Difference between revisions of "Role essentialism"

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From that essay, it is linked to the following pernicious and false ideas:
 
From that essay, it is linked to the following pernicious and false ideas:
  
* The idea that a person has a certain innate, natural, or static bdsm [[status roles| role]]
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* The idea that a person has a certain innate, natural, or static bdsm [[Status Roles| role]]
 
* The idea that a certain bdsm role [[One true way|necessarily has certain features]]
 
* The idea that a certain bdsm role [[One true way|necessarily has certain features]]
 
* The idea that a person's bdsm role is determined by their gender role
 
* The idea that a person's bdsm role is determined by their gender role
  
 
Role essentialism is upheld in scenes by [[role policing]].
 
Role essentialism is upheld in scenes by [[role policing]].

Revision as of 13:15, 10 March 2014

The term "role essentialism" was used in 2011 by Thomas M. Millar. [1]

From that essay, it is linked to the following pernicious and false ideas:

  • The idea that a person has a certain innate, natural, or static bdsm role
  • The idea that a certain bdsm role necessarily has certain features
  • The idea that a person's bdsm role is determined by their gender role

Role essentialism is upheld in scenes by role policing.