Heterosexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stevi Jackson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosh027 |
| OpenAlex | W4232643292 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Before we can even discuss heterosexuality, we need some terminology clarification. The words “sex” and “sexual” can be used to refer to the erotic (e.g., “having sex,” “sexual fantasies”) or to denote differences between men and women (as in “the two sexes” or “the sexual division of labor”). This semantic confusion reflects some of the taken‐for‐granted assumptions underpinning everyday understandings of sexuality: that to be born with a particular set of genitals (“sex organs”) defines one as a member of a particular “sex” (male or female) and as destined to be erotically (“sexually”) attracted to and to “have sex” with the other “sex.” The introduction of the concept of gender, which emphasized the social character of the division between women and men, and the emergence of social constructionist perspectives on sexuality have made it possible to demystify the relationship between genitals, gender, and heterosexuality. Some confusion, however, persists in that some theorists continue to use “sex” to denote what sociologists generally term “gender.” In what follows, unless otherwise stated, gender refers to all aspects of the division and distinction between women and men, while the words sex, sexual, and sexuality are reserved for erotic aspects of life
Confusion · Heterosexuality · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Set (abstract data type · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Terminology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |