SGST301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cross-Dressing, Whoopi Goldberg

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sexualities and Gender Studies
• Course: SGST301
• Professor: Warner Mary Ruth

Document Summary

Opens on a black and white jazz scene: man asks if he can cut in on a dance and begins dancing with the other man, as opposed to the woman, someone says, boys will be boys . [opens into actual film following montage of old films] In 100 years of movies, homosexuality was only depicted as something to laugh at, pity, or fear. The hollywood film industry taught straight people and gay people what to think about gay people. Montage of actors, actresses, and filmmakers describing how the lack of gay film made them feel left out as they were growing up: describe how excited they got when there was an occasional gay plotline. Shows crossdressing in movies and homosexuality as humorous. We learn from the movies what it means to be a man or woman and what it is to have sexuality .