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Friday, September 11, 2009

Post-structralists believe that we are simply just individuals that are contructed by the society.
They believe that language and texts shaped us, shaped our thinking and behaviour as well as our roles. For example, when you walk in to University, you are striaght away a Student, a Lecturer etc. A role what is pre-given but not chosen by you own. Another example, when a baby is borned, a boy will normally wear blue while a girl will usually wear pink. Whilst, this statement leads to stereotyping in society, which i am not focusing on. Here, what i am trying to stress is between Sexuality and Society. Given the theory above, if we were to believe that sexuality can be nurtured, i would like to think that language and texts can shape sexuality too.

I would like to think that all human being are borned bisexuals.
However, throughout days and years, language and texts shape the thinking of people. Subconsiously, individuals are not aware of the discourse they are in. Languages and texts shape our thinking in a way allows us to make decisions in their sexuality prior to stereotyping of society.

Put it in simple terms, when we were young, we receive education from home and school that BOYS are supposed to like GIRLS, while GIRLS are supposed to like BOYS. Thus, languages that we use speaking to boys and girls can be different. At the same time, texts (tv shows, newspapers, radio etc) shape our thinking that homosexuality is not the mainstream but the people of the edge of society.

Well, of course this is just me thinking about sexuality and language & texts. I need more references to prove my point.

To be continued............

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