title: Age, structure, and sexuality: reflections on the anthropological evidence on homosexual relations.
abstract: The paper compares selected examples of age-structured homosexuality to understand same-sex eroticism as a "predictable" outcome of particular combinations of age, gender, and kinship. Unlike traditional models of homosexuality which view it as exceptional or abnormal, cross-cultural evidence demonstrates that homosexuality is an inextricable component of the structural codes of the societies in which it appears.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D000367:Age Factors; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006115:Greece; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008542:Melanesia; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior