Suzanna Walters

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2014

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Suzanna Walters - Gay rights. Recent years have ushered in a whole new meaning to the idea. Many believe that with gay marriage becoming legal and more gay role models we are becoming much more tolerant. But what about the idea that they need to be tolerated in the first place? Do any of us have the right to simply tolerate someone? This week we speak with Suzanna Walters, Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University, as well as the author of the new book, The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality. "The notion of tolerance already has built into it a kind of tepid acceptance of that which you do not really embrace." -Suzanna Walters Quotes from Suzanna: What we learn in this episode: The slippery slope we encounter when we talk about tolerance around gay rights, as if it is something that we can only tolerate and not embrace. By focusing on singular issues surrounding gay rights, we miss out on the entire idea of individual rights in general. How social inclusion and celebrating others differences is a key part of a truly thriving society. Resources: The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Are Sabotaging Gay Equality http://thetolerancetrap.com/ Twitter: @suzannadwalters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:51.8	for you today. Fantastic guest, Dr. Susanna Walters. Her work is centered on questions of
1:58.8	gender, sexuality, family, and popular culture.
2:02.6	But the majority of our episode today is dedicated to her newest book, which is called The Tolerance Trap,
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