Show Me Your Weenis

Heteronormativity...  That is something I had honestly never heard of until this last week.  But that would make sense right?  To me as a straight male, my perspective would be normal to me.  But what about the people who may not share the same views, values, or lifestyle as me?  I never really put myself in their shoes.

Heteronormativity is how culture forces a lens on life saying that Heterosexuality is the control of what is considered normal.  It says that anything that is not hetero is an abnormality.  We as a society have been programmed to think in this way.

It is everywhere in our society.  You can see it in the media, and you can see it in our everyday lives.  It can be when asking someone about their significant other and automatically assuming it is the opposite gender, to seeing it on an episode of your favorite tv show, where a straight couple can readily display public affection, but not gay couples.

In my clip above is an old show called "Mr. Show," starring David Cross and Bob Odenkirk.  We see a 80's hairband confronted with a party tape they made.  Within the tape the band members partake in homosexual acts, but do not think of them as "Gay".  Instead they think they are just partying.  But when their manager tells them that what they are doing is what society considers "Gay," they are all disgusted, until their managers find a way to spin this by appealing to the "Gay" crowd.

When we unpack this situation, we can see Heteronormativity at play here.  Just the mere fact that the managers would be worried about homosexual acts, shows that it is not the norm, but something that society frowns upon.  Next, when the band members are told that what they are doing is gay, we see them act disgusted, this happens because society deems this act as deviant and not normal.

Although this is a skit, the reality of the negative attention given to someone because of heteronormativity is all too likely.  People wouldn't care about the heavy drug use, people wouldn't care about wreck-less partying, no, they would only care about someone else's sexuality.

Hopefully we as the human race can get over this, but until we quit looking at sexuality and gender in binary, we are only going to be pissing in the wind.

Class has been fun, and since this is extra credit and I am on vacation I think I am done!  Hope you guys have a good rest of the summer, and don't forget to stay safe!

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