AWAВ PRINCESВ ZADIВ В
SOCВ 100В034В
04/09/14В
READINGВ RESPONSEВ ASSIGNMENTВ В
InВ herВ articleВ NormalizingВ HeterosexuaityВ, В KarinВ A. В MartinВ discussesВ heteronormativityВ asВ theВ wayВ heterosexualityВ isВ constructedВ asВ aВ normВ andВ howВ childrenВ areВ socialisedВ intoВ thisВ ideaВ byВ theirВ parents. В
AccordingВ toВ Martin, В heterosexualityВ isВ privilegedВ advertisedВ overВ otherВ formsВ ofВ sexualityВ andВ taughtВ toВ childrenВ fromВ aВ youngerВ ageВ throughВ theirВ parentsВ particularlyВ theirВ mothers, В whoВ assumeВ thatВ theirВ kidsВ wouldВ beВ heterosexuals. В ThoseВ mothersВ dismissВ theВ eventualityВ ofВ theirВ kidsВ beingВ gayВ becauseВ notВ allВ ofВ themВ noticeВ anВ evidenceВ ofВ homosexualityВ behaviorsВ inВ theirВ child'sВ interestsВ andВ theirВ interactionВ withВ theirВ peers. В TheyВ describeВ heteromanticВ relationshipsВ toВ theirВ childrenВ usingВ theВ menВ meetВ women, В getВ marriedВ andВ haveВ babiesВ perspectiveВ relatingВ toВ theirВ ownВ stories. В MothersВ areВ notВ theВ onlyВ factorВ ofВ kid'sВ socializationВ intoВ heteronormativity, В researchesВ alsoВ demonstratesВ thatВ kidsВ learnВ aboutВ genderВ atВ schoolВ andВ throughВ mediaВ whichВ advertiseВ hetereosexual'sВ loveВ inВ kidsВ showsВ suchВ asВ TheВ LittleВ MermaidВ andВ В BeautyВ andВ theВ Beast. В AВ surveyВ madeВ toВ determinateВ mother'sВ wayВ ofВ parentingВ theirВ kidsВ onВ sexualityВ showedВ thatВ whileВ someВ parentsВ informedВ theirВ childrenВ aboutВ homosexualityВ andВ areВ acceptingВ forВ anВ eventualВ possibility, В otherВ thinkВ itВ isВ okayВ butВ hopeВ notВ forВ theirВ kidsВ toВ beВ gayВ andВ theВ restВ justВ preventВ itВ byВ oftenВ usingВ biblicalВ referencesВ inВ orderВ toВ
teachВ theirВ kidsВ thatВ homosexualityВ isВ aВ badВ thing. В FromВ anВ earlyВ ageВ weВ haveВ allВ beenВ taughtВ thatВ weВ wereВ princesВ andВ princessesВ andВ thatВ weВ wouldВ eventuallyВ meetВ someoneВ fromВ theВ otherВ genderВ andВ getВ married. В ThisВ ideaВ ofВ heterosexualtyВ asВ normalВ andВ naturalВ hasВ alwaysВ beenВ theВ normВ untilВ todayВ whereВ theВ LGBTВ communityВ isВ veryВ activeВ andВ evenВ propulsedВ theВ ideaВ ofВ sameВ sexВ marriageВ hopingВ forВ aВ certainВ...
