Word: sexualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Furthermore, Lewis does not even acknowledge the traditional view of Shakespeare's sonnets: namely, that the first half of them were written to a "fair young man" for whom Shakespeare had very strong, but non-sexual, feelings. If she thinks Shakespeare's descriptions of his male friend sound a little too intimate to be non-sexual, she should remember that these were not Shakespeare's personal letters, but were openly read and accepted by many of his contemporaries in straight-laced, sexually repressed Elizabethan England...
...Bottom line: maybe Shakespeare was homosexual, maybe he wasn't--but there is no conclusive proof for his sexual orientation in his sonnets. Certainly, the writers of the movie are cutting corners artistically when they have Will write Sonnet 18 to his girlfriend, but they are doing it for the sake of convenience, not homophobia...
DeBlosi co-chairs the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) and is the former chair of girlspot, a women's group dealing with questions of sexual orientation...
Furthermore, Lewis does not even acknowledge the traditional view of Shakespeare's sonnets: namely, that the first half of them were written to a "fair young man" for whom Shakespeare had very strong, but non-sexual, feelings. If she thinks Shakespeare's descriptions of his male friend sound a little too intimate to be non-sexual, she should remember that these were not Shakespeare's personal letters, but were openly read and accepted by many of his contemporaries in straight-laced, sexually repressed Elizabethan England...
Bottom line: maybe Shakespeare was homosexual, maybe he wasn't--but there is no conclusive proof for his sexual orientation in his sonnets. Certainly, the writers of the movie are cutting corners artistically when they have Will write Sonnet 18 to his girlfriend, but they are doing it for the sake of convenience, not homophobia. JOSH N. LAMBERT '01 March...