SOCI 1040 Study Guide - Final Guide: Heteronormativity, Gnosticism, Disconnection
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Shift from old (religion, community, order, stability) to new (secular, change, equality) Martin: heteronormativity = assumes heterosexuality, privilege, hegemonic; in disney love is magic . Exotic is sexiness; white main characters are delicate; all females have a lot of body exposed. Firmin: exposure to other = familiarity and more likely to date other (class, race, location) Non-whites more likely than whites to date interracially (dating more common than marriage) Young more open to date interracially than old; men more than women. Rise in reproductive tech = blurs line of family to blood, marriage, or emotions. Heteronormative fam: white, protestant man/wife, breadwinning man; gays seen as unfit parents, single-mothers viewed as immoral; the state (gov"t) encourages marriage for some only. K padavic: mathers : false notion that in lesbian couples there"s a father and mother parent. Lack of biological but mostly legal standings creates a distance bw parents and child.
