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  2. Binary opposition - Wikipedia

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    Binary opposition is an important concept of structuralism, which sees such distinctions as fundamental to all language and thought. [2] In structuralism, a binary opposition is seen as a fundamental organizer of human philosophy, culture, and language. Binary opposition originated in Saussurean structuralist theory. [3]

  3. Epistemology of the Closet - Wikipedia

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    In Epistemology of the Closet, Sedgwick states that standard binary oppositions limit freedom and understanding, especially in the context of sexuality. Sedgwick argues that limiting sexuality to homosexuality or heterosexuality, in a structured binary opposition, is too simplistic.

  4. Structuralism - Wikipedia

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    Russian functional linguist Roman Jakobson was a pivotal figure in the adaptation of structural analysis to disciplines beyond linguistics, including philosophy, anthropology, and literary theory. Jakobson was a decisive influence on anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss , by whose work the term structuralism first appeared in reference to social ...

  5. Semiotic square - Wikipedia

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    The semiotic square is formed by an initial binary relationship between two contrary signs. S 1 is considered to be the assertion/positive element and S 2 is the negation/negative element in the binary pair: The second binary relationship is now created on the ~S axis. ~S 1 is considered to be the complex term, and ~S 2 is the neutral term ...

  6. Post-structuralism - Wikipedia

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    Saussure's views are not held, so far as I know, by modern linguists, only by literary critics and the occasional philosopher. [Strict adherence to Saussure] has elicited wrong film and literary theory on a grand scale. One can find dozens of books of literary theory bogged down in signifiers and signifieds, but only a handful that refers to ...

  7. Gender binary - Wikipedia

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    The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) [1] [2] [3] is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural belief, or both simultaneously. [A] Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women). [4] [5] [6]

  8. What Does Non-Binary Mean? Understanding This LGBTQ ... - AOL

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    The question “what does non-binary mean?” is a little different for everyone. GLAAD notes that the word non-binary should only be used to refer to a person who openly refers to themselves as ...

  9. Heteronormativity - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It assumes the gender binary (i.e., that there are only two distinct, opposite genders) and that sexual and marital relations are most fitting between people of opposite sex. Heteronormativity creates and upholds a social hierarchy based on sexual orientation with the practice and belief that heterosexuality is deemed as the societal ...