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Scared Straight: Why It's So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It's So Hard to Be Human
by Robert N. Minor
Product Group: Book
Publisher: New Leaf Distributing Co Inc (2001-06-01)
ISBN: 0970958102
EAN: 9780970958105
Binding/Media: Paperback - 220 pages
SKU: 041809013
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Clean no writing, firm binding, has some minor shelfwear to edges and corners, pages are clean and bright. All items ship from a smoke-free home.
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Product Description
A cultural critique of gowing up in the USA, including such topics as our universities as purveyors of hopelessness and the dynamics of "getting laid" taught in high school, which emphasizes that taking on the "straight" role is damaging to all human beings regardless of sexual orientation. This role is taught to us from the moment of birth through all of the instiutions of our society and the major methods by which it is installed are fear-based. Thus it sets up gender roles for men and women and oppressor and victim roles for heterosexuals and non-heterosexuals. The final chapter "How to Be Human" is on how to heal the hurts all human beings suffer from the methods by which we are conditioned to live these roles. Each chapter includes recommended further readings.
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