motss@spdcc.UUCP (mod.motss moderator) (02/10/86)
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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 86 20:42:50 PST
From: RYUPSKE%UCLASSCF.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: HSRES mailing list
Now it is time to revive the "Research on homosexuality" mailing list!
Sune Innala and I are still visiting universities in the U.S, and during
February and March we will have access to the UCLA Social Sciences Computing
Facility with mailing list software.
Please send entries to:
RYUPSKE AT UCLASSCF (BITNET), or to:
RYUPSKE%UCLASSCF.BITNET@WISCVM (ARPANET)
All entries will be redistributed to the list.
Requests may be sent to the same address.
Kurt Ernulf
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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 86 21:00:12 PST
From: RYUPSKE%UCLASSCF.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: HSRES mailing list
Some topics for discussion:
*** Is homosexuality an essential trait, or is it a socially constructed
role?
*** What significance does the concept of homosexuality have outside of
our own culture and time?
*** Should homophobia as a concept be abandoned? Is it just an attitude
like many other attitudes? Or is homophobia something more? What
dimensions or characteristics distinguish homophobia from other
attitudes? Similarities with other phobias?
Kurt
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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 86 21:20:58 PST
From: RYUPSKE%UCLASSCF.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Subject: HSRES mailing list: New book
There is a new and interesting book out which revives the old nature vs.
nurture debate:
Whitam, F.L., & Mathy, R.M. (1986). Male Homosexuality in Four Cultures:
Brazil, Guatemala, the Philippines, and the United States. New York, N.Y.:
Praeger
Whitam has collected data in these four cultures during 12 years of
research. Some important conclusions drawn from this research are:
* homosexuals represent 5 percent of each society and this rate
remains stable historically
* homosexuals in different societies appear to resemble each
other with respect to occupational and leisure-time interests
* certain elements of gender behavior and sexual orientation
have a biological basis
CONTENTS:
1. UNIVERSALITY OF HOMOSEXUALS IN PLACE AND TIME
2. PSYCHO-SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MALE HOMOSEXUALITY
3. THE TRANSVESTIC HOMOSEXUAL
4. THE HOMOSEXUAL SUBCULTURE
5. THE PUZZLE OF ATHLETICS
6. EROTIC TRADITIONS
7. THE SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY
Kurt
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