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来源

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY,Vol.47,Issue6SI,P.834-864

语言

英文

关键字

LGBTQ; heterosexuality; trading power for patronage; moral identities; sexual inequalities; allies; STRAIGHT STUDENTS; BISEXUAL STUDENTS; MANHOOD ACTS; PARENTS; CHILDREN; MASCULINITY; FRIENDSHIPS; INEQUALITY; MOVEMENT; DEVIANCE

作者单位

[Mathers, Lain A. B.] Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607 USA. [Sumerau, J. Edward] Univ Tampa, Sociol, Tampa, FL 33606 USA. [Ueno, Koji] Florida State Univ, Sociol, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA. Sumerau, JE (reprint author), Univ Tampa, Dept Govt Hist & Sociol, 401 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606 USA. E-Mail: jsumerau@ut.edu

摘要

This paper examines how members of a southeastern LGBTQ advocacy group privileged heterosexuality through group interactions. Based on twelve months of fieldwork, we analyze how LGBTQ members and their heterosexual allies traded power for (heterosexual) patronage by (1) heterosexualizing their group, (2) sanctifying allies, and (3) privileging parenthood. In so doing, all the members, regardless of their intentions, ultimately reproduced societal patterns of sexual inequality within the context of their group. In conclusion, we draw out implications for understanding (1) the ways LGBTQ people and their heterosexual allies negotiate heterosexual privilege, (2) the ways they construct the meaning and status of heterosexual allies, and (3) some ways dominant groups' affiliation with subordinate groups may inadvertently facilitate processes of inequality reproduction.