Introducction to Sociology December 10, 2013. Heterosexual Privilege: Unpacking the invisible Purse or it is Wallet? “I was taught to see transexuality only in individual acts of prejudice, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group” Thinking through unacknowledged heterosexual privilege as a phenomenon, I realized that, since hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there is most likely a phenomenon of heterosexual privilege that is denied and protected. As a heterosexual person, I’ve come to acknowledge my upbringing as something that puts others (transsexuals) at a disadvantage. Yet, this same upbringing blinded me to the inherent social disadvantage experienced by transsexuals.
With DNA analysis, the genetic factors could determine eye colour and hair colour. This reading, in a sense, is a way for society to cure homosexuality because, if the prof was there that your child would be gay, would you really choose to keep him/her? No. you would most likely abort it. This is not even the beginning of a cure of homosexuality, as all persons are made and accepted equally in the image of god, and aborting a child who shows proof of being gay, is not allowing to be equally accepted.
Homosexuals are not hurting anyone by being homosexual, so why such hostility? It is people that cannot see the good in deference that make this world an ugly place. Live and let live someone once said, but some people are hell bent on a superior way of being and
Traditionally, extending federal criminal law and moral legislation reserved to states that revealed many vices of over-criminalization. The common features are excessive unchecked discretion for enforcement authorities and inevitable disparity among similarly situated people. However, other areas of society argue they are against sodomy and same sex marriages because of having traditional views that these laws preserve order in society. Nevertheless, another area certain to bring about argument is gay marriages take away from cultural values and set bad examples to the nation�s youth. Anti-gay groups oppose gay couples adopting children because of having parents of the same sex and this is more harmful than having no parents.
They also believed that a gay person is committing a sin and would burn in hell for having a sexual experience with a person of the same sex. (Rathus, Nevid & Fichner-Rathus, 2005) Until recently, some religions would perceive the male on male and female on female sexual interaction as inappropriate. Then, consider the cross cultural viewpoints and according to the text, it appears that there are some cultures that are more accepting to this. The New Guinea is one of the cultures that are more excepting to the view of homosexuality. In this culture the young
This very same group encourages the actions of anti-gay hate crimes and urges incomprehensible violence towards gays solely to support their beliefs and for their own profit. Freedom of religion in this country is a constitutional right. So, Evangelists, Catholics, and Christians should not try to influence their beliefs of being a homosexual is wrong on the other members of our country. Religious
The concept of sexuality is very complex; however, society often looks at it in a very simplistic way. For centuries homosexuality has been a taboo topic, especially because of the lack of information on it. Society has expressed that homosexuality was unnatural and in the mid-1900s the DSM categorized homosexuals as having a psychological condition. The DSM, an abbreviation for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, regarding homosexuality, has attracted controversy and criticism over the years and people who belong to the LGB community have been ridiculed against for something that doesn’t fully relate to them. Homosexuality is not a psychological condition; with research disproving this prior theory, many actions have been
The research also extends the concept of the “double closet” in which the participants actually felt more conformable with their identity as homosexual males versus wealthy males (Hokemeyer, 2009). It would be interesting to find out if Low-SES homosexual males also identify more with being homosexual or being poor. Does being homosexual keep them from achieving all of their goals emotionally, personally and professionally? As is well known, problem of violence against homosexuals is so pervasive that they were a specifically identified group when the United States Congress ordered
Marriage is the most important social institution, and it is a formality for the perpetuation of procreation; hence same sex marriage cannot meet this requirement. In other words, same sex marriage does not aid in procreation, which sustains our species. Same sex marriage will destroy our society. Some believe that although gay couples cannot produce children, they can have adopted children and fulfill a social need. That may seem like a good idea, but I am sure that there must be differences between a child who grows up in an environment with same sex couples than with regular heterosexual parents.
There were other cultures that permitted it but did not encourage it (Hunt, 1995). But on the other hand, both Judaism and Christanity viewed gay as a sin (Hunt, 1995). Some social scientist oppose laws that prohibit homosexuality, they believed that gay men and women are treated unfairly (Bidstrup, 2005). The lifestyle of gays is a principle insight at which we all have come to be governed (Hunt, 1995). In 1960’s homosexual organizations known as the Gay Liberation groups have worked in a number of countries and the U.S to urge society to have a tolerate attitude toward homosexuality (Bidstrup, 2005).