It is an interesting point, though I wonder if homophobia is becoming less about sexism and more... uh, something else. I guess I say that because I'm assuming that gender-normative GLBT folk seem a lot more visible than in the past, certainly within the gay marriage debate.
I also think I have to hold my breath here and say that, while opposition to gay marriage and homophobia correlate pretty much to like .9999999, I suspect they draw on pretty different logics. No one is going to seriously contest a marriage between an androgenous or effeminate male to a butch female. I think anxiety over marriage is about a lot else, including the fragility of dominant notions of romantic relationships, and, probably more important, "Culture War" BS between paranoid conservatives and self-righteous urban elites like me.
Still, a great factor to tease out, and hopefully use to bolster arguments for gay marriage. (I was tempted to add "or arguments against the state being involved in anything more than 'civil unions' at all, but, um, it's probably not relevant to that not-extant debate.)
It is an interesting point,
It is an interesting point, though I wonder if homophobia is becoming less about sexism and more... uh, something else. I guess I say that because I'm assuming that gender-normative GLBT folk seem a lot more visible than in the past, certainly within the gay marriage debate.
I also think I have to hold my breath here and say that, while opposition to gay marriage and homophobia correlate pretty much to like .9999999, I suspect they draw on pretty different logics. No one is going to seriously contest a marriage between an androgenous or effeminate male to a butch female. I think anxiety over marriage is about a lot else, including the fragility of dominant notions of romantic relationships, and, probably more important, "Culture War" BS between paranoid conservatives and self-righteous urban elites like me.
Still, a great factor to tease out, and hopefully use to bolster arguments for gay marriage. (I was tempted to add "or arguments against the state being involved in anything more than 'civil unions' at all, but, um, it's probably not relevant to that not-extant debate.)