homosexuality

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(idea) by Saige (1.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:46:46

An attribute of a person signifying that they are sexually attracted to a member of the same gender.

There are arguments about whether it is a choice or inborn raging throughout the world. Scientific evidence continues to pile up in favor of the inborn side, and it will likely soon be recognized that it is as flexible as a person's race. That still won't prevent homophobia and bigotry.

(thing) by Eraser_ (4.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Nov 06 2000 at 0:29:30

homosexuality: see homosexual. erotosexual pairing with a partner of the same genital morphology. Its full manifestation includes falling in love (homophilic limerence). Homosexual sexuoerotic behaviors may occur in same sex concentrations (as in prisons) from sexual frustration, or the expression of position in the heirarchy of dominance and power, for example (heterophlic homosexuality). See also heterophilia;homophilia;ambiphilia;heterosexuality;bisexuality.

Dictionary of Sexology Project: Main Index

(thing) by BorisVian (7.2 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Mar 18 2001 at 2:06:47

Classical (Greek) connotations of "malakoi".

1) Homeric tradition associated malakos with softness.

2) Solon wrote the emphasis on gender distinctions and the association between malakos and effeminacy which originated around the late V century BC arose. His writings thus serve as a bridge between the original definition of soft and a later conception of effeminacy.

3) Herodotus, the 'Father of History', is the first author to define malakos as "effeminate". He also uses malakos to identify physical weakness and lack of will power, but these interpretations herald a new era for malakos. Although the word still meant "soft", it began to exhibit extremely derogatory connotations, and represented a dramatic break between softness and gender deviation.

4) Why were gender distinctions so important? In ancient Greek society, man's status was measured by his manliness. To be a true citizen was to be a true man. A effeminate man seemed to forfeit his claims to citizenship since he was not a true man.

5) Finally, effeminate men were frequently construed as passive homosexuals. In Diogenes Laertius, Aristotle's Problems, and Plautus's Miles Gloriosus, among other authors, implications of passive homosexuality are present to varying degress.

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