POLS 3710 Chapter Notes -Heterosexuality, Radical Change, Jargon
5 Oct 2013
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Queer theory: dominant approach into which non-sexuality is studied. Foucault: no actual date of when this theory was born. Institutionally: the most recently phase in gay and lesbian studies which was tried to overcome three main obstacles. Exclusion of those who do not fit an ideal type. Excluded lesbians or gays who were not id as male or female. Other important sources of id have been marginalized. Id excluded many other id"s such as creating one to fight in the civil rights movements (misses overlapping. African americans had different id of sexual id: need to incorporate many other ids, intersexuality. Overlapping of ids that were ended up being suppressed. Taking id itself as unproblematic and ahistorical. Just because you are gay or lesbian you have to act a certain way and this doesn"t change over time. Queer theory say sexuality is socially constructed and change over time: looks at everything that does not conform to heteronormativity.
