[Alice31381]

This question has another dimension now that a number of Catholic priests have been implicated in this kind of behavior. Not only are the men in your question seen as straight–they are still seen as morally correct! Some scholars (David E. Greenberg in _The Construction of Homosexuality_ and David Halperin in _One Hundred Years of Homosexuality_) argue these points: 1. The categories of heterosexual and homosexual are pretty new–people didn’t get categorized by sex acts before 1800. 2. Homosexual behavior doesn’t appear the same in all cultures. 3. If sexual orientation is determined by the genes or brain structures, you could theoretically look at a man’s genes or brain to see whether he’s homosexual or heterosexual. I think Greenberg says, ‘Let’s do this with a tribesman of the Akuna of New Guinea’ as an example, since this tribe has ritualized oral sex with boys. But, if it turns out that the man is heterosexual, why does he have ritual sex with boys in early life? If he’s homosexual, why does he enjoy sex with his wife in later years? Maybe sexual orientation is hard-wired into our bodies, maybe not. But lots of people think it’s socially constructed.

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Name : Alice31381, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 25, City : Danbury, State : CT, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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