Sexual Shame Book Review

The book makes a calculated approach to address the fate of queers in the hands of gay rights activist. He turns his readers from the belief that gay marriage rights solve the problem of queers. During the first chapter, he seeks to explain about sexual shame. Sexual shame he claims is used to incriminate and discourage things that at private morality look just right. He goes further to define normalcy as just a common statistical range. He then claims that by this definition then we are not compelled to abide by the conditions being given. In his second chapter called ‘what is wrong with normal? , he shows how gay rights are causing negative consequences against the straight people and queers. He claims that the society is using sex to rewards
The intention according to the book is to force sexual campaign to be limited to the sphere of normality which is controlled by the government. On the final chapter of the book, Warner takes on the major campaigns and rights and how they are using shame. Larry Kramer, a popular writer, claimed that recklessness is to blame for increased cases of HIV/Aids. On Warner’s account though it is a shame that is causing the spread of STIs. The political power of the country is marginalizing a minor group of the society. Warner claims that the government has for a long time engaged in the use of stigma and shame to discourage sex. Warner advocates for politics that embraces queer culture and sex. His book is showing that the queers are marginalized from the rest of the group when they are trying to normalize what they do. Larry Kramer repeatedly called marriage as the highest form of human happiness. He said that only marriage could guarantee the basic bonds and affection that makes life important. Sullivan himself hit at gay people pointing out that sex during gay parties and function was as a way of looking for happiness that was difficult to find. Gabriel Rotello is one of the authors referenced by
The first argument is that the gay rights campaign is trying to normalize gay relationship through introducing marriage. The pro-gay rights now use marriage as the single most thing that makes people happy to be allowed into marriages. However, Warner has a problem with the way marriage is being used. He has differed with several authors who use marriage to get the rights of gay people. For instance, Warner shows how normalcy is being used to the advantage of the gay people. Gay persons are trying to move into normalcy. Normalcy is where many people are statistically. They then used the institution of marriage to ensure that they join the many people. Warner questions normalcy? He claims that normalcy is the range of social category that is offered by many people. Marriage was certainly one the one idea that the gay rights were going to be found in the normal groups. In doing so, however, they are making a mistake unto the straight and queer