Similarities Between Halperin And Jean Foucault

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Two predominant social theorists on homosexuality that I read about and I found their information very interesting was David Halperin and Jean Foucault. Both Halperin and Foucault believe that the environment may contribute to a person’s homosexuality, but their ideas are very different. Halperin believed in Plano physical theory, this theory believes that homosexuality is an error. Halperin postulates that if a child have a strong mom and weak dad, who has unresolved Oedipus complex, will eventually lead to a weak and homosexual son. But many psychologist disagree and feel like this same arrangement may make the son stronger instead of weak. Foucault believed that the only reason why homosexuality became, is because of us, we made it. When

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