How is sexuality socially constructed?

It's a tired question and, frankly, a tiresome one, since it always seems to lead us back to the same familiar (and likely inextricable) tangle of science, culture, and ideology. read more

Sexuality is socially constructed to at least some extent. Obviously, there is a strong biological aspect to sexuality. We are attracted to whoever we are attracted to based largely on our hormones. We cannot really choose (I would argue) who we are attracted to. However, the way in which we see human sexuality is strongly socially constructed. read more

A lot of other matters in sexuality are socially constructed, like the incest stigma for example. But mostly it's the norms that go hand in hand with sexuality that are socially constructed, and the judgements regarding sexuality. read more