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My final topic for Wikipedia project will be about "Heterosexualization".

http://atheism.about.com/b/2004/01/19/heterosexualization-of-gays-and-lesbians.htm Hey everyone I just added a section to Heterosexualization. This topic explains a number of research articles that I have found and used to explain Heterosexualization. Please let me know if you have suggestions to improve this. I have added multiple other sections for the Main scope of Heterosexualization, Effect of Heterosexualization on Society and Negative Aspects of Heterosexualization on Society.

1. Chan, P. (2013). The protection of sexual minorities. New York: Routledge. Phil Chan, editor of this book, has stated about the protection of sexual minorities that is crucial for the society. Heterosexuality has been critically defined under this book in light of sexual minorities to bring gender equality. A thorough review of this book has provided good understanding of heterosexuality.

2. Cowling, M. and Reynolds, P. 2004. Making Sense of Sexual Consent. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. Mark Cowling and Paul Reynolds, editors of the book, “Making Sense of Sexual Consent”; have stated general inequality in the sexual context. Critical assessment of feminist approaches to sexual consent has been discussed to reflect the effect of heterosexuality. Consent of women for heterosexuality in light of socio-cultural norms/obligations has been demonstrated by the author in this book.

3. Baumeister, R.F. & Vohs, K.D. (2004). Sexual Economics: Sex as Female Resource for Social Exchange in Heterosexual Interactions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8 (4), 339–363. In this journal article, the authors have studied the relationship between men and women as a seller and buyer of sex. The article states that men seek to acquire sex from women by offering other resources in exchange.

4. Denmark, F. & Paludi, M.A. (2008). Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. The book is a rich source of understanding female psychology so that desired image of men can be created. This image must be consistent with relative position of man and woman in any social construct.

5. Halsall, P. (2013). A History of Heterosexuality? Retrieved October 23, 2013, from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/hethist.asp Paul Halsall indicates in this article that heterosexuality is not new as it has its own history, just like homosexuality. He has described the invention of heterosexuality and difference between hetero and homo sexualities. The main theme or point of argument of this article is to reflect ‘how heterosexual normativities came out after people’s rejection to the rigid social obligations or rules for sexual need.

6. Meyer, E.J. (2008). A Feminist Reframing of Bullying and Harassment: Transforming schools through critical pedagogy. McGill Journal of Education, 43(1), 33-48. Elizabeth J. Meyer, author of “A Feminist Reframing of Bullying and Harassment” has emphasized transformation of culture of schools in oppressive way. Heterosexuality is indicated in context of male and female under this article. Negative effects of heterosexuality on educational opportunities have been discussed in this book.

7. Mohr, J.J. (2008). Heterosexual Identity and the Heterosexual Therapist: An Identity Perspective on Sexual Orientation Dynamics in Psychotherapy. Retrieved October 23, 2013 from http://www.sagepub.com/thomas2e/study/articles/section6/Article99.pdf The aim of this study is to introduce a model of heterosexual identity, which fosters the perception of identity development, value of social development, and attitude formation. The paper demonstrates social value and associated benefits of heterosexualization.

8. Ratele, K., & Duncanm N. (2003). Social Psychology: Identities and Relationships. NY: Juta and Company Ltd. In this book, the authors have shed light on the role of media in promoting heterosexuality, as the best way to follow the natural process of love making and ensuring the balance of society. The book provides theoretical and empirical evidences for understanding complex relations of individuals with a group or society.

9. Ripper, M. (2009). Lesbian parenting through donor insemination: Implications for the hetero-normative family. Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 5(2), 81-93. Margie Ripper (2009) has argued about implications of heterosexuality and normative family. The main focus of this article is on family construction. For exploring relevant aspects, qualitative methodology has been used by Ripper. Semi-Structured interviews have been preferred for data collection for indicating sexual identities and privileges of heterosexual families.

10. Worthington, R. L., Savoy, H.B., & Dillon F.R. (2008). Heterosexual Identity Development: A Multidimensional Model of Individual and Social Identity. Retrieved October 23, 2013 from http://www.sagepub.com/thomas2e/study/articles/section6/Article98.pdf The paper develops strong arguments regarding image of heterosexual people in society, and associates their social identity with love and natural way of showing affection. While arguing this, the authors cite some examples, such as marriage and reproduction, to maintain the balance of society.

Hey everyone I just added a section to Heterosexualization. This topic explains a number of research articles that I have found and used to explain Heterosexualization. Please let me know if you have suggestions to improve this.

The process of heterosexualization got the attention of the media in the industrialized and post- industrialized west, particularly in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and other European countries. Since that period, the media has presented heterosexual behavior as a synonym of masculinity through several means. Many researchers and psychologists have argued that heterosexualization has been used for imposing a masculine image among males (Mohr, 2008).

Heterosexualization

The term heterosexualization is defined differently by number of authors. The term heterosexuality has come out from heterosexualization that promotes relationship irrespective of defined rules of sexuality. Definition

Heterosexuality is the sexual affection with someone of the opposite sex and thus, heterosexualization is treated as a normative discipline in terms of social and cultural norms (Halsall, 2013). In the modern west, the process of heterosexualisation symbolizes a process against man by unjust severity as its ultimate motive is to destroy the natural living style of different genders, including both male and female.

Main Theme and Scope

The main theme and topic of this Wikipedia assignment is heterosexualization. In light of this theme/topic, this thesis has been explored and examined: the role of media in creation of pseudo-masculinity among male members of society while promoting the concept of heterosexualization.

Effect on Heterosexualization on Society

Negative Aspects of Heterosexualization on Society:

• Affect the gender roles in a society: In the same context, the effect of heterosexualization on society reflects that heterosexuality is anti-nature, which turns natural traits of human beings superfluous. This has in turn, badly affected male and female positions or gender roles in society.

• Affect human kind: The inclusion of heterosexualization has negatively affected human kind in diverse ways. On one hand, it is responsible for population explosion as heterosexualisation has contributed into enforcement of marriage institution. Social mechanism of traditional based marriage system completely overthrown natural balance. This would result into increased human population. On the other hand, it results in environmental degradation. Condoms used during sex are non- biodegradable substances that work as environment pollutants. The contamination of these substances in the environment has harmful impact on the health and social aspects.

• Weaken Social Bonding: The social bonding has also weakened due to this problem as it is leads to the formation of nuclear family and breaking joint families as couple of man and woman like to live alone from the conservative society. The concept of heterosexualization is unstable in nature, and it is the illusion that has negative impact on social settings (Ripper, 2009). This process symbolizes freedom of man, and reflects privileges given to them in society that they use for their enjoyment and pleasure through ignorance of its extreme impact on social values and beliefs (Meyer, 2008).

• Increased Divorce Cases and Ruin women career: The other negative/harmful effect of heterosexuality is the increased number of divorce cases. Due to this, women’s careers ruined to a large extent as it induces the responsibility of nurturing children alone as a single parent. It is critiqued that society should promote environment, where people are free to express their feeling, and involve in sexuality without any external pressure and/or social obligations. Such initiatives would help in lessening partial freedom in favor of male members in society as it would result in keeping strong ties in terms of male-female bonds (Cowling and Reynolds, 2004; Chan, 2013). In this context, it is generalized that though heterosexuality is a highly embedded practice and is deeply rooted in society.

Heterosexualization in the Media

The process of heterosexualization got the attention of media in the industrialized and post- industrialized west, particularly in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and other European countries. After the introduction of industrialization period of time, media has presented heterosexual behavior as a synonym of masculinity through several means. This is evident through the messages of print media and television shows that a society has to be heterosexual, and men are under tremendous pressure to develop the same way (Ratele & Duncanm, 2003). Media, in these countries, prompted dating among unmarried boys and girls, and promoted this behavior through dating/relationship advice. Besides dating advice, a common message is circulated to impress a girl that may gradually include casual sex. It promotes love and a way of showing affection for girls not only in private sphere, but also public (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004). The high degree of acceptance for such relations stimulated heterosexuality among male members of many societies. The same message of the media can be studied from a distinct perspective, as in order to balance social mechanism, men are oppressed to develop sexuality for women or face the consequences. In addition, respect and validity of marriage are closely associated with heterosexuality, and inspired men to value girls for their social acceptance and standards. It is evident through arguments that development of heterosexuality may not be the choice for men or could be compulsion for them to match the social expectations and social norms (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004). The heterosexual society created huge socio-psychological barriers for men and forced them to think about women, when it came to dousing their sexual desires. This is because men’s love for the same gender has yet to be acknowledged by society in the same way as for women. As a result of this, under heterosexualization, men see a gradual and steady departure from attraction towards other males and are forced to accept a constant contact with females (Worthington, Savoy & Dillon, 2008). This creates a different psychological state, which can be described with the help of two different key attributes; male aggression and elimination of male attraction.

References

Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2004). Sexual economics: Sex as female resource for social exchange in heterosexual interactions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8(4), 339–363.

Chan, P. (2013). The protection of sexual minorities. New York: Routledge.

Cowling, M., & Reynolds, P. 2004. Making sense of sexual consent. England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Denmark, F., & Paludi, M. A. (2008). Psychology of women: A handbook of issues and theories. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Halsall, P. (2013). A history of heterosexuality. Retrieved from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/hethist.asp

Meyer, E. J. (2008). A feminist reframing of bullying and harassment: Transforming schools through critical pedagogy. McGill Journal of Education, 43(1), 33-48.

Mohr, J. J. (2008). Heterosexual identity and the heterosexual therapist: An identity perspective on sexual orientation dynamics in psychotherapy. Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com/thomas2e/study/articles/section6/Article99.pdf

Ratele, K., & Duncanm N. (2003). Social psychology: identities and relationships. New York: Juta and Company Ltd.

Ripper, M. (2009). Lesbian parenting through donor insemination: Implications for the hetero-normative family. Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 5(2), 81-93.

Worthington, R. L., Savoy, H. B., & Dillon F. R. (2008). Heterosexual identity development: A multidimensional model of individual and social identity. Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com/thomas2e/study/articles/section6/Article98.pdf