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. 1985 Summer;11(3-4):19-33.

Age, structure, and sexuality: reflections on the anthropological evidence on homosexual relations

B D Adam
  • PMID: 4093601

Age, structure, and sexuality: reflections on the anthropological evidence on homosexual relations

B D Adam. J Homosex. 1985 Summer.

Abstract

The paper compares selected examples of age-structured homosexuality to understand same-sex eroticism as a "predictable" outcome of particular combinations of age, gender, and kinship. Unlike traditional models of homosexuality which view it as exceptional or abnormal, cross-cultural evidence demonstrates that homosexuality is an inextricable component of the structural codes of the societies in which it appears.

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