Roscoe W
J Homosex. 1988;15(3-4):1-40. doi: 10.1300/J082v15n03_01.
This paper addresses a central problem of gay and lesbian studies: how is the subject to be defined? Current essentialist and constructionist positions are ultimately ahistorical and reductionist, reflecting the residual influence of the medical model and its sexual definition. In place of a single-dimensional and a priori sexual category, the author proposes sociosexual specialization as the appropriate focus of gay and lesbian studies and outlines a heuristic, multidimensional model for describing not only contemporary, but historical and cross-cultural evidence. Six dimensions of social and sexual variation are reviewed: sexuality, subjectivity and identity, gender, social roles, economic roles, and spirituality.
如何界定研究对象？当前的本质主义和建构主义立场最终都是非历史的和还原论的，反映了医学模式及其性定义的残余影响。作者提议用社会性别专门化取代单一维度的、先验的性类别，作为男同性恋和女同性恋研究的适当焦点，并勾勒出一个启发式的、多维度的模型，用以描述不仅是当代的，还有历史的和跨文化的证据。文中回顾了社会和性差异的六个维度：性取向、主体性与身份认同、性别、社会角色、经济角色和精神性。
