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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 3(1), pp. 1–14, January, 2015. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2014.056 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
HOMONORMATIVITY & THE NATIONAL FRAY
Naomi J Pinion, PhD
Department of Politics and International Affairs, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. Author’s Email: Naomi.Pinion@nau.edu
Accepted 8 January 2015
In the early stages of nation building the US identified itself through
patriarchal ideologies of masculinist “strength,” racial purity, and a
heteronormative gender order solidified through monogamous marriage. It
was these core values that not only differentiated the US from other
countries, but defined it as superior. Hence, the national security
imaginary naturalizes heterosexuality as the only normal mode of sexual
identity, sexual practice, and social relation. Therefore, this article
suggests that marriage functions as a normalizing mechanism of the
nation to police the gendered, racial, and sexual configurations of its
citizenry which constructs not only homosexuality, but any
non-traditional family or relationship as deviant. Cite This Article As: Pinion NJ (2015). HOMONORMATIVITY & THE NATIONAL FRAY. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 2(11): 1-14
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