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Provocation and Panic from Fraser to Bouchard: Ordinary Person or Hegemonic Male?
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This paper was produced with funding from the University of Alberta's Undergraduate Research Initiative (Summer 2015). Providing a brief contextual history of "gay panic" as a psychological "condition" and legal strategy, it examines two Canadian cases in which the accused advanced a "gay panic defense." Through analyses of both cases, the paper explores the contemporary relationship between masculinity, homosexuality, and the courts. It concludes by demonstrating how, in the most recent case, a "gay panic defense" failed—likely due to shifts in Canadian views on same-sex desire. Finally, the paper questions why such defenses continue to be heard in the current judicial landscape.
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- 2015-09-03
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- © Kyler Chittick 2016. All rights reserved. This copy may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use, including commercial or non-commercial redistribution, requires the written permission of the rightsholder.