Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence

Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence

1980 • 32 pages

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Average rating3.7

15

More radical that I can quite be brought around to, but really thought-provoking. And yet, while I am sure it was even more radical in 1977, it does, somehow, also feel quite dated. The concept of the ‘lesbian existance' is so expansively defined, but there is no acknowledgment of the huge range of sexualities, gender identities and sexual preferences that we have come to consider in the current era.Never thought about this, but so obvious:“‘the fact that male employers often do not hire qualified women, even when they could paythem less than men suggests that more than the profit motive is implicated'”Putting [b:Sula 11346 Sula Toni Morrison https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441578153l/11346.SY75.jpg 3207953] on my reading list.

July 14, 2024