straight etc. Sex acts - kissing, oral sex, penetration, bondage etc. Sex lives - polyamory, monogamy, in delity, age of consent. Meanings are embedded in our language, laws, popular culture, social rituals and medical de nitions. Learn what is deemed socially appropriate and inappropriate through interactions. Meanings of sexual desires, sexual acts, sexual expressions have social approval and which are disavowed. Includes our sense of self as masculine or feminine, our knowledge of our bodies, sexual histories, sexual preferences. Sexual orientation refers to an individual"s sexual and emotional attraction to a person of a particular sex. Historically, closeted and subjected to systemic oppression. Heterosexism is the practise of holding up heterosexuality as the ideal and as. Homophobia is an irrational fear or hatred of homosexuals. Attracted to and/or engage in sexual activities with members of the opposite sex.
