Analyze how two texts from the course infer the social construction of normative and deviant categories of sexual behaviour.

Queer theory emerged from gay/lesbian studies’ defining the social construction of normative and deviant categories of sexual behaviour. While gay/lesbian studies focused largely on questions of homosexuality, queer theory expanded its area of research, looking at anything that falls into normative and deviant categories[1], particularly sexual activities and identities. Gayle Rubins essay Thinking Sex demonstrates how the contemporary west arranges its beliefs about good sexuality and bad sexuality[2] she presented two diagrams showing examples of these, examples of which I will refer to when looking at my chosen two texts….(short extract)