Sexual Deviancy
How do you define a sexual deviant? One who's sexually attracted to someone outside of the social norm? Men attracted to men, women to women, humans to animals, adults to prepubescents? What societal norms decided that humans should only be attracted to other humans of the opposite gender and the same age group? I understand that in older time
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Factors that make a sexual act deviant:
1. Consent (rape...)
2. Nature of sexual partner (single, married, etc.)
3. Nature of sexual act (S&M, etc... not mainstream)
4. Where act occurs (setting)
All societies define certain sex partners as acceptable/unacceptable. Engaging in sex with unacceptable partners is considered deviant. Every society identifies certain partners as "off-limits" to some, but acceptable to others. Examples are married people or close relatives.
Deviant sexual acts consist of "unusual and bizarre" as defined by majority in a given society.
Deviant settings, in an extreme form, the behavior is labeled as "exhibitionism" (though I'm sure you already knew that.)
Other Deviant Sexual Behaviors:
How often?>> Too often? -Sex Addict. Not often enough? -Frigid
When?>> Menstruation, pregnancy, after birth.
Age?>> Too old, too young.
How many partners?>> Gender differences, sexual orientation, same time.
Purchasing/consuming sexual material/services.
Then we also talked about the differences between the Essentialist and Construcionist perspective, as well as gender & sexuality, teenage sex, extramarital sex, pornography, prostitution, and homosexuality.
An interesting question that was brought up was: Which is more deviant? Homosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality, or homophobia?
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