Homosexuality is at the front lines of the nature versus nurture debate. Many studies have been conducted‚ but a clear cause has yet to be found. Anti-homosexuals‚ consisting mainly of religious groups‚ believe that homosexuality is abnormal‚ unnatural‚ and can be changed. Because of their beliefs‚ homosexuality must be a learned behavior. Whether homosexuality is biological or learned behavior is still a mystery‚ but scientists are finding more evidence to suggest the former. Webster’s online dictionary
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Homosexuality The Controversy of Homosexuality Differences within people are what make each individual unique‚ and accepting differences is mandatory to live in a peaceful environment. Homosexuality is a widespread phenomenon that has been around for centuries. Discrimination against homosexuals is a critical issue that is affecting many lives around the world. Homosexuality is prohibited in some countries while it is encouraged and protected in others. Homosexuality is observed in the
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who once thought that homosexuality was a mental disease‚ have learned over the last few decades that it seems to be caused by either a nature or nurturing influence. As society expands its views to accept certain groups of people who were once viewed as maladapted‚ science has helped potentially discover scientific causes for the behavior. Looking at the articles presented it seems that there is much stronger evidence to support the nature or biological cause for homosexuality. One of the first
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views in homosexuality The current world has seen a fundamental change in the imagery and perception of human sexuality. Indebted in this aspect is the broad portfolio of the moral aspect that is governed by various sexual relationships such as homosexuality‚ lesbianism and opposite sex relationships. Within the same scenario‚ there have consistently been wide frame changes on the ideals and provisions that basically underlie such different sexual orientations. By and larger‚ homosexuality remains
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Homosexuality Homosexuality has always been a controversial topic of ethical discussion. The morality of the subject depends completely upon a person’s views. A person is often swayed one way or another and religion often plays a very large role on the subject. There are those who believe in the divine command theory and those who believe in the natural law theory. In order to properly understand either theory it is important to know the meaning behind each. According to ‚ divine command
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Homosexuality is in many ways an awkward subject to write about. In the old days‚ such things were not mentioned in polite conversation. Even today‚ the continual discussion of sexual orientation can grate: surely such things are meant to be intimate and private? However‚ conservatives do not set the tone of public debate‚ and for good or ill homosexuality has become a high-profile topic of political discussion. First of all‚ it is worth pointing out that homosexuality has not been recently invented
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Prejudice and Homosexuality Gays? Who are gays? What discrimination do they face? Well‚ gays are just people who are sexually attracted to someone of the same sex. According to the author‚ Richard D. Mohr‚ gays are subject to widespread discrimination in employment and government are leading offenders. For example‚ gays/lesbians are not allowed to serve in the armed forces‚ CIA‚ FBI‚ national security agency‚ or the state department. Yes‚ I do agree with the author but‚ the author wrote that
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“Homosexuality in Christianity” Comparable to racism and sexism‚ homophobia is another type of discrimination that will‚ unfortunately‚ most likely always exist throughout this generation. Religion and The idea of homosexuality tends to be offensive to many religiously people‚ especially Christians. One of the “Golden Rules” stated in the Bible is to treat others how you would like to be treated‚ yet homosexuals are mistreated by many Christians all the time. The issue of homosexuality in Christianity
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least among the young‚ we do not avoid talking about this topic. When the whole world is under the discussion of “equal marriage” and the homosexuality are fighting for their freedom‚ the homosexuals in China seems so quite. They do not fight for their right‚ they do not stay high profile. It is difficult for us even to know about the real life of homosexuality in China. Whether they are pleased with what they have or there is too many tension that they are too afraid to even say their problems aloud
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Psychology on Homosexuality One of the deeply debated topics in psychology is homosexuality‚ some psychologists believe that it’s genetic and some believe that it is a learned sexual orientation. In my personal opinion‚ I think that homosexuals are born with that sexual orientation. I believe that a homosexual might not always have fully known they were gay but some part of them always did know. I strongly disagree with the psychologists who say that homosexuality is learned; you just don’t
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