PHL 606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: John Russon, Adrienne Rich, Counterforce
28 Mar 2014
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Women are governed by lives fulfilled by heterosexual relation. This is where the real meaning of your life gets its anchor. There is a societal pressure to find yourself fulfilled to have hetero relationships, which is a social norm rather than a human nature. She says nothing about sexuality is nature, talking about humans we don"t alk about creatures who simply answer to demands of animals. Political institution is established by power workings of society. Pg 35-38, tells us the way power takes over women and gives examples that apply she claims each of the forms of power over women is related to the norm of heterosexuality. Men have power by denying women their sexuality (chastity belts, punishment for sexuality etc. : the way society functions is to isolate them (divide & conquer) Adrienne is not advocating the elimination of heterosexual relations.
