UNI101Y1 Chapter Notes -Heterosexuality, Slot Machine, Word Association
5 Jan 2014
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The cold war wasn"t just about defending western capitalism and imperialism; it was also about colonialism and preventing third world liberation and against uprisings of the oppressed (68) The cold war sought to reinforce gender and sexual binaries and roles that had been cast aside during wwii (68) Moral regulation was a primary feature, where queers were seen as other and thus dangerous (68) Heterosexuality was constructed as a loyal, safe national identity (68) Homosexuals were seen as also a communist threat because members of one conspiracy are prone to join another (69) After wwii, stricter gender regulations were imposed on women in the form of dress codes and beauty contests (69) In the postwar years, same-sex erotic experimentation which had previously been acceptable was now suspect (70) The butch woman or effeminate man wasn"t the problem; the problem was any type of same-sex act (70)
