tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180841405563390250.post9008851439474459223..comments2010-05-07T15:30:13.504-07:00Comments on Feminist Philosophy @ Rhodes: Mary, the HeterosexistDoctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180841405563390250.post-87809002741278187092010-03-02T19:42:56.738-08:002010-03-02T19:42:56.738-08:00Jonathan, I am glad you mentioned religion because...Jonathan, I am glad you mentioned religion because it is the argument I tend to hear most against homosexuality. You ask where the heterosexual norm comes from and what elements maintain this idea. It is exactly this question that I beleive refutes the religious argument against homosexuality. People whose religion guides them to the idea that homosexuality is wrong should consider the social forces that shaped the beginning and birth of their religion. Religion is obviously separate from faith, which is not what people need to question. Rather it needs to be understood that a guidline created by people are inherintly tainted by the heteronormative mindset of our culture. I too come from a bible belt state, arguable the one with the MOST bible. The state of Oklahoma passed its law against gay marriage by 98 %. It makes me sad that people so dedicated to the goodness that religion can bring to societies insist on blatantly discriminating against "the other".leah.e.steinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04757497663218076726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180841405563390250.post-57091891115504457282010-02-25T12:47:05.596-08:002010-02-25T12:47:05.596-08:00I think it is interesting that you mention the Mis...I think it is interesting that you mention the Missouri Bible Belt reference in your blog Jonathan. Yes the south perpetuates stereotypes, to what extent over other regions I do not know. One of my favorite lines in the film was when Graham and Megan are captured by Larry and Lloyd for a night out at the cocksucker club. As they are driving along Megan comments on the experience as being "the underground homo railroad." Oppression whether for African Americans or whites is empathetic between the parties. <br />As for the cheerleading comment Jonathon made in class today I couldn't agree more. I appreciate how Megan is able to discover her sexuality yet maintain an important part of what was categorized as her heterosexual past life and incorporate it into her new identity. <br />Cheerleading takes on several roles in the film. When Mary retaliates on Larry and Lloyd she has the campers bring posters of protests and "chant" aggressively. "Silly faggot dicks are for chicks!" "Adam and Eve' Not Adam and Steve!" and "We are here and we are queer!"<br />In the opening cheerleading scene the girls are being presented as boobs, butts, and midriff. Yet, they chant just as Mary had her campers. Aggressively. “Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!” “Drive Drive Drive!” These cheers undermine the cheerleader. They do not have the power to be aggressive. They are merely holding pom pom’s and drive drive drive refers more so to what Steve had in mind when he and Megan were making out so romantically in the car.<br />I hope we can all agree that the award for best cheer goes to Megan’s heartwarming and vulnerable proposal of love to Graham.Cat Rauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421820039053009667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180841405563390250.post-9998320259137058302010-02-25T01:37:27.108-08:002010-02-25T01:37:27.108-08:00It's somewhat humorous to me that someone fina...It's somewhat humorous to me that someone finally mentions the God bogey when it comes to homosexuality. I admit that I attended church every Wednesday night and some Sunday mornings, until the homosexual bashing began. It was enough to turn my idea of popular religion sour. As far as critiques, everything else followed.<br /><br />It is also telling of the Creation story that woman is construed to be the villain, but the white, heterosexual, old Man, who supposedly created the serpent, the direct means by which humans were cast out of Paradise, is absolved of any accusations of a conflict of interest, regardless of His preceding omniscience. Somewhere in the shuffle of a solidifying tradition of binary gender and reified differences between two sexes, woman was made out to be emotional, easily swayed into immorality, whereas Adam somehow got the raw deal.K Kiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13557636332006728382noreply@blogger.com