The essay “Masculinity as homophobia” by Michael S. Kimmel talks about how masculinity and homophobia go hand in hand with each other. Trying to prove ourselves masculine‚ makes us change how we really are‚ showing a different face than what we want to show. Homophobia is the fear of not measuring up as a real man. We are afraid of being humiliated by other men. All this leads to silence‚ to a silence that shows that we agree with the things that are done to women‚ to gays and lesbians. And this
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Madison Cottrell West Honours Would Literature 13 January 2015 The Effects of Homophobia on Homosexuals in High Schools The treatment of homosexual teenagers in high schools across the country‚ and it increases the likeliness of them being put into situations where they will put into practice some risk behaviors. In this year of 2015‚ 3.4% of the American population has identified as gay‚ lesbian‚ or bisexual. This may seem like a small number‚ but this is equivalent to about 10‚747‚400 people.
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Homophobia has been around for a long time and in most cases is not a valid argument for the hate and fear people have towards homosexuals. This is a very important and relevant topic in today’s time. Many people claim that homophobia is a valid reason to hate gay people. In all reality‚ many times people who are homophobic just don’t understand gay people. If you look up homophobia in the dictionary‚ it would say something like fear of lesbians and gay men. This is somewhat true but very misleading
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Journal of Homosexuality‚ I found an article titled "Heterosexual Masculinity and Homophobia: A Reaction to the Self?" This article discussed information based on a case study that was done on 74 college males. The study investigated the link between heterosexual masculinity and homophobia. "Heterosexual Masculinity and Homophobia: A Reaction to the Self" examined specific areas as the predictors of homophobia. One area discussed was gender self-discrepancy. Gender discrepancy is how well a
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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
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Michael S. Kimmel’s article of‚ “Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear‚ Shame‚ and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity‚” is exploring how men perceive this idea of masculinity/masculine and how it came to be. It discuss the pressure of what men have to prove to show their idea of “manhood” in society. This article points out the important part of masculinity where men have to compare themselves to others and live up to what a masculine man really is. The approval of other men. Michael describes
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Homophobia- freedom of opinion or dangerous attitude? Individuals are judged all the time for their race‚ their religion‚ or their gender. People Have fought for this prejudice behavior to stop for years‚ and in this day in age these racist and prejudice attitudes have become less acceptable. People now walk on their tip-toes‚ avoiding any conflict or harm that might be caused with hurtful words or actions that would have been normal in the past. Most of us wouldn’t dream of standing up and saying
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You would have to be delusional if you think racism‚ sexism‚ and homophobia no longer exists in our community and overall society. From racial profiling‚ police brutality‚ and media portrayal to gay slurs‚ lack of respect‚ treatment‚ and extreme hate crimes to slutshaminng‚ the women’s wage gap‚ We cannot ignore the everyday injustice that we not only witness‚ but suffer from. I believe that we need to take a stand and to fight against the oppression that we have been suffering from for far too long
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Tamanah Yaqubi Sexism‚ Racism‚ and Homophobia Essay Sexism‚ Racism‚ and Homophobia all have one thing in common - fear. Many people are afraid of change and being outcasted because of the outcome of it. Individuals who are like that are often close minded to new things and think with a mob mentality. People with mob mentalities are often confused as to what they believe in‚ they generally fear being judged by certain members of the community that can change the way others in the community perceive
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cruel behavior‚ and the resent people would have against someone who wasn’t heterosexual. Homophobia comes into place with heterosexism because the formation of such beliefs and attitudes came to be created because of homophobia‚ itself. It is almost like the people created heterosexism as a controlling mechanism towards heterosexual‚ homosexuals or anyone trying to come out out as homosexual.
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