Rather, heterosexuality was created and exists today to juxtapose the pathologization of homosexuality. It wasn’t until 1869 that the terms “heterosexual” and “homosexual” were coined, primarily for legislative purposes.
Of course that’s not to say that sexuality, love, and sexual behaviors were nonexistent society just never labeled this part of identity or even recognized that this was something people could form identities around. This is essentially the heart of the scientific research that has been taking place around the issue of sexuality and sexual orientation: trying to pin down a gene or set of genes that encodes whether or not someone is gay.įor most of our time as a human species, we have not been occupied with such a thing called “heterosexuality.” Up until 150 years ago, it was impossible to identify as heterosexual or homosexual (or any type of sexual) in most parts of the world. If someone were to tell you they could look at your genes and identify your sexual orientation, how would you respond? I would be skeptical for many reasons: identities are complex and sexual orientation presents in many different ways, some observable and some not. Learn how the history of heterosexuality (and homosexuality) still influences fields like scientific research and medicine today and why it’s still causing problems. LGBT people shouldn’t be the only ones questioning their identities. The animated effect of these images switching back and forth gives the illusion of a heart beating many colors while contrasting the idea of a binary model of attraction (note: magnets) with that of a more complex spectrum. A GIF of an anatomical heart: first with two magnets, one on the left with red watercolor splashed behind and one on the right with blue, and the second a slightly smaller, “contracted” heart with three magnets circling each side with an assortment of colors blending around and spilling across the heart.
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