This modeling was used to test whether belief that being a homosexual meant you had to act a certain way is associated with psychological and homonegativity. A pattern emerged from the results. Belief that homosexuality was choice was less associated with sexual identity uncertainty. However, those who believed this showed a large correlation with internalized homonegativity. Although sexual identity uncertainty seemed to be related with individuals with poorer psychological wellbeing; no direct correlation between identity uncertainty and psychological wellbeing was…
Some people even look at homosexuality as if it’s a defect of some sort. They see it this way because they don’t understand what’s going on with someone else. Just because someone or something is different, doesn’t mean it’s…
In some people, the homosexual inclination may result from poor education, lack of normal sexual development, habit, and bad influence which may be temporal or cannot be treated. The church from start…
Holden affiliates with two other men who display homosexual tendencies or are described as displaying them, Carl Luce and Mr. Antolini. Salinger purposefully connects the three males through their attraction to older women, which is possibly a means for the men and boy to conceal their true sexual desires. Carl Luce is dating a Chinese woman who is "in her late thirties" (Salinger, 145) while Antolini is married to a woman who was "about sixty years older" (Salinger, 181) than him. Holden himself is attracted to Mrs. Morrow, as seen through his personal observations of the woman. He said, "she was very good looking" (Salinger, 54) and "had quite a lot of sex appeal" (Salinger, 56).…
However there are several reasons why this argument does not logically hold up. The first being that even children raised by opposing-sex couples identify as gay. Another loophole of this argument is that many gay individuals donate in order to help individuals get artificially inseminated yet the children born from these situations often identify as straight. Clearly there is no genetic link that leads to an individual finding their sexual orientation. It’s also important to note that it is unreasonable to think that children raised by same sex couples are not definitively going to end up psychologically damaged simply because of having this kind of upbringing.…
Most people, myself included follow the assumption that everyone we meet is heterosexual. We follow this assumption until we are proven right or we are proven wrong. This assumption is called heteronormativity. It is following the speculation that everyone is straight until proven guilty. It is popularly believed that, “Heterosexuality prescribes what is proper intimacy, who is a proper citizen, and what is a proper family” (Steinbugler 423).…
Furthermore, the claim a child will "turn gay" if raised by a gay couple is not only false but also illogical. While scientists do not know the exact cause of sexuality (though genetics and hormones are thought to play a role), there is no substantial evidence for environmental factors playing a significant role in sexual orientation development. In fact, straight households raised the majority of the gay population, and many gay couples end up raising straight…
Born Gay? A choice; the ability to do whatever one wishes at his or her own pace. It is a choice to wake up in the morning and go to school. It is a choice to pick out the clothes one wishes to wear for the day.…
n today's culture homosexuality is no longer a taboo to the american public since it is a topic that is widely talked about as LGBT people advance in gaining their rights of marriage equality and other benefits that heterosexual people have but remain in isolation against religious communities. The United States in the past one-hundred-years as strayed away from a protestant culture to a secular one as the country is filled with various opinion and religious beliefs that would be discriminated against in state sanctioned public activities that adhere to christian beliefs and values. The secularist movement in the American government had caused shock and concern for the the religious christian communities in the country and gave birth to christian nationalism and the evangelical movement that began in the mid 60s as american society was placed with various issues that required serious cultural changes.…
Research on sexual orientation, and belief that it could be biologically based or choice by host. Top researchers believe that it is a choice and others believe you’re born with genetic markers from birth. Some studies even suggest that sexual orientation of being gay, Bi, and or a lesbian, is a result of a morally unacceptable decision, or a psychological disorder. In the article by (Newscientisl) their belief is that “If key genes are found, it might be possible to detect homosexuality before birth, or to “cure” people by altering those genes.”…
Less obviously, the idea that sexuality is more a product of biology is problematic because there could still be intervention using misguided medicine (Sedgwick 43). Overall, I believe that people should not see being homosexual as a problem so that the origin of sexuality is not explored in an effort to “fix someone”. Nature versus nurture is not a stable argument because it can harm people, often without their full…
First, many studies show that sexual orientation is not related to factors such as parental warmth or parenting styles. It is also not related to family structure. It is likely the role of prenatal hormones that influence sexual orientation because it develops during the prenatal period. These hormones impact the development of the hypothalamus which is where sexual attraction is rooted. There are four possible mechanisms for prenatal hormone influences on the developing brain.…
Homosexuality is a constant topic in the media and is always being shunned with religious motives in both past and present. In recent news, politicians in some states are aiming for the criminalization of homosexuality while others are passing legislation for the recognition of same-sex marriages. Michael Levin presents a purely scientific and secular argument against homosexuality and homosexual marriages in his work “Why Homosexuality is Abnormal.” Michael Levin addresses the debate question: “Is homosexuality abnormal?” His position on the debate is affirmative.…
What they fail to realize is we choose who we love, so therefore, yes we have the overall decision on who that person is. Being homosexual is absolutely a choice a person makes amongst themselves and the lifestyle they choose to live. Therefore homosexuality starts in early childhood based off of what they encounter, television that is watched and just trying…
Someone can be heterosexual and still develop sexual feelings for someone of the same sex, or someone can label themselves as homosexual and still engage in sexual relationships with the opposite sex. I believe that as long as we are human beings, we will be attracted to other human beings regardless of gender and…