Titre : | The commitment : Love, sex, marriage, and my family | Type de document : | texte imprimé | Auteurs et autres personnes : | Dan Savage (1964-), Auteur | Edition : | 2006 | Editeur : | New York [USA] : A PLUME BOOK | Année : | 2005 | Importance : | 291 pages | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-452-28763-1 | Langues : | Américain (ame) Langues originales : Américain (ame) | Catégories : | Sciences humaines:Enquêtes, reportages Sciences humaines:Sociologie, anthropologie
| Mots-clés : | mariage famille Homosexualité | Résumé : | Ever since we became parents and Terry quit his job, we've joked about being "husband" and "wife."
While the roles we play in our family have traditional outlines, we don't feel oppressed by them. It helps that these are roles we play willingly, not roles we're obligated or expected to play because of our gender. Since he isn't actually a woman, Terry doesn't spend a lot of time wondering if being the stay-at-home "mom" is something he freely chose, or if he finally succumbed to cultural pressures beyond his control. And while my "daddy" role is more traditionally male, I'm not a traditional male, and I was never expected to play this role. We borrowed these roles from straight people first because they work—I don't know how single parents or couples who both work outside the home do it—but mostly because they work for us. We never neglect to put quotation marks around them, however, and we never stop mocking them, or ourselves for playing them, no matter how closely we hew to them.
We're not the only borrowers. |
The commitment : Love, sex, marriage, and my family [texte imprimé] / Dan Savage (1964-), Auteur . - 2006 . - New York (USA) : A PLUME BOOK, 2005 . - 291 pages. ISBN : 978-0-452-28763-1 Langues : Américain ( ame) Langues originales : Américain ( ame) Catégories : | Sciences humaines:Enquêtes, reportages Sciences humaines:Sociologie, anthropologie
| Mots-clés : | mariage famille Homosexualité | Résumé : | Ever since we became parents and Terry quit his job, we've joked about being "husband" and "wife."
While the roles we play in our family have traditional outlines, we don't feel oppressed by them. It helps that these are roles we play willingly, not roles we're obligated or expected to play because of our gender. Since he isn't actually a woman, Terry doesn't spend a lot of time wondering if being the stay-at-home "mom" is something he freely chose, or if he finally succumbed to cultural pressures beyond his control. And while my "daddy" role is more traditionally male, I'm not a traditional male, and I was never expected to play this role. We borrowed these roles from straight people first because they work—I don't know how single parents or couples who both work outside the home do it—but mostly because they work for us. We never neglect to put quotation marks around them, however, and we never stop mocking them, or ourselves for playing them, no matter how closely we hew to them.
We're not the only borrowers. |
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