Capitalism and Gay Identity discusses how capitalism led to the development of gay identity. As the industrial revolution moved people to cities and the workplace, it separated sex and reproduction from the home and family. This allowed sexual desires and identities to form outside of marriage and the family. The development of a market economy and wage labor helped create the conditions for gay men and lesbians to develop a sense of themselves as people.
Capitalism and Gay Identity discusses how capitalism led to the development of gay identity. As the industrial revolution moved people to cities and the workplace, it separated sex and reproduction from the home and family. This allowed sexual desires and identities to form outside of marriage and the family. The development of a market economy and wage labor helped create the conditions for gay men and lesbians to develop a sense of themselves as people.
Capitalism and Gay Identity discusses how capitalism led to the development of gay identity. As the industrial revolution moved people to cities and the workplace, it separated sex and reproduction from the home and family. This allowed sexual desires and identities to form outside of marriage and the family. The development of a market economy and wage labor helped create the conditions for gay men and lesbians to develop a sense of themselves as people.
from Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality edited by Ann Snitow, Christine Stansell, & Sharan Thompson. 1983. New Feminist Library Series. New York: Monthly Review Press.
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