On sexuality, the law still caters to the norms of public disgust
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - 09:02
in Psychology & Sociology
We tend to assume that law is objective and disembodied, but the story of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK shows that, like the people who create it, it is in fact an emotional creature, animated by visceral human feelings – and as far as sexuality is concerned, the chief emotion at work is often disgust.