On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Marlowe is uncomfortable with women who define
themselves by their
sexuality,
> wouldn't he be equally offended by men who do the
same? The
> classification alone means the group is defined by
their sexual
> preferences.
That's just what Chandler said about homosexuals in general,
having met the British writer Christopher Isherwood. Chandler
said that he didn't want to belong to a group of people who
characterize themselves by sexual behaviour. (Now, why
should've Chandler belonged to that group?)
> Add that the main stereotype of gay men, even now,
but
> especially then, is that they act feminine and the
problem for Marlowe
> becomes that they are nothing more than tarts in
male drag.
Many feministic critics have argued that one of the basic
elements in Chandler's writing is the fear of sex and
sexuality.
Juri
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