CHAPTER VII
HOMOSEXUAL
SEX-SCRIPTS
Homosexual sex-scripts differ little from the
heterosexual kinds,
but because present-day society still thinks in these terms
(including many people who have homosexual sex-scripts themselves),
I have decided to have a special chapter on homosexual sex-scripts,
even tho they have been included in all other chapters of this book
and even tho heterosexual sex-scripts will also appear in this chapter.
In the history of sexology, homosexuality was
originally discussed
as a “perversion”, “inversion”, or some other sort of dysfunction.
But at the beginning of the 21st century, homosexuality is becoming
more acceptable as a legitimate and healthy form of sexuality.
We can expect this trend to continue:
Having a sexual orientation that includes members of one’s own sex
will become more acceptable in polite society,
even tho there will always be pockets of conservative resistance.
Sex-script theory will help us to move toward
greater acceptance
of both male and female sex-scripts featuring partners of the same sex.
And we should remember that there are many possible sex-scripts
within both large categories: heterosexual and homosexual.
And even people who have mainly heterosexual
sex-scripts
might also have other sexual fantasies featuring partners of the same
sex.
For clarity, let’s stop calling people either hetero- or homosexuals
and begin to refer to their sex-scripts or their sexual orientations.
A heterosexual sex-script calls for a sex-partner of the other sex.
A homosexual sex-script shows a partner of one’s own sex.
And it is possible for one person to have many imprinted sexual
fantasies,
perhaps some from each category: heterosexual and homosexual.
A. Origins of Homosexual Sex-Scripts.
Homosexuality probably needs no more
explanation than heterosexuality.
Both kinds of sexual responses arose in the same way
—sexual imprinting at an early age, probably before age 20.
As most people are imprinted with heterosexual sex-scripts,
some people are imprinted with homosexual sex-scripts.
(And, as said before, some people have more than one sex-script.
People aroused by both sexes sometimes call themselves “bisexual”.)
As sexology progresses thru the 21st century,
more will be discovered about the mechanisms of sexual imprinting.
And better understanding of human sexuality might explain the ‘causes’
of both heterosexual sex-scripts and homosexual ones.
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FANTASIES: A NEW KEY FOR
SEXOLOGY by JAMES PARK
But probably most processes of imprinting
cannot be reconstructed:
We grow up knowing that we are either right-handed or left-handed;
and we have always known we are either girls or boys;
and we speak our native language automatically,
without any recollection of how we acquired it.
Just as we do not remember the processes of these forms of imprinting,
we usually do not remember our moments of sexual imprinting.
If further research in sexology confirms the sex-script hypothesis,
the question of the ‘origin’ of either large collection of sex-scripts
will be resolved by better understanding of all sexual imprinting.
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Imprinted
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April 12, 2008; expanded 3-24-2010