When you spend a considerable amount of time in a Gender Studies environment, you sort of loose touch to the real academic world. You forget, for instance, that there are academics out there who don't know what drag is, let alone what it looks like. Such people might then put forward the highly academic statement that such practices and people are "sick", and walk straight (indeed!) out of your presentation about a Judith Butler text.
Welcome to the real world, baby.
Conclusion 1: The level of education does not correlate with the level of tolerance. One can be a PhD student or even a professor and still be homophobic; though those people would never consider themselves as such, but make claims to whatever "scientific" arguments as to why women are really women, and men really men, and both naturally heterosexual. Or, alternatively, they might tell you that they can't possibly be homophobic, because, after all, they are still talking to you.
Conculsion 2: Fuck heteronormativity in every possible way.
Conclusion 1: The level of education does not correlate with the level of tolerance. One can be a PhD student or even a professor and still be homophobic; though those people would never consider themselves as such, but make claims to whatever "scientific" arguments as to why women are really women, and men really men, and both naturally heterosexual. Or, alternatively, they might tell you that they can't possibly be homophobic, because, after all, they are still talking to you.
Conculsion 2: Fuck heteronormativity in every possible way.
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"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability." (and I leave the masculine references :P)
Oscar Wilde
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