1.
Definition of Homosexual Behavior
A)
Laumann et al. page 299: Distinction between Sexual
Identity, Desire and Behavior
Make an Interpretation of Gender Differences in the Laumann et al Study
Interpretation of Gender Differences
Males are more likely to have a homosexual identity.
Question: Why?
Females are more likely to have homosexual desires, but males more often engage in homosexual behavior. Males who have a homosexual desire are more likely to engage in homosexual behavior.
Question: Why? Less inhibition? Does this disconfirm the thesis that males are more homophobic?
B) Kinsey
(1948, p.638) differentiated sexual behavior on a hetero B
homosexual continuum that is based on psychological reactions and overt
experience.
0
exclusively heterosexual
1
predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual
2
predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3
equally heterosexual and homosexual
4
predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual
5
predominantly homosexual, but incidentally heterosexual
6
exclusively homosexual
2.
Prevalence of Homosexuality
A)
Laumann et
al.: Same gender sexual behavior of males
|
|
Within
last year |
Since
puberty |
|
Same
gender behavior only (homosexual) |
2 |
0.6 |
|
Same
and opposite gender behavior (bisexual) |
0.7 |
5.8 |
|
Same
gender sexual behavior total |
2.7 |
6.4 |
Why
is the same and opposite gender category higher and the same gender category
lower in the last column?
B) Kinsey
p.640. For a 30 year old male the
distribution of sexual orientations on this continuum
|
|
0
hetero |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
homo |
|
active
incidence |
53
% |
6.5
% |
11.2
% |
13.1% |
4.7% |
1.9% |
7.5% |
Prevalence
of same sex behavior
Since
puberty, 8.8% of the 30 year old males had same gender experience
3.
Focus
Kinsey
does not focus on the number of different partners.
Why
do you think promiscuity was a bigger concern in the Lauman et al study?
I
could not find a Table listing number of sex partners in the Kinsey report.
Problems of
comparison to Laumann
-
Different conception of the homosexuality B bisexual B heterosexual continuum
-
Kinsey uses psychological reactions and overt experience, Laumann the categories of desire, identity and behavior
-
Kinsey did not focus on the number of partners
-
Many of Kinsey's measures cover the whole lifespan
