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Sexual revolution in France in the decade of the 1970s is characterized by socialopenness toward sex. There is a change in the pattern of spousal living, including same-sexrelation. Homosexuals in France have the courage to declare their sexual orientation. Despitepros and cons within the French society, PACS or the solidarity civil pact, since 1999, allowedhomosexual pairs to formalize their commitment outside marriage.French songs with homosexual themes began to appear in the decade of the 1960s. Sincethen, around 90 songs foreground homosexuality through various themes and perspectives.In the first reading, the lyrics only foreground the emergence of consciousness or confession ofa homosexual. The theme of the orientation of homosexual behaviour can be found in most ofthe songs. Other themes are related to other perspectives. Further discussion shows that thesesongs are presented in terms of three negative perspectives: negative, positive and neutral.The negative perspective uses homosexuality as an object of joke, the second proposes defensefor the homosexual community, and the neutral perspective is completely descriptive andgenerally portrays sexuality and sensuality among the homosexuals. |
