The New Anthropology of Sexuality

Exploring Behavioral Discrimination towards Sexual and Gender Minorities (LGBTIQ): A Study in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal

“…Anthropological inquiry into sexuality often intersects with power dynamics. Scholars like Foucault and Said have explored how discourses of sexuality are entwined with broader systems of power and morality (Lyons and Lyons, 2006). For instance, debates around same-sex marriage within Christian communities reflect conflicting notions of "natural" sexuality and moral authority (Lyons and Lyons, 2006).…”

“…Scholars like Foucault and Said have explored how discourses of sexuality are entwined with broader systems of power and morality (Lyons and Lyons, 2006). For instance, debates around same-sex marriage within Christian communities reflect conflicting notions of "natural" sexuality and moral authority (Lyons and Lyons, 2006). Meanwhile, anthropologists have grappled with the complexities of consent and coercion in contexts like trafficking, where power differentials shape individuals' engagement with sex work (Lyons and Lyons, 2006).…”

Sexuality in the Bayang Community – Mamfe, South West region of Cameroon

“…Ever since the age of enlightenment anthropologists have made basic contributions such as the formation of representations about the 'primitive others' and the construction of images of differences within metropolitan societies (Lyons & Lyons, 2006). However, the approach adopted has been complex and contradictory (Vance, 1991) while the topic itself can be regarded as ambiguous (Lyons & Lyons, 2011). From the discourse that contributed to representations about the 'primitive others'; favoured biological determinism (i.e.…”

“…Sexuality is also presented as being constructed within historical relations of difference, ' embedded in political, ideological, social and economic systems' (La Font, 2003). The multitude of discourses reveal the term to be ambiguous: it is difficult to interpret and represent accurately when local, everyday sexual practices are diluted and distorted by an ethnographer' s faithfulness to a particular theory or theoretical matrix (Lyons & Lyons, 2011). It is a fluid term that is continuously being redefined both as a term and as a theory informed by practice (Vance 2005;Maksinowski, 2012).…”

“…The sociocultural perspective approaches sex as a culturally constituted and created behaviour, and emphasizes the role of customs in framing human behaviour (Gagnon, 1978). Lyons & Lyons (2006) have indicated there is no concise universally applicable definition of the term. In this study, I approach sexuality in the Bayang locality of Mamfe from the biological and behavioural perspective.…”