In the Sight of God': Gender Complementarity and the Male Homosocial Signification of Male-Female Marriage
Although traditionalist critics of same-sex marriage insist that marriage is properly constituted by an essential difference between a man and a woman, appeal to such a difference more comprehensively describes a system of relations among and between men. As a result, a critical analysis of gender c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2002
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-47 |
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| Summary: | Although traditionalist critics of same-sex marriage insist that marriage is properly constituted by an essential difference between a man and a woman, appeal to such a difference more comprehensively describes a system of relations among and between men. As a result, a critical analysis of gender complementarity must be developed that focuses on functional relations between men, as those relations become structured by their normative ascription to male-female difference. ‘Homosocial’ relations must therefore be distinguished from ‘homosexual’ relations in order to encompass within a concept of desire the whole realm of ways that men interact. Much theological discourse about male-female difference can then be more accurately interpreted as argument about access to encounter with God, and especially about control of such access. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/135583580200900103 |