Homosexual Displacement: Parallelism to the Woman’s Objectification and Repercussion to the Authentication of Being

Date

3-2007

Degree

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Abstract

The thesis catered to the problem of evaluating the extent of the influence of the social facticity of gender to the Person's Being. It aimed to give a synthesis of the Person's situatedness as having the essence of Freedom. as a being-with-others, as having a project of a Self and as a Subject in relation to the Person as owning a gendered body. The thesis revolved around the claim that the homosexual's displacement is caused by institutionalized heterosexuality. It argued that inauthenticity comes from the homosexual's displacement, which restrains the exercise of Being. It insinuated that heterosexuality is legitimized by practice and concretized through the law due to the need to reproduce for the continuance of the species. It also paralleled the displacement of the homosexual with the objectification of the woman and found that their struggle to regain Subjectivity is different in terms of their placement in the society and their legitimacy as social actors: Further, it cautioned that in trying to enter the social sphere, the homosexual should not closet the homosexual identity just to be part of the pow struggle to be Subject. When the homosexual identity is closeted, the homosexual's exercise of Being, the possibilities presented and the actions taken are towards the heterosexual Self-creation and not the homosexuals'. Finally, to solve displacement, it recommended that the law recognize the equal liberty of the homosexual due to the verity that the homosexual is a Person having the essence of the Person.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Thesis

Document Type

Thesis

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