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by MaggieH » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:28 pm
"The assumption that "most women are innately heterosexual'' stands as a theoretical and political stumbling block for many women. It remains a tenable assumption, partly because lesbian existence has been written out of history or catalogued under disease;. . . partly because to acknowledge that for women heterosexuality may not be a "preference" at all but something that has had to be imposed, managed, organized, propagandized and maintained by force is an immense step to take if you consider yourself freely and "innately" heterosexual. Yet the failure to examine heterosexuality as an institution is like failing to admit that the economic system called capitalism or the caste system of racism is maintained by a variety of forces, including both physical violence and false consciousness. . ."-- Adrienne Rich, in
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence:
http://www.terry.uga.edu/~dawndba/4500compulsoryhet.htm “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” ~ Alice Walker
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by pisaquari » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:41 pm
Gee Maggie! Beat me to two places--do you charge?
THANKS
You can call a woman anything these days except "woman"--Sam
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