ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Endogamy, Human Sexuality, Incest Taboo
9 Dec 2016
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Malinowski and mead were among the first 2 to study humans as sexual beings; however, recently human sexuality isn"t really studied in anthropology. A problem anthropologists have come across is how private people are about their sex lives, especially if they"re gay, lesbian or sexually active teenagers. Different people view sexuality differently based on culture, sex and sexuality: even though human sexuality is rooted in biological nature, it"s also a cultural construct. Sexual orientation: the biological and psychological makeup of an individual. 1970"s (the secret marriage, which consisted of older boys orally inseminating younger boys) One of the most studied cases is the 19th century chinese sister ritual thousands of chinese women would enter sexual relations with each other and swear before their goddess that they would never marry a man. Humans engage in sexual relations when it"s deemed appropriate by the standards of their culture.
