Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualityIssues such as lesbians and gay men serving openly in the military, same-sex marriage and the inclusion of sexual orientation in anti-discrimination and hate crime laws have evolved along with the rival progay and anitgay communities. As a result of public policy debates, the U. S. progay movement has moved toward an essentialist, non-sexual identity while traditionalists have shifted toward a secular public self-representation. This book analyzes the internal disagreements within the two movements. |
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... essentialist . " Such an essentialist identity con- strues homosexuality as a real , lifelong trait defining a distinct type of person — the gay man and lesbian . This essential orientation is natural , transhistorical , and ...
... essentialist . " Such an essentialist identity con- strues homosexuality as a real , lifelong trait defining a distinct type of person — the gay man and lesbian . This essential orientation is natural , transhistorical , and ...
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... essentialist identity . Cultural politics which would release individuals from social reg- ulation shares with constructionist arguments an " insistence that sexual typologies are social , rather than natural facts ; that these ...
... essentialist identity . Cultural politics which would release individuals from social reg- ulation shares with constructionist arguments an " insistence that sexual typologies are social , rather than natural facts ; that these ...
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... essentialist rhetoric has been condemned on additional grounds . The argument has been ad- vanced that essentialist appeals divide gay men from feminists who seek to deconstruct the naturalness of gender identities . Herman ( 1994 ) ...
... essentialist rhetoric has been condemned on additional grounds . The argument has been ad- vanced that essentialist appeals divide gay men from feminists who seek to deconstruct the naturalness of gender identities . Herman ( 1994 ) ...
Contents
Emergence of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture | 1 |
Analysis of Communication in Contests | 35 |
Appeals in Progay and Traditionalist Discourses | 57 |
Copyright | |
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Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith,Russel R. Windes Limited preview - 2000 |
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