In the article The Sociology of Sexualities: Queer and Beyond, the authors Joshua Gamson and Dawne Moon identify three trends in the recent sociology of sexuality. Gamson and Moon explores how queer theory has influenced sociology, the nature and effects of sexuality among intersecting systems, and the political economy of sexuality.
Sexuality is entangled with other cultural categories of discrimination such as race and income. In the mid-1990s, “queer theory” began to play a big role in academic studies regrading sexuality. Different people differently perceive sexuality and identities. “Lifestylers treat “gayness as a noun,” commuters treat their identity as a verb, and integrators treat it as an adjective” (50). When you look up the word “gay” in the dictionary it comes up saying it is an adjective. I believe this word should be treated like an adjective supposed to a noun which is a person, place, or thing. I can see how people may think it can be a noun but I believe that it’s a puzzle piece that describes a person and “gay” isn’t someone’s title or name. In looking at how sexuality and the meanings people impute to it shape various …show more content…
Stereotypes against different races, classes, and genders about sexual standings are something that people have a hard time letting go of. It is hard for people to think that men can get raped when all you hear about is the women’s point of view. It is equally hard to shake the stereotype of how black men are sexually predatory when you rarely see a case about a white woman raping another person. I believe that it is important to know that anyone can be voracious, exotic, predatory, or
Sexuality is entangled with other cultural categories of discrimination such as race and income. In the mid-1990s, “queer theory” began to play a big role in academic studies regrading sexuality. Different people differently perceive sexuality and identities. “Lifestylers treat “gayness as a noun,” commuters treat their identity as a verb, and integrators treat it as an adjective” (50). When you look up the word “gay” in the dictionary it comes up saying it is an adjective. I believe this word should be treated like an adjective supposed to a noun which is a person, place, or thing. I can see how people may think it can be a noun but I believe that it’s a puzzle piece that describes a person and “gay” isn’t someone’s title or name. In looking at how sexuality and the meanings people impute to it shape various …show more content…
Stereotypes against different races, classes, and genders about sexual standings are something that people have a hard time letting go of. It is hard for people to think that men can get raped when all you hear about is the women’s point of view. It is equally hard to shake the stereotype of how black men are sexually predatory when you rarely see a case about a white woman raping another person. I believe that it is important to know that anyone can be voracious, exotic, predatory, or