说不出名字的歧视——论性倾向歧视和性别歧视的关系

Discrimination Unproven: The Relationship between Sex Orientation Discrimination and Sex Discrimination

任何基于性倾向歧视的法律都构成性别歧视,这是一种保护同性恋平等权利的性别歧视进路。这种进路的表面语义分析认为,几乎所有的性倾向歧视的法律都要使用性别分类。因为性倾向的判断基础就是一个人的性别以及他(或者她)情欲伙伴的性别。性别歧视进路的文化分析是,性别歧视主义和异性恋霸权互相支撑。如果接受了这样的进路,法院将会改变违宪审查的基准来保护同性恋权利,从性倾向的合理审查到性别的中等程度审查。法院出于审慎的原则可能不会接受。更重要的是,用性别歧视进路来保护同性恋权利把性倾向歧视封闭在了柜子里,向社会传达的信息是,在公共论坛上谈论性倾向歧视是不合适的。法院也没有机会处理这一核心道德议题。

To recognize any law discriminates based on sex orientation as sex discrimination is an approach to protect the equal rights of homosexuals by sex discrimination.Semantic analysis for this is that all laws discriminate based on sex orientation categorize by gender.Cultural analysis for this is that sex discrimination is co-supported with heterosexuals.If such approaches are accepted,courts will change the criteria of judicial review to protect the rights of homosexuals from reasonable review of sex orientation to middle-tie review of gender,which could be denied by courts due to judicial prudence.Moreover,such approach make the image that it is not proper to talk about sex orientation in public,and the court would not have the opportunity to deal with this core moral issue.