Who is hetero and where does the concept of heterosexuality come from?
You might think that it would be easier to answer the question “Who is hetero?” But in fact, several interesting facts have to do with this.
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The simple answer to this question is: a heterosexual (heterosexual woman or man) is a person who prefers members of the opposite sex as sexual partners. Girls with boys, girls with boys, you”ve probably seen this thousands of times, in films, on the street, in books, cartoons — literally everywhere. A kiss against the sunset, “they lived happily ever after” at the end of the film and a wedding. By the way, the word heterosexual comes from Greek (the ancient Greeks invented everything in the world, yes, yes), heteroana, sex (in Greek: if you want to speak Greek, tell us all the roots) — sex. But is it really that simple?
Kinsey scale
First, there are actually very few people in the world who are attracted to the completely opposite (hetero) or their own (homosexual) gender, or who generally do not want erotic or romantic relationships with anyone (completely asexual). Of course, for a long time this was thought so. You”re either a boy or a girl, or 50/50. But in fact, human life is much wider, more varied and even more related. It cannot be fit into only three or four sections (homo-, hetero-, bi-, asexual).
So, in 1948, zoologist and sexologist Alfred Kinsey was the first to put forward the theory that sexuality is not these divisions, but rather a spectrum, and that most people can be attracted to both sexes. It”s not 50/50, like “attract 90% girls and 10% men.” When translated from the dry language of numbers into simple human language, the Kinsey scale can say: “I am a man, I am a woman, I am a man, I am a woman, I am a man.”
- “I had relationships with girls when I was younger (I’m a girl myself), but it was awkward and weird, and now I prefer guys, I’m married.”
- “I am a heterosexual man, but I can also appreciate the attractiveness of a member of the same sex, some men seem attractive and handsome to me”
- “I’m into girls (and I’m a man), but if I were a girl, I’d hook up with Jason Momoa/Henry Cavill/Chris Evans.”
- “I”m a girl and I prefer girls, but I also like some fictional characters as guys. No, seriously, Scar from The Lion King is just hot, just look at him!”
- “I”m a guy, and when I was younger, I was attracted to both guys and girls. Honestly, I was more attracted to guys. But I understand that our society is very homophobic, so I prefer to suppress my homosexual tendencies and choose relationships with women.”
You have to admit: human sexuality is very multifaceted and amazing in its own way. If it”s that simple (you, or b, or b, or d): “I”m deeply and securely married, I”ve always loved my wife, I love my children, but I always see myself in a relationship,” “I”m heterosexual, but I constantly masturbate with lesbians and in pornography,” “I”m a lesbian, but some movie heroines are incredibly attractive!”
Also read: Sex dolls: where did they come from and what do they look like now? of course, normal sex with a normal partner is wonderful! However, in today”s environment, it can be difficult to arrange a personal life and find a worthy partner.
Based on all of the above, imagine a person who is predominantly heterosexual, most of his partners were heterosexual, but at the same time he once had homosexual contacts in his youth, or dreams of homosexuality, or masturbates to homosexual pornography. (Or vice versa: he is primarily homosexual, but in his youth he tried it with the opposite sex, and heterosexual pornography is also his (It”s arousing). Can such a person call themselves heterosexual? Well, on the Kinsey scale, they could call themselves “predominantly heterosexual with occasional/inconsistent homosexuality” (or vice versa). Alternatively, they could choose one of the many diverse orientations currently available in the queer community.
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Different theories of sexuality
The first is based on gender and sex segregation. Gender is what you have physically, in your pants and on your passport, and there are two of them, plain and simple: male or female.
Who are heterosexuals?
This is how such “orientations” appeared as andriesuality (people are attracted to masculine appearance and behavior, but in fact they can be of any gender. Young people with the appearance of an elven Legolas are attracted, but with a deep voice and rude behavior) and its opposite hydraulic textuality, pansexuality (when for a person this does not matter; the sphere of his sexual interests includes Transona), polarity (when a person needs a deep emotional connection with a partner) When and only when he needs it, his drawn to him in an erotic sense) and many others. There are also romantic orientations. For example, people identify themselves as heteromantic. This means that they desire a romantic relationship with a member of the opposite sex, but, unlike heterosexuals, they do not have a gender. So if you”re confused about spectrum sexuality, try finding yourself in all these new orientations. You might find something that describes you. The second theory of sexuality is that gender matters. She believes that there is an objective reality: a person”s physical gender. And gender is a social construct—the way people are raised and socialized.
A person may not conform to gender stereotypes and at the same time be a representative of his gender. Gender Critical Theory believes that you do not need to attach some new identity label to yourself in order to behave the way you want. You are not transsexual, not gender fluid, not bigender. You are a man or woman who doesn”t fit the stereotypes of your field. Based on this, they also more easily recognize orientation and focus on objective reality, that is, on the physical gender of the partner: heterosexuality (and it doesn’t matter what the partner in hetero couples looks or behaves, they are still men and women), homosexuality and bisexuality. Gender critical theories consider asexuality to be simply low libido and not a different direction. You can choose for self-identification the theory that is closer to you. Or you can love and desire who you want and not worry about it. Good luck!
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