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The Origin of Queer Theory: Gayle Rubin's "Thinking Sex"

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The Confusion of Queer Theories

Ruben: It's easy to see someone like Livingston as a victim of the child porn wars. Rubens says boy lovers are so stigmatized that it is difficult to find defenders for their civil liberties, let alone for their erotic orientation. This is how confused queer theories can make people think they're victims in some way," she said. "That's actually not that hard"

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