Gender of Seuxuality Theories

· Essentialists: desire is biological and evolutionary; cause of desire is genetically programmed reproductive functions specific to males and females; consequences are male independence in reproduction and female-centered child-rearing practice and passivity are the cause, rather than the result, of gendered social institutions

· Social Constructionists: desire is sociological and contextual; causes of desire are social institutions and social interaction signal and sanction “male” and “female”- gendered norms of behavior; consequences are support for or opposition to sex/gender-segregated reproductive and social practices depends on social definitions of men, women, and sexuality

· Integrative: desire is contextual and physical; causes of desire are bodies, environments, relationships, families, governments shaping sexuality; consequences are policies address some biological differences such as pregnancy and work, and emphasize the impact of social forces, interaction, and societal programs

Gender of Sexuality Vocabulary

· Whatever…I’m too tired to care.

Theories of Choice, Network, and Scripts and Norms

· Scripting theories assume that patterns of sexual conduct in a culture are sexually derived, that human beings possess no biological instincts about how to act sexually, that through a process of acculturation lasting from birth to death, individuals acquire patterns of sexual conduct that are appropriate to their culture, and people may not enact the scripts provided by their culture exactly but instead my make minor adaptations to suit their own needs

· Choice Theory: concerned with how people utilize the resources available to them in the pursuit of one or more specific goals: choosing partners on the long-term based on overall value, skill, scarcity, likeness in aspirations à private choices

· Network Theories: based on dyads; assumes that partnerships may conform to certain regularities that have been observed regarding social relationships more generally, that the features of the relationship itself will be important in determining what activities will occur, and that sexual dyads do no exist in a vacuum but are instead embedded within larger networks of social relationships

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