Abstract
This paper proposes to critically examine the LGBTphobic comments of social workers against the content of the video For Social Work there is no "gay cure", created by the Brazilian Federal Council of Social Work (CFESS). Thus, based on the theoretical and methodological principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this research investigates how the construction of meanings of the arguments made in those prejudiced posts proceeds. CDA proposes to describe, interpret and disseminate how forms of power, domination and social inequality are (re)produced in discursive practices, in their socio-political and cultural contexts. More particularly, this study turns its attention to the rhetorical appeals of ethos and pathos observed in those statements that were favorable to the proposition of therapies for sexual (re)orientation ("gay cure"), thus reproducing the hate speech, stigmatization and discrimination against the human rights of the members of the gender and sexuality diverse community. The findings can be arranged into five analytical categories: the cis-hetero-compulsory rhetoric, the "freedom of thought" rhetoric, the "right to choose" rhetoric, the neoconservative rhetoric and the religious rhetoric.
Highlights
This paper proposes to critically examine the LGBTphobic comments of social workers against the content of the video For Social Work there is no “gay cure”, created by the Brazilian Federal Council of Social Work (CFESS)
This study turns its attention to the rhetorical appeals of ethos and pathos observed in those statements that were favorable to the proposition of therapies for sexualorientation (“gay cure”), reproducing the hate speech, stigmatization and discrimination against the human rights of the members of the gender and sexuality diverse community
It is possible to observe the occurrence of several LGBTphobic comments to the video, posted in support – manifest or veiled – to the fallacious rhetoric of “gay cure”, having been carried out by internet users who present themselves as professionals or students of Social Work
Summary
In September 2017, the Brazilian Federal Council of Social Work (CFESS) released on its digital social networks the video For Brazilian Social Work, there is no “gay cure” (CFESS, 2017a, 2017b). It is possible to observe the occurrence of several LGBTphobic comments to the video, posted in support – manifest or veiled – to the fallacious rhetoric of “gay cure”, having been carried out by internet users who present themselves as professionals or students of Social Work. In view of this disparate scenario, this paper proposes to critically examine the LGBTphobic arguments of self-identified internet users as social workers against the content of the video For Brazilian Social Work, there is no “gay cure”, by CFESS. The objective is to unravel how the rhetorical appeals of ethos and pathos are constructed in the statements of those professionals in favor of the “gay cure” proposition, reproducing the discourse of stigmatization and prejudice against the gender and sexuality diverse community
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