Philosophy 1305F/G Study Guide - Gay Liberation, Concubinage
12 Apr 2013
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Connection of opposites which alone creates a new life. Men and woman can marry only because they belong to different, opposite, sexes. In marriage, they surrender those separate and different sexual allegiances, coming together to form a new entity. Doesn"t like people having sex outside of marriage, having children outside of marriage. Marriage can only concern my connection to a woman (and not to a man) because, as my reference to concubinage suggests, marriage is an institution that is built around female sexuality and female procreativity. But with success of the gay liberation movement, it is women themselves, all women that will be hurt. The reason is that gay marriage takes something that belongs essentially to women, is crucial to their very freedom, and empties it of meaning p251. Cannot be a father to a pebble, or a brother to a puppy : i cannot and should not be able to marry man (man)
