Biology, ideology, and the reification of developmental stages in the study of homosexual identities.
Biology, ideology, and the reification of developmental stages in the study of homosexual identities.
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同性恋身份研究中的生物学、意识形态和发展阶段的具体化。
DOI:
10.1300/j082v10n03_11
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
T. S. Weinberg
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作者:
T. S. Weinberg
This paper examines the biological underpinnings of theories of homosexual identity formation by focusing on the developmental model of Minton and McDonald (1983/1984). Several problems stemming from the use of biologically derived models are identified: (a) stages, which are researchers' constructs rather than reflections of the subjects' perceptions, become reified; (b) moral assumptions embedded in biologically derived models become incorporated in sociopsychological theories of identity, without ever being acknowledged; and (c) the models tend to be constructed in a linear fashion, causing the researcher or theorist to ignore possible alternative paths.