Jane Ward (1)
Autore di Not Gay: Sex between Straight White Men (Sexual Cultures)
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Sull'Autore
Jane Ward is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations.
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- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Istruzione
- University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD)
- Attività lavorative
- professor
scholar - Organizzazioni
- University of California, Riverside
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- Jane Ward areas of interest are in queer studies, feminist studies, and heterosexuality studies. She is a professor at the University of California, Riverside. (-karenb)
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Not to brag, but I am happily married so I could read most of this with a light heart. I read a bunch of passages aloud to my husband who pointed out that the author sort of cherry-picked the worst of heterosexuality (self-help books, seduction camps, straight culture vs. queer culture (no contest), fragile/toxic masculinity, the whole history of misogyny and patriarchy, etc.). I'm joking, but what are you going to do? It's not like we can choose who we fall in love with.
Or can we? I was surprised when the author implied that being a lesbian can be a choice (a "cultivated political stance"). Is this empowering? Is the "born this way" view of sexuality a way to avoid a more thoughtful and intentional view of one's sexuality? I don't know, but it's a really interesting idea to mull over.
I was glad to see the final chapter was about the goal of finding a "deep heterosexuality" in which women can be seen as equals in relationships of "mutual regard." I'll quote from the most hopeful passages:
"How might the heterosexual impulse be taken to its most human and fulfilling, and least violent and disappointing, conclusion? ...let's expand the notion of heterosexual attraction to include such a powerful longing for the full humanity of women, and for the sexual vulnerability of men, that anything less becomes suspect as authentic heterosexual desire."
The author basically says we should all be feminists (duh). Sadly, we know that the misogyny paradox is real. How can you love a woman when you don't respect her? How can you call her your equal or partner when you don't acknowledge her full humanity?… (altro)