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Identity - Sexuality - Coggle Diagram
Identity - Sexuality
Definition
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Gender expression – How you outwardly express yourself (clothes, makeup, accessories)
Gender identity – Whether you identify as female, male, or genderqueer or nonbinary
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Important Studies
Weeks (1987) - Points out, not many would say ‘I am heterosexual’ in relation to their identity, but to say, ‘I am gay’ or ‘I am a lesbian’ makes a statement about belonging and your relationship to dominant sexual codes
Rich (1980) - Argues that women’s sexuality is oppressed by men in patriarchal society, through institutions such as marriage, through sexual violence and rape and through the sexual objectification of women
McIntosh (1996) - Argued that in Western cultures the identity of homosexual male involves certain expectations or cultural characteristics
Plummer (1996) - Partially supports McIntosh’s ideas, seeing homosexuality as a process and discussing the ‘homosexual career’, where a male who has accepted the label of homosexual will seek out others and join a subculture in which stereotypical homosexual characteristics become the norm
Summary
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It describes how important sexual expression is in a person’s life; how they choose to express that sexuality and any preference they may have towards the type of sexual partner they choose
Homosexuality is no longer classified as a ‘condition,’ the age of consent for sexual intercourse was finally equalised in 2000, and the Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against any individual on the grounds of sexuality
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