Thursday, November 17, 2005

Provoking thought of the day

In speaking of the construction of heterosexuality as being the only "natural" sexuality, one wonders:

If 'normal' behavior is so natural, then why does it require such a set of controls--from religion, to law, to do state--to keep it in place? One would argue that the patriarchy needs the institution of heterosexuality in order to survive.


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Paraphrased from an essay by Nivedita Menon, "How natural is normal? Feminism and compulsory heterosexuality."

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