Lesbianism as Strategy for Liberation in Adrienne Rich ’s Poetry Introduction: Identity Crisis and Lesbianism Rich views hitherto existing norms and values of the society are male made. So‚ she articulates poetic statement for the feministic movement in the United States against the world of art that is built in the language of patriarchy‚ she through her art and criticism‚ offers a probing examination of women ’s roles and their relation with males‚ of motherhood and of what means to be a woman
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The book makes a calculated approach to address the fate of queers in the hands of gay rights activist. He turns his readers from the belief that gay marriage rights solve the problem of queers. During the first chapter‚ he seeks to explain about sexual shame. Sexual shame he claims is used to incriminate and discourage things that at private morality look just right. He goes further to define normalcy as just a common statistical range. He then claims that by this definition then we are not compelled
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Personal Response on Sexual Identity You go through your life making choices and decisions but not thinking of exactly why you were making the choices that you made. Before this class I just figured that I mad the decisions I made because it was what I wanted at the time. Since I have taken this class I have found that the decisions that you make are based on what is called a value system. According to Rathus‚ Nevid‚ and Fichner-Rathus (2011)‚ the value system has to do with legalism
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A New Construction of Masculinity Boys and young men learn early on that being a real man means you have to put on this tough guy persona. This persona’s manifestation are hyper-masculinity or machismo‚ independence‚ isolation‚ territorialism‚ inability to show emotions‚ inability to initiate emotional ties with other men‚ inability to recognize their need for community and sharing (Heath‚ 2003). In contrast with the construct of masculinity in classical Greek literatures where male-male relationships
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on gender inequality. I cover such topics as the wage gap‚ the "second shift" (of housework and childcare) that heterosexual women often do in the home‚ the "third shift" (women’s responsibility for intimate relationships with men)‚ compulsory heterosexuality‚ the equation of women’s worth with physical attractiveness‚ the sexualizing of women in the media‚ lack of reproductive rights for women (especially poor women)‚ sexual harassment and men’s violence against women. My course makes links among
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Fraternities and brotherhoods can play a significant role regarding men’s cultural citizenship. What does it mean to belong to a brotherhood? What are the benefits and privileges? What are the implications regarding gendered discourses of power? The collegiate experience of Greek-letter organisations collegiate in the United States of America have marked a prominent arena where men’s cultural citizenship discourse are approximated and demonstrated. Literature that have emerged in the last decades
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Homosexuality is in many ways an awkward subject to write about. In the old days‚ such things were not mentioned in polite conversation. Even today‚ the continual discussion of sexual orientation can grate: surely such things are meant to be intimate and private? However‚ conservatives do not set the tone of public debate‚ and for good or ill homosexuality has become a high-profile topic of political discussion. First of all‚ it is worth pointing out that homosexuality has not been recently invented
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In the United States in 1955‚ homosexuality was included in the second edition of the DSM as a disorder of sexual deviance with grounds for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. This manual was distributed to psychiatrists and other medical professionals for their clinical use. Many Americans believed that homosexual individuals were abnormal‚ perverted‚ and had a mental disorder. Homosexuality was stigmatized and homophobia was prevalent. According to Christopher Boorse and his naturalist theory
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Of all her unpublished poetry‚ “It is marvelous to wake up together” (“It is marvelous”) is the most commonly talked about. Travisano considers this one of Bishop’s unpublished poems that feels completed (236). Anderson‚ who discusses both the recurrent images of lines and electricity in Bishop’s poetry‚ points out the use of electricity here stating it “transmit[s] the surge of sexual excitement” while also “carry[ing] a warning and are possibly meant as conduction wires‚ earthing any lightning
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“Seh dem a gangsta and a gyal a run dem head‚” defining the criteria for “manliness” in the lyrics of Jamaican popular music. According to dancehall scholar‚ Donna Hope‚ in her book Inna di Dancehall‚ (2006)‚ “dancehall culture is a space for the cultural creation and dissemination of symbols and ideologies that reflect and legitimize the lived realities of its adherents‚ particularly those from the inner cities.”1 Dancehall is a cultural production and representation of Jamaican realities
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