Yet, just as many (if not more) feel empowered by their labels. The world (and the world of sexuality) becomes an obscure place without labels. Notice how he uses "man" and "woman" in his post: don't these labels enforce social dogmas about the man-woman binary that cause "vast…Â
He didn't refuse to be labeled. Notice he uses labels like "men" and "women." The fact is, as a society, we are mediated by language. Whether you want to call them "signifiers" or "labels", it is how we navigate the complex symbolic order that we find ourselves in (and, in fact,…Â
Okay, we get it, Buzzfeed - politicians change their positions based on self-serving needs. This is not a particularly new, or interesting, revelation.
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