Patriarchal heterosexuality - male domination - is tied to homophobia.
Another common assertion within feminist theory, well-developed in Suzanne
Pharr's Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism. Inverness CA: Chardon Press
1988.
Suzanne Pharr has written often about the interconnections between homophobia
and other oppressions in our society, e.g., "Divisions
That Kill";
Here is the transcript
of Pharr participating in an online ACLU forum
Roots
of Homophobia
by Daniel Goleman (NY Times) corroborates this connection as well.
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