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Deviant Behavior

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This and the next chapter are concerned with two major forms of sexual deviance: prostitution and homosexuality. While these have some factors in common, they are in many respects quite different forms of deviance. Both are divergences from the sexual norms. Both are usually, although by no means always, seen as forms of negative deviance. Both are fairly widespread in many societies. And a significant proportion of prostitution is homosexual rather than heterosexual. Nevertheless, as will be clear, the differences between the two forms of sexual deviance are many and great.

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  1. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA

    Stuart Palmer

  2. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

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Palmer, S., Humphrey, J.A. (1990). Prostitution. In: Deviant Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0583-3_6

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