▁as ▁ab normal , ▁inferior , ▁and ▁shame ful . ▁He ▁arg ues ▁that ▁any ▁que er ▁rights ▁movement ▁would ▁do ▁better ▁to ▁abandon ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁normal ity ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁campaign ing ▁for ▁the ▁recognition ▁of ▁bro ader ▁vari eties ▁of ▁sexual ▁expression ▁as ▁dign ified . ▁He ▁discuss es ▁the ▁part ▁played ▁by ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁normal ity ▁in ▁the ▁une ven ▁distribution ▁of ▁sexual ▁shame ▁that ▁in hib its ▁lives , ▁and ▁the ▁negative ▁consequences ▁— ▁including ▁greater ▁risk ▁of ▁violence ▁and ▁disease ▁— ▁that ▁result . ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁ ▁Chapter ▁One ▁critic izes ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁some ▁mor ally ▁comp elling ▁aspect ▁to ▁" normal ity ", ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁normal ▁range ▁is ▁simply ▁a ▁statistical ▁category ▁to ▁which ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁eth ical ▁oblig ation ▁to ▁correspond : ▁" If ▁normal ▁just ▁means ▁within ▁a ▁common ▁statistical ▁range , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁reason ▁to ▁be ▁normal ▁or ▁not ". ▁Warner ▁uses ▁the ▁example ▁of ▁former ▁US ▁president ▁Bill ▁Cl inton ' s ▁im pe achment ▁after ▁a ▁sexual ▁sc andal ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁public ▁and ▁political ▁disc ourse ▁uses ▁shame ▁dis ingen u ously , ▁to ▁port ray ▁certain ▁kinds ▁of ▁sexual ▁behaviour ▁as ▁int ol er able , ▁when ▁private ▁mor ality ▁generally ▁recogn ises ▁the ▁compatibility ▁of ▁sex ▁with ▁dign ity . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁chapter ▁arg ues ▁that ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁being ▁a ▁limited ▁goal , ▁less ▁ur gent ▁than ▁the ▁elim ination ▁of ▁violence ▁and ▁disc rim ination