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HIV-AIDS: Homophobia and Biomedical Discourse |
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Authors: |
Tzanaki, Demetra Kouroutzas, Christos |
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Abstract: |
In the chapter titled “'HIV-AIDS: Homophobia and Biomedical Discourse”, we discuss how metaphors surrounding HIV-AIDS entangle sexist, racist, classist, misogynist, ageist, and ableist discourses on gender and sexuality. We also examine how racist discourses were transformed into ableism in the 1980s. AIDS became associated with homosexuals, heroin addicts, and even Haitians, suggesting that immoral, non-white, and, in short, psychically effeminate individuals were blamed for the disease. J. Philippe Rushton, a professor at Western Ontario University, argued for the biological superiority of whites and people of Asian descent over blacks in terms of intelligence. Robert Gordon, a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, linked the high crime rates among African Americans to lower IQ levels.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Mourtou-Paradeisopoulou, Maria |
Technical Editors: |
Kentrotis, Christos |
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Chapter |
Creation Date: | 08-11-2024 |
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Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/14158 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Tzanaki, D., & Kouroutzas, C. (2024). HIV-AIDS: Homophobia and Biomedical Discourse [Chapter]. In Tzanaki, D., & Kouroutzas, C. 2024. Gender, Science and Society: Queer readings of human subjugation [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/14158 |
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Greek |
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Gender, Science and Society: Queer readings of human subjugation |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |