Harsh Evaluations of Entrepreneurs Who Fail: The Role of Sexual Orientation,Use of Environmentally Friendly Technologies,and Observers' Perspective Taking

Although there is a pervasive anti‐failure bias in society, we investigate why some entrepreneurs who fail are evaluated more harshly than others. Building on attribution theory and the literatures on prejudice, pro‐social intentions, and perspective taking, we offer an evaluation model of entrepreneurial failure and test this model on 6,784 assessments made by 212 observers. We find that variance in the harshness of failure evaluations depends on both the attributes of the entrepreneur and the attributes of the observer, and the interaction between the two. Specifically, entrepreneurs who are homosexual are evaluated more harshly by some observers and entrepreneurs who use environmentally friendly technology are evaluated less harshly. Moreover, observers high in perspective taking are more ‘lenient’ in their failure evaluations of those who use environmentally friendly technology than those low in perspective taking.     

从符号性灭绝到审查性公开：《非诚勿扰》对同性恋的再现

文章分析了热门影片《非诚勿扰》对同性恋的再现。通过对过去三十年同性恋题材一主要是男同性恋题材——的华语电影的发展进行一个简要的梳理,文章把影片关于同性恋的再现纳入一个不断变迁,映照社会政治和反思文化传统的话语体系之中。本文对这部影片相关剧情展开了细致的文本分析,围绕的中心问题是同性恋再现的公共性是如何在审查权威的监控下得以实现的。结合影片上映后引发的各方争论,尤其是来自同性恋社区和运动积极分子的反应,文章最后讨论了同性恋电影对当代中国同性恋社群争取公共空间,提升社会可见度,并最终实现平等权利的意义。     

另类法律文化研究中的爱悦与规训——读《爱悦与规训：中国现代性中同性欲望的法理想象》

《爱悦与规训：中国现代性中同性欲望的法理想象》一书开拓了或者说“显化”了一种新的法学作品的写作模式,运用文化研究的进路,检视中国语境下同性恋身份的法律建构,动摇了异性恋正统制的霸权地位。作者对同性婚姻的论证却也在一定程度上揭示了批判性“文化研究”进路在法学领域里的限度。     

谈田纳西·威廉斯的同性恋及暴力情结

无论是在其人生道路上抑或在其作品中，对上帝不辍的寻找是威廉斯一贯的主题。在探寻上帝的路上，威廉斯经历了对上帝的热切期盼到深切失望的痛苦历程。威廉斯历尽艰辛所发现的上帝要么沉默冷漠，要么暴虐乖张。对上帝的失望是威廉斯同性恋和暴力情结形成的主要原因。在对上帝的认识过程中，沉默的上帝形象的发现导致其同性恋情结的形成，而暴虐的上帝形象的发现则导致其暴力情结的形成。     

论女同性恋女性主义的婚姻观

在后现代主义的影响下,女同性恋女性主义关于女性从被压迫中解放的途征与女性主义三大主要流派的观点有很大差异.这也导致了在婚姻观上,女同性恋女性主义与其他女性主义流派也存在很大不同,她们只认同女性间的同性恋,排斥异性恋.本文重点阐述女同性恋女性主义的婚姻思想及其影响.     

Consumers' Responses to Implicit and Explicit Gay-Themed Advertising in Gay vs. Mainstream Media

ABSTRACT

Further study is needed to validate concerns over gay-themed ads appearing in mainstream media. This study investigates the effects of such ads by comparing them to the effects of gay-themed ads placed in gay media. The study delves into the differential effects of implicit and explicit visual messages. It also examines how consumers' attitudes toward homosexuality affect their purchase intention as well as advertising and brand evaluation. The study's findings suggest that implicit, rather than explicit, gay-themed ads lead to higher purchase intention and more favorable advertising and brand evaluation. The study results show that the type of advertising message (i.e., implicit or explicit gay-themed ads) moderates the relationship between gay-media and mainstream media. Finally, this study finds that a low level of tolerance toward homosexuality results in lower purchase intention as well as less favorable evaluations of both the advertising and brand. Managerial implications are also discussed.     

Lessening the difference is more – the relationship between diversity management and the perceived organizational climate for gay men and lesbians

With a growing number of European companies following a variety of diversity management strategies, the number of companies including the ‘sexual orientation’ dimension in their diversity programs is increasing. Partially explained by the lack of research on that topic, most companies apply the risk-minimizing strategy of copying actions implemented by companies which have already done more in that field. In this context, this paper aims to provide more profound evidence for evaluating the interrelation between sexual orientation diversity management and the perceived organizational climate for gay and lesbian employees. Study 1 compares Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and a German equivalent, showing that companies including ‘sexual orientation’ in their diversity programs can be associated with a more supportive organizational climate for gay men and lesbians. Applying a Heideggerian theoretical framework, Study 2 compares regression models based on a sample of 1308 gay men and lesbians working in Germany. It is shown that those organizational practices that lessen the difference between homosexuality and heterosexuality within the organization are more strongly related to positive psychological climates than those practices that accentuate the difference. Equalization of heterosexual and homosexual partnerships, internal thematization of homosexuality and gay marketing are associated with positive climate perceptions; LGBT networks and mentoring are not.     

磨镜与断袖——海派小说中的同性恋现象

海派小说中并没有真正意义上的同性恋文学,只是表现了一些同性恋现象.虽然书写女同性恋行为本身具有现代性色彩,但是海派小说中的女同性恋的描写与同时期的丁玲等的创作相比,其现代性的程度逊色很多.海派小说的男同性恋描写基本上延续了传统男同性恋中的狎邪风气,不属于性伦理方面的现代性表达.     

正名的不同策略

同性恋作为一种亚文化为了获得话语权而借助了电影这一大众文化媒介形式。其在华语电影中的呈现出从激进到平和的转变过程，尽管表现方式有所不同，但是为其正名却是深层所指。本文有意识地选取了三部影片，通过解读，分析它们的不同正名策略，同时也可看出此类电影的大致发展流程。