When talking about homosexual vs. heterosexual unions, they are comparable in all ways; however, legalizing them together would cause irrevocable damage to our already weak view of the institution of marriage. Our young generation is in a time where they are being told how to speak and sometimes think, and societal indifference to gay marriage would further confuse our youths who already find their sexuality hard. It is very important that we continue to take strides toward accepting homosexual unions; however, legalizing gay marriage is not a necessary step for that to
The human reproductive system is designed to be sexually compatible in order to bare offspring. If the act of homosexuality were a natural, genetic occurrence then the genes responsible for it would quickly disappear due to the inability for homosexuals to reproduce. Human physiology explains that the body is not designed for homosexual activity and that the anus is not designed for sexual pleasure. For example, the rectum is a lot different from the vagina in regards to suitability for penetration by a penis. The vagina has natural lubricants and supported by a group of muscles.
– A good introduction and link to the title When investigating about homosexuals, some people try to understand by looking for what may be the cause of their sexuality. A group of scientists in 2012 suggested that homosexuality is passed down through the generations from mother to son and from father to daughter leading American scientists to suggest that homosexuality is an epigenetic link and not a genetic one. Epigenetics explains how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches (epi-marks) which are attached to the backbones that determine their effect on our development. Sigmund Freud claims that homosexuality is a personality disorder and a result from the person failure to deal with repressed infancy and traced the causes back to the parent-child relationship. This is supported by Elizabeth Moberly who said “a homosexual orientation does not depend on a genetic predisposition, hormonal imbalance, or abnormal learning processes but on difficulties in the parent-child relationship”.
Yet, this same upbringing blinded me to the inherent social disadvantage experienced by transsexuals. Through my experience, I can recognize that heterosexuals are taught not to identify the privilege of their group over transsexuals. I have decided to identify some of the daily effects of heterosexual privilege in my life. I have chosen those conditions that I think in my case attach somewhat more to sexuality privilege than to class, color, or status, though of course all these other factors are intricately intertwined. As far as I can tell, transsexuals that I come into contact cannot count on most of these conditions.
A Cross Cultural Examination of Sexuality: Modern vs Underdeveloped Societies Psychologists have highlighted a number of divisions regarding sexuality across a variety of cultures. The word ‘sex’ has different meanings. Sex refers to the biological and physiological differences between men and women, the most obvious being differences in their reproductive systems. Every culture controls the sexuality of its members to a certain extent, by embedding it in the institutions of family, religion and law. According to Potts & Short (1999) the core social arrangement within the institution of the family is the marital relationship.
Females and males transcend the four phases, and surprisingly, some of the phases are similar for both sexes, while others are different. The first stage of the sexual response cycle is the excitement phase. In this phase, vasocongestion stimulates blood flow to the sexual organs during the excitement phase. Males may experience erection within three to eight seconds of stimulation, while females may experience vaginal swelling and lubrication in 10 to 30 seconds. Vasocongestion also causes swelling of breasts and nipples, testes, and the earlobes, because of dilation of blood vessels.
To the contrary, the amendment imposes a special disability on those persons alone. Homosexuals are forbidden the safeguards that others enjoy or may seek without constraint" (J.A Kennedy,2009) The truth is, I think it is sick that here in the United States, gay marriage is not a federally protected right. This is bigotry, pure and simple, and it needs to stop. Denying two women or two men the right to marry is as cruel and absurd as it was to deny two straight people of different races the right to marry. Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the Constitution of the United States guarantee everyone the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
We know that homosexuality has been debated over and is still being debated upon to this day... Many believe that the scientific facts outweigh the general opinions of those who believe it is the environmental factors that affect one’s sexual orientation. However, it is not clear as to whether homosexuality is in fact caused by the previously discussed scientific factors, such as Genetic links, hormones and the Brain structure or if it is linked with environmental factors such as one’s upbringing. This discussion aims to scientifically answer if homosexuality can be considered to be scientifically related or if it is merely the environmental conditions of a person that affects their sexual orientation. As discussed previously, it is believed that homosexuality is linked to genetics and that there is a so called ‘gay gene’ which determines as to whether someone is a homosexual or not, within the studies of genetics linked to homosexuality there was great curiosity with twin studies , Several studies had thus been conducted concerning whether a pair of twins will likely have
One effect is increased levels of estrogen in the body, which leads to female-like breast tissue. So ironically, men take steroids to try to achieve the body that the media says that men should have, but instead
However it is the foundation of debates regarding the moral status of a large number of sexual acts – the latent stigma still attached to homosexuality is a prime example of the influence of the theological standpoint on sexual desires. Despite retaining some influence on the way we think about certain sexual practices the traditional theist conception of sexual desires is often widely ignored in modern times. A primary objection to the viewpoint is that it is an almost empirically observable fact that sexual desires do not necessarily aim at procreation. The massive use of contraceptives throughout the modern world is evidence