Homophobia Research Paper
Rich Grant
MR. Wellington
11/12/05
College Writing
Homophobia
The term homophobia might be fairly new in terms of it being used in a regular day conversation, but the feelings of dislike and fear of gays have been around for too long. Homophobia is a social problem. What makes this problem a social problem? It has affected numerous amounts of people in a harmful way. In society many view gays or lesbians as sinners and treat them like they are inhuman. Most of society has prejudices that they do not realize. They end up treating gays and lesbians unfairly and feel that they are doing nothing wrong. Hate crimes are a huge result of homophobia. Gays and lesbians have their property trashed, are yelled at, and sometimes killed …show more content…
In the article Hate Crimes the editorial explains a hate crime as “offenses stemming from hatred of persons based on race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.” (Editorial 1) Many crimes are committed against gays and lesbians because of their sexual preference. This is a big reason why homophobia is a social problem. A hate crime can be a simple poster put up making fun of homosexuals to someone being killed because they are gay or lesbian. An example that has made hate crimes realistic to me is the death of Mathew Sheppard. “He had the misfortune to casually meet two men and a woman who kidnapped him, took him to an isolated rural spot where they savagely pistol – whipped him, and left him tied to a fence in bitterly cold weather,” explains Burns the author of Hate Makes Waste. This is just one example of many deaths that have taken place because of hate. Mathew Sheppard was killed because he was gay. This is not uncommon. Many gays, lesbians, and minorities are killed because of hate. So when society claims they fear homosexuals because it may change our society, should are society stay the same? Is a society filled with hate and murder a good society? “Doesn’t the fact of such crimes necessitate a serious examination of the kind society we have become?” (Burns 1) So why does most of the heterosexual society feel that homosexuals are sinners. Is it not wrong to
MR. Wellington
11/12/05
College Writing
Homophobia
The term homophobia might be fairly new in terms of it being used in a regular day conversation, but the feelings of dislike and fear of gays have been around for too long. Homophobia is a social problem. What makes this problem a social problem? It has affected numerous amounts of people in a harmful way. In society many view gays or lesbians as sinners and treat them like they are inhuman. Most of society has prejudices that they do not realize. They end up treating gays and lesbians unfairly and feel that they are doing nothing wrong. Hate crimes are a huge result of homophobia. Gays and lesbians have their property trashed, are yelled at, and sometimes killed …show more content…
In the article Hate Crimes the editorial explains a hate crime as “offenses stemming from hatred of persons based on race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.” (Editorial 1) Many crimes are committed against gays and lesbians because of their sexual preference. This is a big reason why homophobia is a social problem. A hate crime can be a simple poster put up making fun of homosexuals to someone being killed because they are gay or lesbian. An example that has made hate crimes realistic to me is the death of Mathew Sheppard. “He had the misfortune to casually meet two men and a woman who kidnapped him, took him to an isolated rural spot where they savagely pistol – whipped him, and left him tied to a fence in bitterly cold weather,” explains Burns the author of Hate Makes Waste. This is just one example of many deaths that have taken place because of hate. Mathew Sheppard was killed because he was gay. This is not uncommon. Many gays, lesbians, and minorities are killed because of hate. So when society claims they fear homosexuals because it may change our society, should are society stay the same? Is a society filled with hate and murder a good society? “Doesn’t the fact of such crimes necessitate a serious examination of the kind society we have become?” (Burns 1) So why does most of the heterosexual society feel that homosexuals are sinners. Is it not wrong to