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A Sociological look at heterosexuality attends to the ways the heterosexuality developed in relation to other social contexts
true
A transgender person is someone whose biological sex at birth is different from their true identity
true
A transgender person is someone whose gender identity is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
true
According to Foucault, when a man goes to church and confess his sexual desires and his sexual behaviors, he is demonstrating the ways that sexuality discursive
true
According to Marxists, there are two phases of capitalist development including consumer capitalism and market based capitalism
true
Defecation is a mode of representation that positions marginalized individuals as "above the fray" and is a process that further excludes/ ostracizes them
true
Essentialism is the idea that sexuality is a basic/ natural part of being human
true
From the point of view sexology, sexuality is understood as essentially a matter of biology and physiology and is geared toward reproduction
true
Heterosexuality is an example of strategic social location
true
One of Seidman's points in this chapter is that by denying women the right to have an abortion, the state was exercising control over their sexuality
true
One of the goals of queer theory is to deconstruct identity categories. This means that queer theory is as interested in deconstructing what heterosexuality is, as it is homosexuality
true
So long as homosexuality was understood as a mental illness or abnormality, individual adjustments, not politics was the remedy
true
So long as homosexuality was understood as a mental illness or abnormality, individual adjustments, not politics, was the remedy
true
Someone who identifies as heterosexual can also identify as queer
true
The "sexual revelation" of the 1960s signaled some dramatic changes, however, the notion of marriage, monogamy, and family-making have remained remarkably stable.
true
The Mattachine Society was a reform-minded organization supporting gay men during the 1950s and 1960s
true
The identity marker "queer" is something that members of the hetero- and homosexual communities can, and do, adopt.
true
Throughout the 19th century, homosexual behavior was legally classified under the category of sodomy, a criminal offense that include a wide spectrum of non-procreative, non-martial sexual acts
true
The bisexual community has always been pretty well represented and supported by gay and lesbian political movements
false
The process of deification helps bring queer characters into the mainstream by making them visible in positive/ favorable ways.
false
The term "metrosexual" refers to a gay man who approximates the norms and expectations of heterosexual masculinity (Career oriented, ambitious, and stereotypically masculine in appearance).
false
Visibility politics is good for all LGBTQ identifies people because visibility equates to legitimacy and recognition within civic life
false
When someone identifies as cisgender, that means they are heterosexual
false
World War 1 and 2 had nothing to do with the ways that sexuality is theorized in the united states
false
During the 1930s lesbian feminists emerged to challenge the institutions of marriage and the family and as a response to the gay liberationist movement
false
Gay liberationsim developed in response to lesbian feminism
false
Gayle Rubin is a notable feminist and psychoanalytic scholar
false
Heterosexual people, and the systems that protect/ preserve heterosexuality, utilize tactical rhetoric's to do so
false
Homosexuality is an example of a strategic social location because it allows individuals who identify this way to frame the world around them through their own lens.
false
Popular culture films of the 1990s have generally continued to communicate the image of the homosexual citizen as polluted
false
Sex and gender are the same thing
false
Sigmund Freud was a notable sexologist
false