SOCI 369 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hip Hop, Gay Bar, Hegemonic Masculinity
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Promotes hetero girls have to find a guy before certain age to marry. Tone: fairytale ending/gold standard of hetero tranquil, safe, that which we seek to achieve. To understand heterosexuality as a historical construction (ingraham) (ingraham) (ingraham) (halley) (katz) Ingraham- the heterosexual imaginary, heterosexuality as an institution. Heterosexuality is a romantic and sacred institution (e. g. , every movie has a happy ending). Romanticizing hetero is an illusion that keeps us from seeing issues of marital rape, domestic violence, pay inequities, and same-sex marriage/inequality (*ingram"s argument) concealing alternative realities. Ticking clock have to get married by certain time hetero as institution also contributes to illusion because we don"t see all the above issues. Naturalizes the regulation of hetero through the institution of marriage (e. g. , it has sanctity, and it is also rule-bound) Heterosexuality is a normative power arrangement that limits options and privileges men over women, straights over gays.
