10
'rti:ererore, ro
make a distinct i!l:eaning
to homosexuaHty Bergman (!991)
tried to define
homosexuality as a sp-ecific
sexuzl retation tJ-iAt happened beiween men:
Homosexuality
is
tile
specific
furm of
im:ramale
sexuality
k'W.t has
developed
within
tile framework
of
institutionalized
heterosexuality,
which
gives
hetemseXlla!iiy
its patticui..,.. furre
and focw
and
has
acted to
alrer
and
enrich
11-.e
structure ofEuro-American culture. 27)
In accord!IDCe with inform&ion from
http:/Avww.allwards.oom/qthe
word
''homosexua:ยป
adjective means
sexual
act
between 1:\vo people of
the
same sex.
The
opposite of
hrnnosexuai called heterosexual. Based on
me
iP.formation
http:/lwww.avert.org/homosexuru/l:ttrr'" the term of "homosexuai" is
rarely used
in
everyday speech
beeause
the terrns were first used
by
the
Victorian
scieP.tists
who
had
ll
kind
syroptoillS of
mente! disorders
or moral
tel:l'!>..s
tl>.at more
often
used
to
rep!ace
homosmtnal
or
heterosexual. are
"gat',
"lesbitm"
md "straight".
The
temJS were
created by
the
people
who
declare
thelll:Selves
as
gay, to
avoid the
negative label
of
abnormality that
referred
on
them.
There a."'e three criteria
ro
define the term of "homosexuality". Having sexual
attmetion
tow<Jrds
other
people
of
the
same sex, having the
sexual
bei>.Hvior with
people of
the
same sex, and describing oneself as
homosexual ll.re the
impor<.ant elements
ro describe
homosexuality on scnnecne.
The
next
ehz;pter will
present about
the
homosexual cu!tore. It
will give the
explanlltion
on types
of homosexual that
exist in
societ-y.
It
will also explain the
terms
full!: homosexual conm1uniJ:,;
holds to express their feeling.
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