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Kuyper's Legacy And Multiculturalism: Gender In His Conception Of Democracy And Sphere Sovereignty, Hillie Van De Streek
Kuyper's Legacy And Multiculturalism: Gender In His Conception Of Democracy And Sphere Sovereignty, Hillie Van De Streek
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This paper was prepared for the Conference on Christianity and Culture: The Heritage of Abraham Kuyper on Different Continents, June 9-11, 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Beyond Pluralism: Foucault's Strategic Counter To Heterosexist Categories, Ladelle Mcwhorter
Beyond Pluralism: Foucault's Strategic Counter To Heterosexist Categories, Ladelle Mcwhorter
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Most nonheterosexuals want to be guaranteed civil rights without regard to sexual practices; nevertheless, quite often, gay and lesbian activists formulate demands in ways that de-emphasize practice and emphasize identity. For example, instead of saying, "My having sex with women is irrelevant to the question of whether I should have custody of my child," a lesbian activist might say, "My lesbian identity is as moral and healthy as heterosexual identity and therefore should not prevent me from having custody of my child." The general claim is that lesbian or gay personhood is as good as heterosexual personhood, so lesbians and …