Concept information
Preferred term
activo/passivo sex roles
Definition
- Activo/passivo sex roles, or active/passive sex roles, describes a gender-stratified form of male homosexual behavior common throughout Latin America. Rooted in expectations of appropriate gender behavior for males and females in general, the activo/passivo model of homosexuality defines one's sexuality according to the gender demeanor of participants in homosexual sex, which is understood as complementary to and coinciding with the sexual role taken. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Activo/Passivo Sex Roles]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MQ6TH1P7-H
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