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Construction of difference within the homosexual population.
Date Submitted: 09/22/2001 16:34:43
From celebrating an ethnic holiday such as St. Patrick's Day to watching a woman compete against a man in sports, American culture seems to pride itself on the various forms of difference that exist within the superstructure. Yet historical events and cultural studies have depicted that this notion of difference is not always accepted. It is not the difference that promotes a sense of superiority; rather it is the effects of the differences that create
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History has shown the progression of other subordinate groups such as African-American's and women. Hopefully in the future homosexuals will erase the stigma that has been attached to them for years.
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Ore, Tracy, 2003. The Construction of Difference and Inequality: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality.
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