SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sexual Fantasy, Sexual Attraction, Social Enterprise
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Changing attitudes: study on young adults" attitudes, most young men/women want committed relationship with partner who"d share paid work and caretaking equitably, but they held realistic fears that their ideal scenario might be very difficult. Social construction of s-e-x: sex isn"t just innate. Sexual orientation: heterosexual: attracted to members of other sex, homosexuals: to members of same sex, bisexuals: attracted to both sexes. Individuals and groups sometimes need new words/letters to describe emerging identities and social roles - no single correct term: names are about social change, social power, respect, self-respect, and visibility, each of these contributes to person"s sexual orientation: Who is homosexual: either heterosexual or homosexual person, kinsey and his continuum based on behaviour (from exclusively heterosexual to homosexual) Klein and his sexual orientation grid: sexual attraction, behaviour, fantasies, emotional preference, social preference, self- identification, and hetero/homosexual lifestyle, also looked at past, present, and ideal conditions.
