WGS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Masculinity, Adrienne Rich, Heterosexuality
12 Sep 2018
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Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian experience by adrienne rich. We should live in a society that is far away from the ideals from 1980. Rich argues that feminism (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:449)o(cid:396)k u(cid:374)less e(cid:448)e(cid:396)yo(cid:374)e (cid:271)elie(cid:448)es that les(cid:271)ia(cid:374)is(cid:373) is(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed a(cid:271)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)al o(cid:396) the (cid:862)othe(cid:396)(cid:863) Our society today still struggles with was the belief that women are naturally and innately attracted to men only. If you a(cid:396)e a les(cid:271)ia(cid:374), it"s o(cid:374)ly (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause you"(cid:396)e (cid:862)t(cid:396)yi(cid:374)g to spite (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d sho(cid:449) you(cid:396) hat(cid:396)ed to(cid:449)a(cid:396)ds the(cid:373)(cid:863) Masculinity as homophobia: fear, shame, and silence in the construction of gender identity by michael kimmel. Des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)es so(cid:272)iety"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449) of (cid:373)a(cid:374)hood as a (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)t (cid:272)(cid:396)eated (cid:271)y (cid:373)e(cid:374). Men police each othe(cid:396) a(cid:374)d seek ea(cid:272)h othe(cid:396)"s app(cid:396)o(cid:448)al. Mas(cid:272)uli(cid:374)ity is eithe(cid:396) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g you ha(cid:448)e o(cid:396) you do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e. Men are so caught up in their own masculinity because they want to make sure they are seen as completely heterosexual.
