I put that quote there so I can express my frustration as to how people are easily manipulated and controlled by fear. It's been seen many times in human history whereby individuals have been demonized or propaganda about a certain issue has been used to divide and rule.
The article was a good read, Jagose expands on the views of essentialists vs constructionists. I think it is interestingly ironic that the group that takes on the word essence believes that homosexuality is not genetic/natural while those that take up construct believe the opposite.
It was also interesting to read about the different interpretations of gays throughout history once again. There was a particular concept that was peculiar to learn. Homosexuals viewed as a species...."After 1870 same sex acts began to be read as evidence of a type of person about whom explanatory narratives began to be formed. 'The sodomite had been a temporary aberration; the homosexual was now a species' "(Jagose 11) The fear aspect here comes through when the homosexual is posed as a temptation to everyone. "Foucault argues that although same sex acts were condemned in both religious and civil law before 1870, they were regarded as temptations to which anyone might succumb"
It was an interesting read to discover about Molly houses, but I don't think that any kind of social space where men embrace eachother could lead to conditioning homosexuality.
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