Friday, December 27, 2019

The Societal Construction Of Sexual Scripts And Gendered...

â€Å"You lie so much, you have become to believe your own lies† (140). The societal construction of sexual scripts and gendered expectations produces a universal emphasis on heteronormativity. As a result, any deviance from said expectations frequently results in societal opprobrium and thus a conditioned fear for those who fail to conform to their hetero-dominant culture. In Giovanni’s Room, we encounter a young man, David, who battles with his sexuality throughout his life, even in cultures more openly accepting than his native Brooklyn. David’s own propensity for self-deception and hatred is externalized in his interactions with those who represent the sexual identify he so desperately tries to deny and repress. This active projection is crucial in understanding David’s concept of masculinity and his ingrained fear of rejection by the heternormative society that produced him. Societal and familial gender and sexual socialization play a major role in Da vid’s persistent self-hatred. 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