Invoking “The Family” to Legitimize Gender- and Sexuality-Based Public Policies in the United States: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the 2012 Democratic and Republican National Party Conventions

Invoking “The Family” to Legitimize Gender- and Sexuality-Based Public Policies in the United States: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the 2012 Democratic and Republican National Party Conventions

Women and sexual minorities in the United States continue to experience subordinate status, and the policy gains they have made in areas such as reproductive rights and marriage equality continue to be challenged in political discourse. We conducted a critical discourse analysis of texts from the 20...

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Main Authors: Andrew Pilecki, Phillip L. Hammack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
discourse
ideology
family
critical
patriarchy
heterosexism
policy
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/262

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