The Zeitgeist

The Zeitgeist, as explained in the text is the “spirit of the times”. There are several areas of discussion in our current cultural climate in the United States. Some of these discussions have been ever evolving, while other areas have taken drastic shifts on how they are viewed and discussed. One important cultural climate today is the acceptance LGBTQ community. I suppose acceptance may not be the correct term to use as there is still several areas of inequality in comparison with heterosexual couples but we are moving in the right direction in comparison with past history of homosexuality. The LGBTQ community is every thriving while some states are more progressive with the times, especially in areas employment and health care laws. People in the LGBTQ communities no longer feel that they have to hide, show discretion, or feel embarrassed for who they are. The can speak freely of their significant others, spouses, and raising families. Is all bigotry set aside? No, but they have more support, understanding, and acceptance that they are normal and not abnormal or diagnosed with a mental disorder, as previous thought or …show more content…
In a letter Freud wrote, “Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation; it cannot be classified as an illness; we consider it to be a variation of the sexual function, produced by a certain arrest of sexual development” (p. 423). In that letter, Freud also wrote about great leaders who were homosexual such as Plato and Michelangelo (p. 423). Freud wasn’t alone as there were several other persons who also theorized along somewhat of the same beliefs as Freud regarding homosexuality. However, it remained through history as an illness and disorder and the questions that were being asked in the field of study were how to we fix homosexuals to where does it comes