Essay On Sexuality And Sexuality

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How is sexuality shaped by gender? What is meant by heteronormativity? Sexuality is shaped by gender because gender in itself is a social construct. Sex is based on genetics, on whether or not you have a XX chromosome or a XY chromosome. Gender on the other hand is socially constructed. It’s how we perceive each other. For example, girls have long hair and wear pink but boys have short hair and are to be tough. Sexuality is further shaped by this because with gender, the world has only really ever had two categories, female and male, when really there could be more or there could be less. Heteronormativity is a phenomenon in American culture where almost everything that has to deal with the people and their relationships are displayed as …show more content…

I think we should think of homophobia of a system social control. By having homophobia exist, we’re giving people an excuse to hate people for no apparent reason. Homophobia creates myths and stereotypes about people that are in turn picked up by the media and then distributed to the general public. So what are some of these homophobic myths? One is that lesbians are “butch” where they have a lot of male characteristics and tendencies and look like a man by having their hair cut. This is not true at all. Sure some lesbians may have more masculine personality characteristics than others, but that doesn’t mean that all are like that. Another homophobic myth that goes along with this is the idea that in gay relationships one partner is more feminine than the other. Hit TV show Modern Family does not help this myth either. One couple, Mitch and Cam, are gay. Mitch is seen as you’re kind of normal guy, but Cam is seen as the dramatic, over the top, blow everything out of proportion, drama queen type. Again, same with the lesbian counterpart, not all gay men are like this. Yes some are, but that doesn’t mean that all gay men in the world are like …show more content…

This is 100% not true. Just because a child grew up in a homosexual household does not mean that it’ll become a homosexual. This theory relates directly back to the idea of Compulsory Heterosexuality. What is queer theory, and how did it emerge? How has it added to our understanding of sexual identity? Queer theory is a idea that says that our identity does not determine who we are. This has added to our understanding of sexual identity by helping us understand that our sexual identity is not us. There are other parts of us that make us as a person hole. Essentially it means that just because you are straight or just because you are Trans does not mean that you are that one thing and that one thing

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