Heterosexuality And Feminist Theory Summary
The section I chose to reflect on is “Heterosexuality and Feminist Theory” by Christine Overall. This certain reading refers to the class discussion of Sept. 15, 2011 and also in the class of Sept. 20, 2011. The main idea of this very serious, but contemporary reading was heterosexuality; it built off the subject into why, who, and how into great detail. To summarize the whole reading in to one statement of my own is going to be hard since Ms. Overall did it so well. Heterosexually is the norm as a great big institution; whether one chooses it or not, if it’s “natural” or not, if people have the knowledge of even making a choice about their sexuality or if they just don’t care. In the reading, Overall’s first and probably the most
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Overalls idea of feminist heterosexuality. Her question asks, “Is a feminist heterosexuality possible?”(Overall 368). I say yes, anything is possible. Feminists have a “nature of choice” it can be discussed and argued. Feminists argue that heterosexuality is “forced” upon women and that they don’t really get a choice or in fact know that they have a choice and in that sense some feminist say no it’s not possible. Others relate to their own personal life, where they are a more than happy feminist in a heterosexual relationship with in fact a man. Men can always be questioned into whether or not they are going to conform to the social norm of mean, big, scary, intimidating, “the boss” type of men, but just as women hold men to the expectance of not turning into an evil monster so to men in the aspect of holding women to standards of not becoming …show more content…
It spells out old time thought to me, thinking that women should be in the home and do whatever men want. Although some women go along with it because they either don’t know they have a choice or they just don’t want it, most women I feel would not like the idea of some institution telling them who they can and can’t have sexual relations with. As far as the feminist heterosexuality goes, I am a feminist and I like men. It’s possible, but it just needs the understanding of other women that they have a choice and if they freely choose to be with a man not a woman so be it. Each and every woman should have a choice and the message needs to get out there that there’s not just heterosexuality as a choice, there are more
Overalls idea of feminist heterosexuality. Her question asks, “Is a feminist heterosexuality possible?”(Overall 368). I say yes, anything is possible. Feminists have a “nature of choice” it can be discussed and argued. Feminists argue that heterosexuality is “forced” upon women and that they don’t really get a choice or in fact know that they have a choice and in that sense some feminist say no it’s not possible. Others relate to their own personal life, where they are a more than happy feminist in a heterosexual relationship with in fact a man. Men can always be questioned into whether or not they are going to conform to the social norm of mean, big, scary, intimidating, “the boss” type of men, but just as women hold men to the expectance of not turning into an evil monster so to men in the aspect of holding women to standards of not becoming …show more content…
It spells out old time thought to me, thinking that women should be in the home and do whatever men want. Although some women go along with it because they either don’t know they have a choice or they just don’t want it, most women I feel would not like the idea of some institution telling them who they can and can’t have sexual relations with. As far as the feminist heterosexuality goes, I am a feminist and I like men. It’s possible, but it just needs the understanding of other women that they have a choice and if they freely choose to be with a man not a woman so be it. Each and every woman should have a choice and the message needs to get out there that there’s not just heterosexuality as a choice, there are more