"I Too Could Be Gay If I Wanted": Misplaced Empathy
An important factor in the social rejection and marginalization of queer people is misplaced empathy. When it comes to sexual identity, putting oneself in someone else's shoes, if bringing into those shoes a radically non-queer emotional experience, will only lead to further lack of understandi...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Equinox
2010
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Год: 2010, Том: 39, Выпуск: 4 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Homophobia
B Empathy B queer pedagogy B orthosexuality |
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| Итог: | An important factor in the social rejection and marginalization of queer people is misplaced empathy. When it comes to sexual identity, putting oneself in someone else's shoes, if bringing into those shoes a radically non-queer emotional experience, will only lead to further lack of understanding and misconceptions. The religious studies classroom provides a privileged setting for exposing that wrong kind of empathy and help the students reflect about the ways in which negative religious attitudes to queerness may be tainted with it. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i4.005 |