Comments on: Lesbiennes Dans l’Armée http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/09/lesbiennes-dans-larmee/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/09/lesbiennes-dans-larmee/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Mark Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:39:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/09/lesbiennes-dans-larmee/#comment-1309 Hi citrine. Yes, I agree that it's an interesting question. I've also never got why anyone would think they should be treated any differently. In fact, the very thing that interested me about this review was that it discussed how different societies adopt different attitudes towards this. The implication of what Torres said is that in France nobody would think twice about sexuality as relating to other aspects of social conduct, but that in the U.S. it was a big issue. Hi citrine. Yes, I agree that it’s an interesting question. I’ve also never got why anyone would think they should be treated any differently. In fact, the very thing that interested me about this review was that it discussed how different societies adopt different attitudes towards this. The implication of what Torres said is that in France nobody would think twice about sexuality as relating to other aspects of social conduct, but that in the U.S. it was a big issue.

]]> By: citrine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/09/lesbiennes-dans-larmee/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 citrine Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:23:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/09/lesbiennes-dans-larmee/#comment-1308 I've always been interested in any analysis of the perceived differences between lesbians and straight women, OTHER than in the acts they perform with their romantic partners. Very generally speaking, is there such a thing as a lesbian psychology or world view? If not, I do not get why they should be treated any differently from straight women. On the other hand if one presumes that their sexual orientation precludes them to a different outlook on the world, how should the rest of society deal with it? Again, we know the damage done by the power of negative stereotypes attributed to different demographic groups... I’ve always been interested in any analysis of the perceived differences between lesbians and straight women, OTHER than in the acts they perform with their romantic partners. Very generally speaking, is there such a thing as a lesbian psychology or world view? If not, I do not get why they should be treated any differently from straight women. On the other hand if one presumes that their sexual orientation precludes them to a different outlook on the world, how should the rest of society deal with it?

Again, we know the damage done by the power of negative stereotypes attributed to different demographic groups…

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