Public Opinion Change and the Uniqueness of Gay Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Michael J. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Gay Rights ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
Party Affiliation ◽  
Opinion Change ◽  
Queer People ◽  
Abortion Rights ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Way

Chapter 8 demonstrates that support for marriage equality is the fastest liberalizing attitude in the history of American public opinion. Abortion rights and gay rights divide the American public along similar lines (by region, religiosity, and party affiliation), but gay rights has undergone a remarkable transformation, while attitudes toward abortion rights are relatively static. One reason for the difference is that gay people have come out of the closet, while abortion histories remain closeted. Chapter 8 also shows that support for marriage equality seems to have made Americans more appreciative of all kinds of queer rights, including transgender rights. Marriage equality reduced the stigmas faced by all queer people and paved the way for more appreciation of all kinds of gay rights, exactly as the proponents of marriage equality said that it would.

Reading the Human Drama in Film and Fiction

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-42
Author(s):  
Wyatt Moss-Wellington
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Core Values ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Way

This chapter goes into greater detail regarding the history of humanist thought and the way a narrative-based humanism might be exhumed from humanism’s philosophical lineage. It looks at the differences between Renaissance, canonical, and contemporary secular humanisms and the set of values that are conjured when a narrative is described as “humanistic.” It makes a case for humanism as both a style of storytelling, and a reading method, and thus establishes a “humanist hermeneutics” that will be carried through the remainder of the book. In so doing, this chapter sets up some core values of narrative humanism: it describes the difference between narrative and character complexity, the use of social science as a hermeneutic tool, the value of incomplete striving for understanding rather than grand theories that totalise people’s worlds, and finally describes some of the alternatives to humanism before concluding.

Afterword

2021 ◽  
pp. 244-248
Author(s):  
Michael J. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Gay Rights ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Many ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Way

Gay rights and marriage equality have advanced so far in the U.S. in the past decade that it would be all too easy to assume that the struggle is over. The opponents of gay rights, however, remain powerful. Readers can take inspiration from how dramatically attitudes toward gay rights have liberalized in the past two decades and how transformative the liberalization of attitudes has been. We live in a world where political lies often seem to have the upper hand. It is worth remembering that despite the many short term advantages that lies can yield in politics, the truth has some long term advantages as well. The way the marriage equality movement prevailed should be a lesson to anyone who wants to make progressive social change.

scholarly journals Elements of Social Engineering Methodology Used During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Trukhachov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
The Political ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Opinion Change ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Phenomenon

The article focuses on elements of social engineering (SI) that could be used by the states in their own interests during the COVID-19 pandemic. These elements were used to form negative public opinion, change the political landscape, and reduce citizens’ trust in their own governments. These elements are influence and persuasion. Traditional media and social networks play a major role in the use of these SI elements. SI has a long history of theoretical study as a scientific phenomenon. Practical elements of SI have a large arsenal, from government tools to influencing individuals. The article aims to demonstrate using SI elements, influence, and persuasion by the interested states and governments to obtain certain preferences for both foreign and domestic policies.

scholarly journals The Proof is in The History: The Louisiana Constitution Recognises Transsexual Marriages and Louisiana Sex Discrimination Law Covers Transsexuals – So Why Isn’t Everybody Celebrating?

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-459
Author(s):  
Katrina C Rose
Keyword(s):  
United States Of America ◽  
Gay Rights ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gay Marriage ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
Transgendered People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference

Approximately half of the states in the United States of America have statutes recognising the reality of transsexualism. US Attorney and transgender legal historian, Katrina Rose, examines one of the earliest of these, revealing that Louisiana legislators in 1968 clearly understood the difference between gay marriages, and heterosexual marriages in which one spouse is transsexual. Rose also suggests that adoption of such a statute should be viewed expansively, with positive ramifications throughout the state’ s body of law. Additionally, she offers a scathing critique of the hypocrisy which has long permeated the American gay rights movement’s willingness to minimise transgender issues and to avoid treating transsexuals as equals. It is argued that this is no longer mere political polemic as the growing number of sweeping anti-gay constitutional amendments has transformed the history of transgendered people having no voice in the gay-marriage-dominated gay agenda into an essential element of transsexuals’ defence where legislative intent of such amendments are an issue in matters involving transsexuals.

El "pensamiento de la diferencia": cómo pensar de otra manera en la posmodernidad

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis E. De Santiago Guervós
Keyword(s):  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACT To think the difference in the time of the philosophical posmodernity is the way of thinking that treats of bringing to the light what the history of philosophy has forgotten: the another of the reason, it is, the difference. In this paper is analized this question and the strategy of the poststructuralists Deleuze, Foucault and Derrida, to break the borders of the reason. RESUMENPensar la diferencia en la época de la posmodernidad filosófica es el modo de pensar que trata de llevar a la luz aquello que la historia de la filosofía ha olvidado: lo otro de la razón, es decir, la diferencia. En este trabajo se analiza el problema y la estrategia de los posestructuralistas Deleuze, Foucault y Derrida para romper los límites de la razón.

scholarly journals Wędrująca idea tolerancji

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 33-47
Author(s):  
Wojciech Burszta
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Primary Reason ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Subjective Phenomenon ◽  
The Way

The travelling idea of toleranceAs an idea, “tolerance” belongs to a category of notions that can be seen as a subjective phenomenon in the sense that the underlying semantics of its assumptions are greatly varied and variable. Tolerance is a travelling idea exactly because of this primary reason, for which the practice of verbalising tolerance influences the way it is being understood. Tolerance always forms a relation with a wide palette of similar notions, which decide on its particular semantic understanding. These include for example the notions of universality, relativity and cosmopolitism. Against this background, the difference between tolerance in theory (subjective) and tolerance in practice (objective, pragmatic) also becomes evident.The paper presents several important episodes from the specific journey of tolerance-as-an-idea in the history of European culture – beginning with the Ottoman Empire and ending with modern disputes on the status of tolerance in liberal democracies. Wędrująca idea tolerancjiTolerancja należy do tych idei, które można traktować jako zjawisko podmiotowe w tym sensie, że semantyka założeń, leżąca u podstaw jego rozumienia, jest bardzo zróżnicowana i zmienna. Tolerancja jest ideą podróżującą w czasie i przestrzeni właśnie z tego podstawo­wego powodu, że sposób jej werbalizacji decyduje każdorazowo o sposobie, w jaki rozumie się to pojęcie. Tolerancja zawsze wchodzi w związki z całą paletą pokrewnych pojęć, w ramach których tworzy się konkretna semantyka tej idei. To m.in. pojęcia uniwersalności, relatyw­ności i kosmopolityzmu. Na tym tle dobrze widać także różnicę między tolerancją w sensie teoretycznym (podmiotową) a tolerancją praktyczną (przedmiotową, pragmatyczną).Artykuł przedstawia kilka najważniejszych epizodów wędrówki tolerancji-jako-idei w historii kultury europejskiej – począwszy od Imperium Osmańskiego, a skończywszy na dzisiejszych sporach o status tolerancji w demokracjach liberalnych.

scholarly journals Collating Qaṣīdah Burdah of Al-Buṣīrī

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-170
Author(s):  
Cucu Surahman
Keyword(s):  
Know How ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
The Core ◽  
History Of ◽  
Printed Text ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Way

This article studies the process of transmission of Qaṣīdah Burdah texts of al-Buṣīrī. This study is carried out by comparing some manuscripts of it with the editions available now. This effort aims to know the process of transmission of knowledge from one generation to another and know how knowledge as the core of civilization is maintained from time to time. This study will scrutinize both the uniformity and the difference of the text; from its handwriting form to a living printed text nowadays. This article is intended to look at both the internal history of texts and the history of reception. Having evaluated the editions and collated the manuscripts of al-Buṣīrī’s Qaṣīdah Burdah preserved in the library of Leiden University, I conclude that there are no significant differences between the editions available nowadays and the manuscripts. The differences only relate to technical matters, such as the division of chapter and the way of reciting.

scholarly journals قراءة توحيدية في حديث افتراق الأمة

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (63) ◽  
pp. 139-105
Author(s):  
عامر الحافي
Keyword(s):  
Common Word ◽  
General Phenomenon ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

أمام العديد من القراءات التفريقية السائدة لحديث افتراق الأمة، التي تكرس الفرقة وتشيع الفتنة والصراع بين أبناء أمة التوحيد، تظهر الحاجة الملحة لدراسة هذا الحديث دراسة توحيدية على ضوء القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية، ومحاولة الخروج بقراءة معاصرة للعلاقة بين الفرق الإسلامية تعظم الجوامع وتبحث عن الكلمة السواء. فادعاء تفرد فرقة معينة من المسلمين بالنجاة وبهلاك أتباع الفرق الأخرى يوشك أن يكون ظاهرة عامة في تاريخ الفرق الإسلامية. وأمام هذه الإشكالية يسعى هذا البحث إلى دراسة مرتبة الحديث والمعاني الأساسية لمتنه، وتناول الفرق الإسلامية المختلفة له، والمقصود بالأمة في نص الحديث، والدلالات الخاصة بعدد الفرق المذكور في الحديث، وإمكانية تعيين الفرقة الناجية، وخطورة القراءة التفريقية في دراسة الفرق الإسلامية، وأبرز ملامح القراءة التوحيدية في هذه الدراسة    Unlike most of the prevailing readings of the "Hadith of sects of Muslim Ummah", which establishes a discord and conflict that disturbs the unity of Muslims, there is an urgent need to study this Hadith differently, to give a better understanding of the relationship between Muslim sects; an understanding that maximizes denominators and common word. The claim of uniqueness of a certain sect to be right and to consider others to be wrong and deserves hell, is about to be a general phenomenon in the history of Muslim sects. This paper aims to explain the reliability of the Hadith and its meanings, the way in which the Hadith addresses the difference between the various Muslim groups, the indicators related to the number of groups, the possibility of identifying the right one, the dangers of the sectarian reading of the Hadith, and main features of a monotheistic reading of the study of Muslim sects.

Cross-National Public Opinion about Homosexuality

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Adamczyk
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Gay Rights ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Country Characteristics ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Cross National ◽  
The Way

Across the world, public opinion about homosexuality varies substantially. While residents in some nations have embraced gay rights as human rights, in other countries, very few people find homosexuality acceptable. Why are there such big differences in attitudes about homosexuality? Using survey data from almost ninety societies, this book shows that cross-national differences in how residents view homosexuality can largely be explained by three country characteristics: the strength of democratic institutions, the level of economic development, and the religious context. While these factors can explain a lot of the differences across the world, the way they shape attitudes within individual nations varies substantially. Each country has a different story to tell about how these forces affect public opinion. Country case studies, a content analysis of newspaper articles, and in-depth interviews are used to unpack the characteristics working within individual and key sets of nations. Attention is given not only to demographic and country characteristics that shape public opinion but also to the way these factors work within specific countries and combine with a nation’s unique history and social context to shape attitudes, laws, policies, and enforcement regarding homosexuality.

Rorschach Assessment of Complex Trauma in Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-41
Author(s):  
David Ephraim
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Complex Trauma ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

Abstract. A history of complex trauma or exposure to multiple traumatic events of an interpersonal nature, such as abuse, neglect, and/or major attachment disruptions, is unfortunately common in youth referred for psychological assessment. The way these adolescents approach the Rorschach task and thematic contents they provide often reflect how such experiences have deeply affected their personality development. This article proposes a shift in perspective in the interpretation of protocols of adolescents who suffered complex trauma with reference to two aspects: (a) the diagnostic relevance of avoidant or emotionally constricted Rorschach protocols that may otherwise appear of little use, and (b) the importance of danger-related thematic contents reflecting the youth’s sense of threat, harm, and vulnerability. Regarding this last aspect, the article reintroduces the Preoccupation with Danger Index ( DI). Two cases are presented to illustrate the approach.

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