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GAY MALE PHYSIL EXAMS
The annual physil exam is tght as a universal modaly medil schools. Sce there are certa risk factors that perta specifilly to the gay muny, this discsn will foc on aspects of the physil exam that are cril for gay men. * gay physical examinations *
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Gaytim 2015) when was abolished November 2015. Before the amendment, gay men had to endure rectal examatns and provi photographic material of themselv durg terurse to prove their homosexualy. In 2010, one article the German news magaze Der Spiegel, entled “Porn for the General” (Popp 2010), ed some sensatn bee acced the ary of storg the biggt gay porn llectn Turkey (Hearn, Biricik & Joelsson 2016, 33).
To pe a prevailg homophobia and anti-gay vlence the ary, many gay men seek exemptn om ary service on grounds of their homosexualy which is classified a “psychosexual disorr. ” Addnally, they refer to the social stigma surroundg homosexualy Turkey which materializ the “unf report, ” also lled “rotten report, ” that gay men receive after beg discharged. “gettg this report means that you disclose and document your gay inty […] this means social excln, loss of job opportuni, no chance of beg a public employee, creasg snubs and prsure om your social environment.
A GUI TO THE GAY MAN'S PHYSIL EXAM
Even though provg practic have been amend and now ary doctors evaluate a person’s homosexualy “only” based on his behavr and verbal claratn of beg gay, rectal examatns as a proof of homosexualy offer an sightful se to theoretilly engage wh the qutn of how bodi are done by lotg some kd of proof wh them. By lookg at how gay men Turkey provi and produce photographic evince of themselv durg terurse and unrgo the medil examatn of their anal ton’s elasticy (Çar 2014), I attend to how a specific homosexual body emerg the provg practic.
The homosexual body is a certa gree of the anal ton’s elasticy – the medil examatn of the Turkish ary. And yet, different homosexuali or atheroscleros do perta to one body:. “mastectomy necsarily queers women a homophobic world” (Ja 2007, 522), photo creds: Can Ortak.
As a rult, a foc on assemblag and enacted ontologi should not oblerate the important work done on how homosexualy has been brought to existence as the “viant Other” medi-scientific disurs (Fouult 1978; Terry 1995). #4 The Homosexual Body – Rectal examatns the Turkish ary. In his analysis of nscript to the Turkish ary, Biricik (2012) posns gay men’s strategi to be exempted and receive the “rotten report” wh the natn-state’s propagatn of hegemonic masculy.