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why has recent work done by geographers on questions of sexuality epressed the need to explore the multiple geographies of sexuality?
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Why has recent work done by geographers on questions of sexuality stressed the need to explore the multiple geographies of sexuality? This essay will focus on the multiple geographies of sexuality. It is important that we use the term 'geographies' rather than 'geography as there are differences to the way in which gay men and lesbian women negotiate their sexuality within society. The first part of my essay will examine the fact that everyday space is heterosexualised. We tend to think of everyday space as just that, space. Many of us may not consider the fact that everyday spaces are sexualised, or see spaces as asexual. However everyday space is implicitly heterosexualised. I will explain this in relation to gender roles and identities and give examples of how heterosexuality is continuously being promoted in everyday life as the 'norm' or right way to be. I will then discuss the emergence of...
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