WGST 2P98 Chapter Notes - Chapter WGST 2P98, Week 12, L. Phillips, Deconstructing Down Low Reading: Keith Boykin, Heterosexuality, Masculinity

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2P98
• Professor: Sharlee Cranston- Reimer

Document Summary

Deconstructing down low discourse: the politics of sexuality, gender, race, aids, and. On the down low is also known as the dl. The down low phenomenon demonstrates the need to decouple sexuality and gender. Undocumented and unconfirmed premise that the dl is linked to responsible for statistically egregious rates of hiv/aids among black heterosexual women in the. Dl - core definition: the dl refers to black men who secretly have sex with other men while maintaining heterosexual relationships with women and presenting themselves as masculine rather than effeminate, key components: Down low from the vantage point of ten basic facts. One - the down low is not new. Existed for a long time in the black community. It is not limited to the u. s. context. Dl isn"t just a black thing and the dl doesn"t just pertain to men. Two - the down low isn"t just black. Dl terminology emerged from black popular culture.