If You Seduce A Straight Person, Can You Make Them Gay?
Issues in Biological Essentialism Versus Social Constructionism in Gay and Lesbian Identities
John P. De Cecco; John P. Elia
Through theoretical analysis, ethnographic and empirical data, and case studies, the editors show how the one-sidedness of both biological essentialist and social constructionist versions of sexual and gender identity make it difficult, if not impossible, to conceptually determine the origin of an individual’s sexual expression. This thought-provoking book covers many topics that are sure to cause readers to re-evaluate their thinking about the origins of gay and lesbian identity. Among the topics examined with this fresh perspective are:
Childhood Cross-Gender Behavior and Adult Homosexuality
Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Coming Out
Homosexuality, Marriage, Fidelity, and the Gay Community: Case of Gay Husbands
Can Seduction Make Straight Men Gay?
Gay and Lesbian Identities in Non-industrialized Societies–Surinam (Dutch New Guinea), Turkey, Nicaragua, and Argentina
Political-Economic Construction of Gay Male Identities
Readers will clearly see that the controversy over the being born gay or becoming gay debate is far from resolved. From the beginning, the book explores how human beings are less constrained by biology than many would like to believe. Social circumstances and economics cause some determination of identity, but not exclusively. Theoretical introductions to each chapter attempt to synthesize elements on both sides of this most contemporary debate
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| ISBN | 1560230347 |
| Genre | LGBT Studies/Social Sciences |
| Copyright Date | 1993 |
| Publication Date | 01-Jun-93 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Editor | John P. De Cecco; John P. Elia |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 266 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Editor | John P. De Cecco; John P. Elia |
| BookID | 5778 |
