MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes -Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, Michel Foucault
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Queer theory: an interdisciplinary perspective that seeks to disrupt socially constructed systems of meaning surrounding human sexuality. Sexuality: an enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction toward others based upon their gender or sex. Heterosexuality/ homosexuality binary there is no actual connection between that word and her individual sexual drives and practices. While sexuality is particular to each individual, the social construction of heterosexuality and homosexuality are cultural categories humans use to make sense of their sexuality. Heteronormativity (heterosexism): system of inequity derived from the heterosexual/ homosexual binary , a diverse set of social practices that function to perpetuate the heterosexual/ homosexual binary and privilege heterosexuality. Sexual othering: the process of stigmatizing homosexuality (or really any non- heterosexual practice) as abnormal to privilege heterosexuality queerness visibility i: sexual stereotypes in american media natural/ deviant. Hollywood has historically used homosexuality as a marker for deviance or criminality monogamous/promiscuous. Homosexuality to promiscuity gender clarity/ gender ambiguity.
