Talk:Homosocial

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[edit] Victorian-era homosociality

I am interested in the fact of female homosocial bonding in the Victorian era, in which well-to-do women would bond within benvolent organizations and get a kind of intimacy satisfaction from such proximity. More than one would think, women of this class did not marry (check out the statistics in 1830's American cities for example). During whole days of charitable work at the orphanage or working on the minutes of the last meeting, women could seek out moments and hours of sexual or psudo-sexual satisfaction they would never seek with men in formal social situations like a work place.

[edit] Homosocial and Sociology

I don't think I agree with the last edit. Male homosocial bonds range from the actions already described to homosexuality. I have been trying to research the use of the term in Sociology and have so far found little use of the term that deviates from the definition offered by Eve Sedgwick. While I researched the issue, I was hoping someone may be able to offer some assistance as to whether or not Homosocial is used in Sociology and whether heterosocial and bisocial truly exist.

Also, I plan on removing the external link, as it is misleading. The author of that article DID NOT invent the term homosocial, as he claims. That term originated inthe early 1980s and was clearly defined by Eve Sedgwick. -Cari0028 16:02, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Ok, after some more research I found only scattered use of bisocial. The article which is currently linked to this page and a few google hits. I do not believe that is enough to substantiate discussion of bisociality. This is also because the terms homosociality and heterosociality refer to interactions between people. Therefore a man and a women talking could be seen as a heterosocial interaction, whereas two men would be a homosocial interaction. I find it difficult to find a situation where bisocial could be used. Therefore, I plan on removing mention of the term bisocial. If anyone knows of a good external link for homosociality that would be helpful. -Cari0028 01:07, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I've created articles for bisocial and heterosocial which are absent. They certainly do have uses. First is in describing someone's preferences. If someone is heterosocial, they prefer socializing with women. Bisocials would prefer either, or perhaps a mixing if referring to group preferences. That's the only part I'm stuck on. They also have uses in describing groups. A group of men would be homosocial, a group of mixed would be either bisocial if bonding neutrally, or pseudo-heterosocial if collecting solely for the interest of socializing with the opposite sex. One might see a dance or dating scene as being heterosocial, even if an incompletely-linked group. Tyciol 00:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)