Privilege is something everyone is born with that grants people in a way better treatment than others receive just for being born that way. I have a several of privileges that make my existence easier in this world. I am a heterosexual female, my age group and economic status are also dominant. Being in these dominant microcultures gives me some advantages over other people who are not in these dominant groups. Being in these dominant microcultures gives me some advantages over other people who are not it these dominant groups. Heterosexuality grants me many privileges that homosexuals do not have. Heterosexism in our society exist and causes harm to those who experience it. I know that as a heterosexual I was not aware that homosexuals experience
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In the United States, government figures show that crimes based on sexual orientation rank second only to racist incidents among hate crime. Michael Friedman in “The psychological impact of LGBT discrimination” explains how being mistreated comes in many different forms from verbal insults to unequal treatment and in most cases violence. Rejection always begins at home, many experience physical abuse and many of these homosexuals end up homeless. Discrimination to LGBT does not stop at just being homeless and being mistreated this year alone in 2015 there has been nine transgender woman killed in the United States. In the article by Jeremy Gray, “Alabama transgender teen Mercedes Williamson was beaten to death investigators testify” explains how a seventeen year old transgender was murdered by a white male due to her being a transgender. It explains that she was stabbed to death by a twenty eight year old Mississippi man. He then hid the remains under some brush on his father’s property. They also concluded that they had known each other anywhere between nine to eleven months. LGBT are also high risk for suicide, as a result of their sexual identity, many are ashamed of feeling the way they feel about the same sex. Not being able to express how they really feel and keeping their sexuality a secret leads to depression, anxiety and suicide. Clara Moskowitz In her article “High …show more content…
I am aware that I get to hold hands with my significant other. I am allowed because it is considered the norm to show affection to my boyfriend. I will never be targeted by anyone because of my heterosexuality. I will never be denied a job, because I am straight. I now know that my sexual identify benefited me in two separate occasions. I am an LVN and have worked in a nursing home my whole career. About a year ago I applied for a job was set up for an interview. A guy who is a Registered Nurse and had been with the nursing home for six years had also applied for that position. When I went in to interview I made it very clear to the Director of Nursing that I could not take any twelve hours shift positions. The director said I understand, and gave me the position. I was in that position for six months, after I turned my two weeks’ notice the guy with the RN had come to my office to ask me to refer him for my position. I went to the DON and asked her to give it to him he was an RN and would make things easier for her. Her response was “I know he is a good nurse, and would do a very good job in there, but he is just too feminine and with him being gay I just don’t know how I would explain that to Joe.” I never thought about that as discrimination towards him until today, he was being denied advancement in the workplace due to his openness about his sexuality.
In the United States, government figures show that crimes based on sexual orientation rank second only to racist incidents among hate crime. Michael Friedman in “The psychological impact of LGBT discrimination” explains how being mistreated comes in many different forms from verbal insults to unequal treatment and in most cases violence. Rejection always begins at home, many experience physical abuse and many of these homosexuals end up homeless. Discrimination to LGBT does not stop at just being homeless and being mistreated this year alone in 2015 there has been nine transgender woman killed in the United States. In the article by Jeremy Gray, “Alabama transgender teen Mercedes Williamson was beaten to death investigators testify” explains how a seventeen year old transgender was murdered by a white male due to her being a transgender. It explains that she was stabbed to death by a twenty eight year old Mississippi man. He then hid the remains under some brush on his father’s property. They also concluded that they had known each other anywhere between nine to eleven months. LGBT are also high risk for suicide, as a result of their sexual identity, many are ashamed of feeling the way they feel about the same sex. Not being able to express how they really feel and keeping their sexuality a secret leads to depression, anxiety and suicide. Clara Moskowitz In her article “High …show more content…
I am aware that I get to hold hands with my significant other. I am allowed because it is considered the norm to show affection to my boyfriend. I will never be targeted by anyone because of my heterosexuality. I will never be denied a job, because I am straight. I now know that my sexual identify benefited me in two separate occasions. I am an LVN and have worked in a nursing home my whole career. About a year ago I applied for a job was set up for an interview. A guy who is a Registered Nurse and had been with the nursing home for six years had also applied for that position. When I went in to interview I made it very clear to the Director of Nursing that I could not take any twelve hours shift positions. The director said I understand, and gave me the position. I was in that position for six months, after I turned my two weeks’ notice the guy with the RN had come to my office to ask me to refer him for my position. I went to the DON and asked her to give it to him he was an RN and would make things easier for her. Her response was “I know he is a good nurse, and would do a very good job in there, but he is just too feminine and with him being gay I just don’t know how I would explain that to Joe.” I never thought about that as discrimination towards him until today, he was being denied advancement in the workplace due to his openness about his sexuality.