Receptive anal/ oral sex has been associated with queerness for more than 3000 years... but it still is a big lie... for in nature it has no direct association with queerness. But, since those in power wanted it to be so, queer people started to define and see themselves as actively and exclusively desiring receptive anal/ oral sex, while 'men' (i.e. masculine gendered males0 started to shun it like hell. This, strengthened the artificial link between queerness and receptive anal/ oral sex with each passing generation -- and in 3000 years the concept can get very deep rooted indeed.
However, all through this a sexual interest in men per se (which was not centred around receptive anal/ oral sex) was never considered queer. Now, the Westernized society is pressing hard to make all kinds of sexual interest in men as 'queer'. But, this definition needs a lot of investment for restructuring social spaces and values -- in terms of financial, technical and social power -- which can only be afforded by industrialized societies (This is yet another ills of industrialization -- we can live without it)... and so only developed or developing spaces can implement this.
And, we should fight this redefinition of queer before it seeps deep enough in our societies to be rooted out. To fight the "Queer = receptive sex" is almost impossible right now... but the idea that "Queer = all male sexual interests in men" is still not deep rooted enough in non-industrialiazed world and so we can still fight it.
First, we should liberate men's sexual need for men from the process of homosexualization (i.e., the process of 'queering')... only then should we think about liberating the act of receptive anal/ oral sex from being misdefined as queer.
No comments:
Post a Comment