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Queering relationships: toward a paradigmatic shift.

¹Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. jpelia@sfsu.edu

Journal of Homosexuality

|December 4, 2003

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This study critiques how societal institutions promote a narrow view of heterosexual relationships, creating a hierarchy that marginalizes other relationship styles. It explores the impact of this heteronormativity and considers queering relationships as an alternative.

Area of Science:

Sociology
Gender Studies
Cultural Studies

Background:

Societal institutions often promote a specific model of heterosexual relationships as ideal.
This promotion can marginalize individuals and relationship styles that deviate from this norm.
Understanding the mechanisms of this promotion is crucial for analyzing relationship diversity.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically examine the promotion of a specific heterosexual relationship model.
To analyze how institutions perpetuate heteronormative practices and create a relationship hierarchy.
To explore the concept of queering relationships as a potential alternative.

Main Methods:

Critical analysis of institutional practices (religion, medicine, education, law, politics, family).

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Identification of traits associated with idealized relationship styles.

Examination of marketing and reproduction of heteronormativity.

Qualitative insights from a decade of teaching 'Sex and Relationships'.

Main Results:

Institutions actively perpetuate heteronormative practices, establishing a hierarchy of relationships.
A specific form of heterosexuality is marketed as the most revered relational form.
Teaching experiences reveal prevailing attitudes shaped by this entrenched system.

Conclusions:

The pervasive marketing of heteronormativity creates a rigid sexual relationship hierarchy.
Queering relationships offers a potential paradigm shift, challenging established norms.
Further theoretical interventions are needed to explore alternative relationship models.