From an outsiders view point having citizenship or being a citizen can be simplified into duties. Some of the duties that come with being a citizen of the United States are being part of a jury, voting, paying taxes, register for the draft the list could go on. These duties can either be mandatory or voluntary. Many more questions can arise from this faulty assumption. The problem is thinking that fulfilling duties equals citizenship. This would indicate that all mandatory or voluntary duties are the same across cultures and countries, which they are not. For example not all countries have the opportunities for their citizens to participate in jury duty or even voting. This idea of citizenship not relating to the duties a person fulfills lines
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For example after the terrible event of 9/11 donating blood or signing up for the army was valued more than say voting. Jeff Bennett talks about how citizenship’s meaning can change depending on what is happening in society. He writes, “Citizenship’s radical indeterminacy does not suggest it has no material or political capital. It simply mans citizenship is a fluid concept whose meaning is habitable in particular historical and cultural contexts.” (7) Military, welfare, migration were the three mains topic we discussed in class when it comes to how sexuality connects to citizenship. Overall from Margot Canaday’s book the definition of what citizenship is when thinking about sexual orientation is exclusion instead of inclusion. With each main topic Canaday digs deeper into finding more about the exclusion side of citizenship rather than the welcoming inclusion features. Military sexual exclusion was all about making sure there were no homosexuals serving in WWI. Margot Canaday explained how it was easier to detect and find male homosexuals, gays rather than female homosexuals, lesbians in the military become of the assumption about women at the time. Although the military life style created a safer space for homosexuals they were still living with the fear of getting released because of their sexuality. Military exclusion focused on sexual
For example after the terrible event of 9/11 donating blood or signing up for the army was valued more than say voting. Jeff Bennett talks about how citizenship’s meaning can change depending on what is happening in society. He writes, “Citizenship’s radical indeterminacy does not suggest it has no material or political capital. It simply mans citizenship is a fluid concept whose meaning is habitable in particular historical and cultural contexts.” (7) Military, welfare, migration were the three mains topic we discussed in class when it comes to how sexuality connects to citizenship. Overall from Margot Canaday’s book the definition of what citizenship is when thinking about sexual orientation is exclusion instead of inclusion. With each main topic Canaday digs deeper into finding more about the exclusion side of citizenship rather than the welcoming inclusion features. Military sexual exclusion was all about making sure there were no homosexuals serving in WWI. Margot Canaday explained how it was easier to detect and find male homosexuals, gays rather than female homosexuals, lesbians in the military become of the assumption about women at the time. Although the military life style created a safer space for homosexuals they were still living with the fear of getting released because of their sexuality. Military exclusion focused on sexual