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QUEERHETORIC: Ghosts, Jacko'lantern and "Bar-Sexuals": Haunted By the "Male Gaze"

I had to laugh while reading this. I have seen this happen countless times! But I wonder if it not this behavior being normalized that has allowed this phenomenon to grow, but rather the normalization of the sexualization of women in general. Women are accepted as and even expected to be sexual and sexualized in these situations, i.e. bars and clubs. This becomes very apparent if you consider a heterosexual male doing the same thing with another heterosexual male for female attention. This scenario seems ridiculous. Why is that not the case for the same scenario with two women? Perhaps the ‘barsexual’ is just the trendiest manifestation of hegemonic-supported sense of heightened female sexuality? This brings about the idea that maybe the ‘male gaze’ is not the goal of the ever-strategic barsexual. Maybe, just maybe, the barsexual is the sexual-sideshow creation of this 21st century pseudo-feminist mentality. Conveniently, hegemonic heteronormative society has equated heightened female sexuality with the concept of feminism. Is the barsexual a harmless slut or a delusion one, thinking she’s actually a contemporary ‘girl-power’ feminist by displaying her heightened and freed sexuality for everyone to see? Damn you, Katy Perry. Damn you.

queerrhetoric:

Now, an entire week after Halloween, I can’t help but resurrect the zombie that is the “bar-sexual”. Two years after Katy Perry’s “I kissed a girl and I liked It”, straight identified women are still kissing each other in bars in order to invite the male gaze. In lieu of all the attention…

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   had to laugh while reading this. I have seen this happen countless times! But I wonder if it not this behavior being...

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   subtle differences of barsexual and bicurious till recently and share...in Tyra’s...

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   being discussed on television, it angered me when Tyra said that she just did...show for...

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