Social Constructionism: Implications for Lesbian and Gay Psychology

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This chapter is mainly a discussion on the materialization of the historical and debate origins of today's sexual identity issues. The concept of social constructionism has branched into two distinguished terms namely weak and strong social constructionism. The key aspect of the social constructionist approach is frequently ignored in a lot of the research on sexuality; yet it has always been a good challenge to empirical science and psychology. Examples of essentialist research regarding homosexuality are described in the chapter to help establish this theory. As of now, resolving the argument between essentialism and social constructionism is seen as impossible but its implications are significant to the debate for gay and lesbian politics and considered very useful for the future of psychological researches on gay and lesbian issues.

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