Antigay Bias in Role-Model Occupations

E. Gary Spitko

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2017

Antigay Bias in Role-Model Occupations

E. Gary Spitko

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293487

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About this book

Combining the stories of LGBT trailblazers with analysis of historical data, anecdotal evidence, research, and literature, Antigay Bias in Role-Model Occupations is the first book to explore in a comprehensive fashion the broad effects of sexual orientation discrimination in role-model occupations well beyond its individual victims.

Author / Editor information

E. Gary Spitko is Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University.

Reviews

"E. Gary Spitko makes a unique contribution to the literature regarding equality, law and gay identity. While the public discourse regarding gay rights has mainly been preoccupied with the movement for marriage equality, Spitko helpfully illustrates that marriage equality is not tantamount to full political equality as a citizen. Specifically, discrimination and exclusion from the workplace is a critical space where gay inequality is imposed and curtails gay human rights. The book provides a strong case for how employment discrimination in role model occupations removes gay role models from public visibility with detrimental repercussions across all other equality realms."—Tanya K. Hernandez, author of Racial Subordination in Latin America: The Role of the State, Customary Law, and the New Civil Rights Response

"An important and original contribution. Analyzing how a wide range of professions are affected by discrimination, and how this behavior serves a common purpose in reinforcing antigay norms, E. Gary Spitko makes a case that others will cite, build on, and utilize in their work."—Samuel A. Marcosson, University of Louisville

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1. Exclusion from a Public Social Space Defined by Qualities and Values Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Wielding Employment Discrimination Against Gay Lawyers as a Sword and a Shield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 3. Defending the Masculine Identity of the Military and Its Service Members Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Chapter 4. Teaching Th at Homo sexuality Is Immoral Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Chapter 5. Representing the Electorate’s Values Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Chapter 6. Promoting the All- American Image of Major League Sports Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Chapter 7. Maintaining a Distance Between Gay People and God in Defense of Greater Orthodoxies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Conclusion. The Importance of Teaching the Qualities and Values of Gay People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Business; Gay Studies; Lesbian Studies; Queer Studies; Law; Human Rights; Law; Gender Studies; Business; Economics

eBook

Published: November 15, 2016
ISBN: 9780812293487