Dominant culture

White, Anglo, "Northern"

Af Am, Mex Am, Native Am

Voluntary, "immigrant culture," "American Dream"

Dominant voice, owns media

repressed or coded language (sometimes establishes identity); double language; using dom. culture's language against them

Subject-object (philosophical and syntactic identity,  power relations)

Subject: decides and “acts” for itself

Object: decisions are made for object, object is “acted upon,” spoken for

Heterosexual gender

Male

Female

Choice (coming to America, or joining mobile American culture)

The frontier, opportunity

Leaving behind family relations, less enthusiastic, but "whither thou goest"

Choice (self-determination)

Patriarchy determines values, options, esp. individuality over community; Abortion: "It's a child, not a choice"

Alternative values? "Relationality?" Abortion: "It's a woman's choice."

Loud and clear; Listen to your father; man leads prayer; scripture/word of God as male production

Less direct; double language (“Yes, dear”), codes

Subject-object (philosophical and syntactic identity, relations)

Example of rape: dominant gender as subject exercises voice, choice

Example of rape: minority gender as object is denied choice or voice

Straight; economically (re)productive

Gay / Lesbian; cannot reproduce, therefore "unnatural" and economically non-productive?

Religious Right: "It's a lifestyle choice"; therefore marginalize & silence gays as sinful, "unnatural"

Research: genetically programmed? (i. e., no choice) Plus or minus environment—

Alternative: respectful choice

"I don't want to hear about it"; "Don't ask, don't tell"; "The love that dare not speak its name."

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Don't teach! (Fear of modeling, normalization)

Coded language and signs (earrings, etc.)

(Direct speech can get you killed)

>(more recently) out of closet

Gay Pride

"Act up"; "Screamers"; “Tongues Untied”