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Leave it to beaver: Heteronormativity, Politically Conservative Ideologies, and the rise of the gay and lesbian Family. Jacquelyn Brett. Points of Focus. Main Argument.
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Leave it to beaver: Heteronormativity, Politically Conservative Ideologies, and the rise of the gay and lesbian Family Jacquelyn Brett
Main Argument • I will argue that politically conservative ideologies in the 2012 Republican Primaries and the Virginia Adoption Bill rely on the concepts of “time claims” (Kath Weston Gender in Real Time) and the “invented tradition” (Eric Hobsbawm The Invented Tradition) to reify the heteronormative notion of the “Traditional American Family” as a pre-existing familial structure now endangered by the rising gay and lesbian families within U.S. society.
Virginia Adoption Bill • Agencies have the right to create ideal families • Indirect legal discrimination • Goes into effect July 2012
Conclusion • Reifying the “American Family” • Using laws and regulations as tactics • The “invented tradition” and “time claims”
