WMS 70 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Anal Sex, Michel Foucault, Homophobia
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Duggan makes this point how there is oppression toward mannish lesbians. Power is diffuse: power is not a ball that you can catch and then give to someone else. Power is everywhere -- not in one single location. Power is relational -- established through relationships. Jess doesn"t have a lot of power but remains strong and tough the whole time. Moment of grappling with what gender identity means to her. Paternal idea that the poor cannot make decisions for themselves. Could have tried to overrule the government but instead they practiced resistance. Science started to be influenced by the idea that gay is synonymous with aids. Aids could be anything, considering what gay men do to each other in gay baths. Heroin addicts won"t use clean needles because they would rather get aids than give up the ritual of sharing. Prostitutes do not routinely keep themselves clean, and therefore are reservoirs of disease.
