"The Problem is You!": The Role of Patriarchy and Language of Binary Opposition in the Structural Discrimination Against LGBT People in Turkey
dc.contributor.author | Reak, Taylor Michael | |
dc.creator | Reak, Taylor Michael | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-17T23:27:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-17T23:27:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Reak, Taylor Michael. (2012). "The Problem is You!": The Role of Patriarchy and Language of Binary Opposition in the Structural Discrimination Against LGBT People in Turkey (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA). | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/244531 | |
dc.description.abstract | The LGBT community in Turkey faces a system of structural discrimination. It is not afforded the same rights as those of the hetero-normative majority of Turkish society, and most fundamentally, there exists a reciprocal relationship between the actors of the hetero sociopolitical sphere of state and non-state actors and the sphere of "homo-society". This relationship feeds into and is fed by the culture of patriarchy replicated in the homosexual sphere and the language of sexual binary opposition inherent in - but not unique to - the Turkish public domain to create a society in which structural discrimination and violence against sexual minorities is the norm. The existence of a strict patriarchy in the sphere of "homo-society", manifested through language of sexual binary opposition, provides the framework for structural discrimination against sexual minorities by the Turkish state and its tools of enforcement, as well as the nonstate actors of the public domain at large. This systematic discrimination against the LGBT community reinforces the patriarchy in LGBT spheres and categorizes its members as sexual deviants existing outside of the circle of hetero-normativity, and it has ultimately become entrenched into the Turkish cultural psyche. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
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dc.title | "The Problem is You!": The Role of Patriarchy and Language of Binary Opposition in the Structural Discrimination Against LGBT People in Turkey | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | bachelors | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Honors College | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Middle Eastern and North African Studies | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | B.A. | en_US |
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refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-26T20:19:27Z | |
html.description.abstract | The LGBT community in Turkey faces a system of structural discrimination. It is not afforded the same rights as those of the hetero-normative majority of Turkish society, and most fundamentally, there exists a reciprocal relationship between the actors of the hetero sociopolitical sphere of state and non-state actors and the sphere of "homo-society". This relationship feeds into and is fed by the culture of patriarchy replicated in the homosexual sphere and the language of sexual binary opposition inherent in - but not unique to - the Turkish public domain to create a society in which structural discrimination and violence against sexual minorities is the norm. The existence of a strict patriarchy in the sphere of "homo-society", manifested through language of sexual binary opposition, provides the framework for structural discrimination against sexual minorities by the Turkish state and its tools of enforcement, as well as the nonstate actors of the public domain at large. This systematic discrimination against the LGBT community reinforces the patriarchy in LGBT spheres and categorizes its members as sexual deviants existing outside of the circle of hetero-normativity, and it has ultimately become entrenched into the Turkish cultural psyche. |