Western culture has long been fixated on sexuality. We call it a repression. Rather, the social convention, not to mention sexuality, has created a discourse around it, thereby making sexuality ubiquitous. This would not have been the case, had it been thought of as something quite natural. The concept "sexuality" itself is a result of this discourse. And the interdictions also have constructive power: they have created sexual identities and a multiplicity of sexualities that would not have existed otherwise.
Michael Foucalt
May 01, 2010
March 01, 2010
What happened to boys who lost manhood tests in tribes
"It is known for a fact that in some Native American tribes, males who failed the "test of manhood" were given "women's work" to do. There were no "gay communities" in large cities to which the "inferior" males could escape."
From the Book:
Women's Roots: The History of Women in Western Civilizationby June Stephenson, Ph.D.
Diemer Smith Publishing Co., 5th Edition, March 2000
Book review by William A. Spriggs, October 6, 2003
From the Book:
Women's Roots: The History of Women in Western Civilizationby June Stephenson, Ph.D.
Diemer Smith Publishing Co., 5th Edition, March 2000
Book review by William A. Spriggs, October 6, 2003
October 01, 2009
Sexuality is fluid initially, before its concretized through the process of 'heterosexualization'/ 'homosexualization'
"At the time when my own sexual identity was fluid, I consciously chose and performed heterosexuality"
Crispin Sartwell,
Chair of humanities at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Crispin Sartwell,
Chair of humanities at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
September 30, 2009
The great invention of this "Science" is nothing other than sexuality itself.
Michel Foucault
as quoted in the book
Michel Foucault: critical assessments, Volume 3 By Barry Smart
Michel Foucault
as quoted in the book
Michel Foucault: critical assessments, Volume 3 By Barry Smart
March 29, 2009
The concept of Homosexuality was invented by Western sexologist who wanted to isolate male-male sexual behaviour
"in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was infrequently labeled a 'paedophile'. Of principal concern to sexologists were sexual deviations with respect to the aim or gender of object choice, not the age of object choice."
Note from Reclaiming Natural manhood site:
The concept of Homosexuality was invented by the late nineteenth century Sexologists (sexologists were themselves a new concept invented around that time), who were bent on isolating sodomy as a deviant behaviour. It was through their faulty definitions that the concept of modern Homosexuals and heterosexual came into place.
What happened was that, the act of sodomy was much less practised, at least visibly, in Christian societies, and was easier to isolate as a 'sin' or 'deviant' behaviour that only some males indulge in. Receptive anal sex was in particular acknowledged only by effeminate males who were part of the third gender, who were not considered 'men,' as it was extremely stigmatized for men.
When these 'sexologists' were seeking to isolate sodomy as a deviant behaviour, they misdefined this deviant group not as "males who seek anal sex" but "males who like men." Now, man to man desire as such (and not related with the desire to be anally penetrated) was not considered to be something restricted to a few 'different'/ 'pathological'/ 'effeminate' individuals, but was believed to be a universal phenomena, and not necessarily stigmatized. The only stigmatized acts were sodomy (religiously) and particularly receptive anal sex, which was considered to be extremely unmanly.
It is noteworthy, that the leading 'sexologists' who invented the concepts of 'homosexuality' were members of the third gender who were "women in the bodies of men," rather than the average man who desired men. What is more, they were not even qualified in the emerging field of sexology. Their ideas suited the anti-man agenda which was gaining tremendous ground in the West and they just took to it.
Note from Reclaiming Natural manhood site:
The concept of Homosexuality was invented by the late nineteenth century Sexologists (sexologists were themselves a new concept invented around that time), who were bent on isolating sodomy as a deviant behaviour. It was through their faulty definitions that the concept of modern Homosexuals and heterosexual came into place.
What happened was that, the act of sodomy was much less practised, at least visibly, in Christian societies, and was easier to isolate as a 'sin' or 'deviant' behaviour that only some males indulge in. Receptive anal sex was in particular acknowledged only by effeminate males who were part of the third gender, who were not considered 'men,' as it was extremely stigmatized for men.
When these 'sexologists' were seeking to isolate sodomy as a deviant behaviour, they misdefined this deviant group not as "males who seek anal sex" but "males who like men." Now, man to man desire as such (and not related with the desire to be anally penetrated) was not considered to be something restricted to a few 'different'/ 'pathological'/ 'effeminate' individuals, but was believed to be a universal phenomena, and not necessarily stigmatized. The only stigmatized acts were sodomy (religiously) and particularly receptive anal sex, which was considered to be extremely unmanly.
It is noteworthy, that the leading 'sexologists' who invented the concepts of 'homosexuality' were members of the third gender who were "women in the bodies of men," rather than the average man who desired men. What is more, they were not even qualified in the emerging field of sexology. Their ideas suited the anti-man agenda which was gaining tremendous ground in the West and they just took to it.
January 26, 2009
Men and women are not naturally compatible
But what is the new work of marriage like? Do men and women actually want the same things? If not, will they be happy to compromise on what they want? "Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other," said Katharine Hepburn. "Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
-- excerpted from: The gap between men and women
by Jane Sullivanreports.
January 21, 2009
Pressures on straights to be heterosexual
"Compulsory heterosexuality isn’t just about compelling people not to be gay. It’s about the social pressures to perform heterosexuality that are put on everyone, regardless of sexual orientation. Even if you’re straight, you can be subject to this pressure if your straightness doesn’t conform to the get married/have kids/participate in the rituals of American heterosexuality."
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