Browsing Research Output by Author "21081719 - Rothmann, Jacques"
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'Doing' and 'using' sexual orientation: the role of gay male pornographic film in the identity construction of gay men
Rothmann, Jacques (Taylor & Francis, 2013)The taken-for-granted dominance of heteronormativity in contemporary society has been well documented and critiqued in several social science studies. Acutely aware of its fragility and vulnerability (Butler 1991), its ... -
Human rights: protecting sexual minorities or reinforcing the boundaries of 'the closet'?
De Wet, Anna-Magrieta; Rothmann, Jacques; Simmonds, Shan (Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this article we problematise the fact that human rights legislation, whether intentionally or otherwise, reinforces binary categories such as 'heterosexual' or 'homosexual'. This form of 'othering' highlights the ... -
‘Othering’ non-normative sexualities through objectification of ‘the homosexual’: discursive discrimination by pre-service teachers
Rothmann, Jacques; Simmonds, Shan (Taylor and Francis, 2015)Heterosexuality is associated with normative, ‘normal’ or ‘natural’ social and sexual relations. Concomitantly, those who do not conform to heterosexual standards are ‘othered’. Conforming to normativity creates the ... -
“Othering” non-normative sexualities through objectification of “the homosexual”: discursive discrimination by pre-service teachers
Rothmann, Jacques; Simmonds, Shan (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Heterosexuality is associated with normative, ‘normal’ or ‘natural’ social and sexual relations. Concomitantly, those who do not conform to heterosexual standards are ‘othered’. Conforming to normativity creates the ... -
'Send in the (gay) clowns': Will & Grace and Modern Family as 'sensibly queer'
Rothmann, Jacques (SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2013)Initial representation of sexual minorities reified gay lifestyle as synonymous with deviancy (Seidman 1996: 6), courtesy of news programmes or documentaries. Several depictions, whether comical or dramatic, led to an ... -
Sociology as bridge over troubled waters: establishing a link between the principles of lesbian and gay studies and queer theory
Rothmann, Jacques (Taylor & Francis, 2012)Lesbian and gay studies emerged in the late 1950s and provided what several academics considered a homogeneous representation of the lesbian and gay community. Based on the critique of this view, queer theory came to the ... -
South African gay fathers' parenting practices: from pathology to 'normalisation
Rothmann, Jacques (Sun Media, Bloemfontein, 2011)Die ouerskapspraktyke van Suid-Afrikaanse gay vaders: van patologie tot 'normalisering' Die artikel bied die bevindinge van 'n kwalitatiewe sosiologiese studie waarin in-diepte onderhoude en self-voltooide vraelyste met ... -
The (de)professionalisation of the gay male academic identity: locking the closet door on South African university campuses
Rothmann, Jacques (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Considered as a principal method in organising forms of sexual orientation, the heterosexual/homosexual binary emphasises the centrality of heteronormativity in the everyday lives of social and sexual actors; thus, ... -
The role of self-reflexivity on the part of gay male academics on South African university campuses
Rothmann, Jacques (University of the Free State, 2017)he article reports on the findings of a qualitative sociological study conducted between June and December 2012 with 17 self-identified gay male academics on their experiences in South African tertiary education. Adopting ...