Overall I would say there are some lines in the article that I agree with and could and some I could not. I was never a science-y and statistical research person knowledge-wise but I was felt the development of a human’s sexual orientation is more psychological and/or sociological than biological based. Even articles say there’s research that shows how someone becomes homosexual or heterosexual or if it skips a sibling (pg. 2.)‚ it’s all you as a person growing up. It’s very much environmental
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regardless of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ oreientation‚ disability etc. • How is discrimination faced by one identity group (race‚ ethnicity‚ religious beliefs‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ age‚ or disability) the same as discrimination faced by another? How are they different? I would agree that sexual orientation and gender face similar discrimination if you are gay‚ straight transgender people will look at you in disgust they will treat you differently and deny certain rights llke getting
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According to Rathus‚ Nevid‚ and Fichner-Rathus‚ (2005) the term homosexuality denotes sexual interest in members of one’s own anatomic sex and applies to both_ _men and women. Homosexual males are often referred to as gay males and homosexual females or referred to as lesbians. Gay males and lesbians have existed throughout history. The historical and scientific perspectives on homosexuality have shaped the way gay individuals perceive themselves in various ways. These perspectives may also be beneficial
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American holds closest to their heart‚ that is unless you are in the military and are gay. The issue of gays in the military has developed into a case of whether our country should discriminate against a group merely because of involuntary sexual orientation. Two persistent principles are evident within this topic: that homosexuals are ever present throughout all branches of the military and a persistent hostility against this group is in American society and the military. In order to effectively examine
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minds that the Mom-and-Dad orientated family is the definition of a normal and healthy family. Gay and lesbian parenting is simply couples of the same-sex raising a family where the children grow up in loving‚ supportive environments. The sexual orientation of the parents does not influence if they can raise a child‚ rather it depends on if the parents are capable of providing a nurturing environment. Several people ignore the fact there are thousands of children waiting to be adopted and continue
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Human sexuality plays an integral and a key role in people’s lives. Human sexuality is defined as the capacity to experience erotic responses and sexual attraction to another with regards to their sexual orientation. People’s sexual orientation includes heterosexuality (attraction to the opposite sex)‚ homosexuality (attraction to the same sex)‚ bisexuality (experiencing both of these tendencies) and asexuality (not being sexually attracted to anyone). Sexuality‚ in particular homosexuality‚ is a
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on‚ homosexuality has went from being condemned and discrete‚ to being more accepted‚ partially understood and somewhat tolerated. Somewhere through the fight of homosexuality labels were given to the individuals who practice this type of sexual orientation. Women who seek relationships with other women are known as lesbians and males who seek relationships with other males are known as gay. Some religions teach that homosexuality is an abomination before God and a sin; however‚ some cultures teach
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patriarchal society. So essentially‚ despite the legal protection offered by South Africa’s constitution‚ sexual orientation based discrimination is still widespread in South African communities (Wesley‚ 2012). This kind of discrimination is reinforced by the culture of heteronormativity. Heteronormativity refers to normalisation and enforcement of heterosexuality as the only ‘natural’ sexual orientation (Searle‚ 2009: 84-85). Heteronormativity has been constructed in such to have no comparative element‚ thus
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Whether sexual preference is a quality we are born with (nature) or is caused by the environment we are raised in (nurture) has been deliberated by scientists‚ religious leaders‚ elected officials‚ and the general public. Proponents argue that sexual orientation‚ is determined by natural‚ inflexible biological factors such as genes or hormones‚ and therefore gay people
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family; that many are keen to take the children that most pass on. Most of the children adopted by homosexuals are the ones with the most obligations (CWLA‚ 2009). “Rather than excluding‚ one might consider that some people‚ because of their sexual orientation‚ may be better able to serve these children” (CWLA‚ 2009‚ pg 3‚ para
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