13
gy
"s
k."10'Rn
as "closet"'.
11le "closet" can he
defined as
''privare" and "coming cut'' as
"p!Jblic" in
the oppcsite side. The term sometimes
put
together becomes "coming
out of
closet".
It
is
the
term
to
describe the
struggle
of
homosexuals
to
eliminate the
p
udices and
oppression from
the
r.eterosexl:!llls.
Accorrling to
Sedgwick (1990) Halperin (l99l) the
"closet" and "coming out"
are two
opposites termll
that
been
paired in
modem culture as other pairings
such
as
masculine/feminine,
majority/minority,
hes!ih!illness,
new/old,
1n1d
so
on.
The
terms
marked
the
hegiKL'ling of
gay
politics
oc gay
!ioc111tion
movement. The
tenns also
w.arked
the
new era
of
changes
to gay
poople e.nd modern
Western cultu."C.
making
an al:!lllysis about
homosexuaiity, it
is
a
cruciai thing
for
having
tbe
c!eerer
picture
en
how
homosexuality treated
such
era.
How
did
people
look
a1
hmnosexu.aiity and
what
ldrrd
of
trPA!tment
thai
homosexuals receive<!
will be
answered
2.2.3 Homoocma!Image iil
Society
Homosexuality has
been regarded as
a
matter thet w.ay
lead
to
crimes. Therefore,
homosexual
octs
;ere
prevented and prohibited. There
were
a
lot
of
laws on
criminal
pel:!lllties on
consensual
sodomy,
homosexuai
oon!act
short
of sodomy,
adultecy, seduction, and adult incest." L'l some states
sodomy
act
i11
both ofheterosexl:!lll
and
partners were
iilegai. On
the oontmry,
wzne st!rtes
sc.'<iomy
laws were
oniy
to
the
hvmooexuals.
Many
homosexuals v,-ere
arrc,"'l:::d
and
regarded
as
criminals.
They also bec&-ne
the
objects
of
social
p>mic.
There
were
a
iot of
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