Queer individuals have always been victims of political attacks, where they are left defenseless. In 1927, the Supreme Court ruled in Buck v. bell that compulsory sterilization was constitutional “ for the protection and health of the state”. LGBT individuals were deemed inferior in society were attempted to be purged from it.
Children are targeted early in their lives to solidify gender roles within society. A common tactic for institutions that they used was America’s mass consumerism. Toy companies were the key tools in gender role solicitation; by 1926 the United States was the largest toy producer in the world. (131) “After World War I … girls’ toys taught them about motherhood. Dolls, I particular, were instrumental in teaching girls …show more content…
The metanarrative of the heel inspires so much more then just footwear. From a male standpoint, the heel demonstrates intimidation from the height. It takes on the form of power for women. Power that women didn’t have through history. Queer history within the United States gets shoved to the wayside because of previous cultural taboo. They were deemed in the same sexual category as women. They held the same gender roles as women. From viewing all the information as a whole, for LGBTQ individuals to progress in society, they must separate themselves from the female metanarrative. Unfortunely as it seems, to grasp power you must reallocate the power of the masculine role and translate it to females. To come back full circle in context of the heel. The origin of the heel was originally a tool for butchers and nobility to show status. Women have adapted these and have transformed them into a symbol of empowerment but they must give up a share of their inner-identity to gain masculinity. The LGBTQ community must replicate this in their own form. They must adapt a masculine ideal and transform it to promote their cause into society to show that they are first class
Children are targeted early in their lives to solidify gender roles within society. A common tactic for institutions that they used was America’s mass consumerism. Toy companies were the key tools in gender role solicitation; by 1926 the United States was the largest toy producer in the world. (131) “After World War I … girls’ toys taught them about motherhood. Dolls, I particular, were instrumental in teaching girls …show more content…
The metanarrative of the heel inspires so much more then just footwear. From a male standpoint, the heel demonstrates intimidation from the height. It takes on the form of power for women. Power that women didn’t have through history. Queer history within the United States gets shoved to the wayside because of previous cultural taboo. They were deemed in the same sexual category as women. They held the same gender roles as women. From viewing all the information as a whole, for LGBTQ individuals to progress in society, they must separate themselves from the female metanarrative. Unfortunely as it seems, to grasp power you must reallocate the power of the masculine role and translate it to females. To come back full circle in context of the heel. The origin of the heel was originally a tool for butchers and nobility to show status. Women have adapted these and have transformed them into a symbol of empowerment but they must give up a share of their inner-identity to gain masculinity. The LGBTQ community must replicate this in their own form. They must adapt a masculine ideal and transform it to promote their cause into society to show that they are first class