[lbo-talk] Re: Queer Theory

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sat Sep 25 16:17:16 PDT 2004


Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>
> What you need is clear research evidence that specific sexual practices
> are determined by genetic factors and it's simply not there.
> Your devout wish that it is genetic is not credible evidence in
> favor of your claim. It doesn't matter how certain you are or
> how many times you repeat the claim.
>

Quite aside from Brian's misunderstanding of genetics, the politics of claiming a given behavior is "genetic" is potentially disastrous.

Skin color is genetic. That fact didn't stop a single lynching.

"Jewishness" is not chosen but given; that did not stop the holocaust.

To claim homosexuality is genetic is to lay the "scientific" (or pseudoscientific) basis for the liquidation of all homosexuals.

For gay/lesbian liberation (as a practical political matter) to triumph, it _must_ be based on the claim that gayness is a choice, and a choice all humans have a right to.

Carrol



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