Sexual Inequalities and Social Justice
Niels Teunis and Gilbert Herdt
Abstract
This book signals the emergence of a new paradigm of social analysis committed to understanding and analyzing social oppression in the context of sexuality and gender. The contributors, an interdisciplinary group of social scientists representing anthropology, sociology, public health, and psychology, illuminate the role of sexuality in producing and reproducing inequality, difference, and structural violence among a range of populations in various geographic, historical, and cultural arenas. In particular, the chapters consider racial minorities including Hispanics, Koreans, and African Ameri ... More
This book signals the emergence of a new paradigm of social analysis committed to understanding and analyzing social oppression in the context of sexuality and gender. The contributors, an interdisciplinary group of social scientists representing anthropology, sociology, public health, and psychology, illuminate the role of sexuality in producing and reproducing inequality, difference, and structural violence among a range of populations in various geographic, historical, and cultural arenas. In particular, the chapters consider racial minorities including Hispanics, Koreans, and African Americans; discuss disabled people; examine issues including substance abuse, sexual coercion, and HIV/AIDS; and delve into other topics including religion and politics. Rather than emphasizing sexuality as an individual trait, the chapters view it as a social phenomenon, focusing in particular on cultural meaning and real-world processes of inequality such as racism and homophobia. The chapters address the complex and challenging question of how the research under discussion here can make a real contribution to the struggle for social justice.
Keywords:
social oppression,
sexuality,
gender,
inequality,
structural violence,
racial minorities,
disabled people,
substance abuse,
racism,
homophobia
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780520246140 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: May 2012 |
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520246140.001.0001 |
