Heteronormativity

For example, Osgood hits on Daphne for the first time because he obviously is attracted to her looks, though when Daphne continues to reject his advances and let her personality shine through, Osgood sees that Daphne is more than just a dame and is someone he wants to hold onto for longer than just one night. His idea of the person he fell in love with upon seeing her that first time is significantly different from the (wo)man she turned out to be; in a way, this could still be interpreted to be…

In this (my favourite) reading of the course thus far, Carmen and Mary Lugo go into detail about how a few select films outline examples and portrayals of racialize anthropomorphism, socialization and heterosexism. They start by arguing that these films have a major influence on the children that watch them and their ideas of dominant social contexts. They say that “In a basic sense, the narratives embedded within these recent stories provide children (their primary target audience), and even…

Instances of heteronormativity, examples of what men and women find interesting and should consume in (noting the differences in commercials on ESPN and the Lifetime Network), and body ideals, covert or not, only serve to further reinforce what men and boys should like and…

Cisphobia is defined as a fear or hatred of cisgender peoples as individuals or as a group, as heterophobia is defined as fear or resentment of heterosexuals in the same sense. The term ‘cisphobia’ may have been coined by Piers Morgan in February of 2014 to describe the apparent prejudice of transgender people, a historically oppressed group, against cisgender people, a historically privileged one. However, the reality is that there is no systematic oppression of cisgender people simply because…

beauty, health and more. Vibe is a strictly online magazine that highlights R&B and hip hop artists, actors, and other entertainers. Lastly, Relevant is a bi-monthly magazine that looks at faith, life, and culture. According to Witt (2015), heteronormativity is defined as “a term that sociologists use to describe the cultural presupposition that heterosexuality…

Thinking Sociologically: Prevalence of Social Inequality in the United States Any individual using his or her sociological imagination would agree that their personal life and immediate surroundings profoundly affect each other. The way in which our society is structured has an impact on the culture we construct, which indeed affects our actions, beliefs, and feelings on an individual level (Durkheim, 1982). However, as C. Wright Mills (1959) writes in The Sociological Imagination Chapter One:…

The word queer has its origin from the Proto-Indo-European word twerk. The word later turned into the word “quer” and picked up the meaning of weirdness and unconventionality. By 1500, it led to the word queer and was widely used in Scotland. The other theory for how queer came about was by William Sayers. He said its origin was from the word kue meaning a twisted thing, implicating not straight. Queer first appeared on paper in 1508 in the transcription of “The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie”.…

Infini is nothing like what I imagined. (That’s not a bad thing.) Prior to reading this novel, I had this fictionalize expectation that builds up within me, not all of them were met or canon. (Again, not a bad thing.) I thought it’s going to be all fun, cutesy, and as wild just like Amour Amour but the threshold exceeded that level. Infini is more angst. There are intricate hard-hitting topics that are woven into the plot. (See: trigger warnings below.) It’s also the most slow-burn book Krista…

Nearing the end of his analysis Worster writes that “This professional definition of a real man as a persistent closer becomes easily and consistently fused with the sexual definition of a real man as an accomplished sexual aggressor.” (382) This concept of sexual aggression becomes quite clear when Levene tells Williamson that he, “can 't run an office” because he doesn’t “have the balls.” (2.1) There is an inherent dual meaning in what Levene is saying. There’s first the colloquial…

Renaissance by portraying Desdemona as a woman who does not conform to female expectations of the Renaissance. In this sense, the Renaissance ideals of femininity were submissiveness, piety, patience, silence, and chastity. This rebelliousness against heteronormativity is what eventually causes Desdemona’s death. Shakespeare uses characterization and conflict to describe Desdemona’s gender defiant features. Ruben Espinosa argues that although the Virgin Mary was seen as a heavenly being, she was…