Extra Credit--Heterosexual Privilege

DUE: November 8 (At the start of class) 
EXTRA CREDIT VALUE:   Up to 10 points
LENGTH:  750-800 words (3-4 pages)

Read this article on White Privilege

YOU MAY: Write from the "white privilege" standpoint, OR 
         Substitute heterosexuality ofor "white," OR
         if you are non-Caucasian, write from the standpoint of things
         in which you feel invisible as a "person of color." 

Think about the essay for a while and then address the following points:

1) What is the author saying?
2) Is the author's position convincing?
3) Can you identify at least 10 ways in which heterosexual privilege
operates to sustain its cultural dominance as an institution? 

It helps, of course, to read the chapter on gender (Chapter 11)  in our text.
WRITE THIS IN ESSAY FORM, NOT SHORT-ANSWER point-by-point.

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