{"title":"Inclusive Exclusion: The IDF and the Israeli Classroom Socializing Their Sexed, Gendered, and Queered Futures.","authors":"Brandon William Epstein","doi":"10.1080/00918369.2025.2534548","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article compares Israeli education and military service, arguing that both institutions function similarly as mechanisms of socialization, especially concerning sexuality and gender, and serve as inconsistent or fragmented forms of sexual citizenship. To do so, it synthesizes critical discourse analysis and queer linguistic approaches about Israeli queer youth narratives, exploring their embodied experiences within these institutions and how they are both included and yet excluded as citizens. It uses two theoretical frameworks-sexual strangers and pedagogy of nation-to highlight connections between identity practices, citizenship, and the experiences of queer youth within these institutions. The article contextualizes their experiences against the evolution of the IDF and MinEd's policies and practices toward queerness to demonstrate how queer youth are both included and yet simultaneously excluded within these institutions. The article contributes to the limited literature on youth linguistic and discursive constructions of sexual citizenship by analyzing narratives from queer Israeli youth regarding their experiences in education and military service. It concludes by discussing the implications and effects of policy versus practice within these State institutions on queer youth (sexual) citizenship.</p>","PeriodicalId":48221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Homosexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Homosexuality","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2534548","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article compares Israeli education and military service, arguing that both institutions function similarly as mechanisms of socialization, especially concerning sexuality and gender, and serve as inconsistent or fragmented forms of sexual citizenship. To do so, it synthesizes critical discourse analysis and queer linguistic approaches about Israeli queer youth narratives, exploring their embodied experiences within these institutions and how they are both included and yet excluded as citizens. It uses two theoretical frameworks-sexual strangers and pedagogy of nation-to highlight connections between identity practices, citizenship, and the experiences of queer youth within these institutions. The article contextualizes their experiences against the evolution of the IDF and MinEd's policies and practices toward queerness to demonstrate how queer youth are both included and yet simultaneously excluded within these institutions. The article contributes to the limited literature on youth linguistic and discursive constructions of sexual citizenship by analyzing narratives from queer Israeli youth regarding their experiences in education and military service. It concludes by discussing the implications and effects of policy versus practice within these State institutions on queer youth (sexual) citizenship.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Homosexuality is an internationally acclaimed, peer-reviewed publication devoted to publishing a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship to foster a thorough understanding of the complexities, nuances, and the multifaceted aspects of sexuality and gender. The chief aim of the journal is to publish thought-provoking scholarship by researchers, community activists, and scholars who employ a range of research methodologies and who offer a variety of perspectives to continue shaping knowledge production in the arenas of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) studies and queer studies. The Journal of Homosexuality is committed to offering substantive, accessible reading to researchers and general readers alike in the hope of: spurring additional research, offering ideas to integrate into educational programs at schools, colleges & universities, or community-based organizations, and manifesting activism against sexual and gender prejudice (e.g., homophobia, biphobia and transphobia), including the promotion of sexual and gender justice.