Due. "Growing up Hidden"

Clare Duffy
September 25, 2007
WGS 220 Section 05
Due. “Growing Up Hidden.”

Description:
· Culture insists homosexuality remain hidden (p1)

Analysis:
· Children know by young age that culture labels homosexuality as taboo (p1)
o Start living a lie at an early age and is all they know (p1)
o lead miserable lives because are not true to themselves (p2)
· Homosexuality mentioned in books that contain disgusting practices, suggesting homosexuality is one too (p2)
· Certain mannerisms attributed to certain genders (p2)
o Girl removed from Girl Scouts for masculinity
§ Whose task is it to assign which gender can practice which behaviors?

Vision:
· People embrace sexuality and no longer suppress homosexual tendencies (p2)

Strategy:
· not stated