Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

What do you understand by the concept “Systems of Privilege”? Why is there resistance by those who possess it to recognize it? Support your answer with examples from BOTH of the following articles (1) Peggy McIntosh “White Privilege and Male Privilege” and (2) Iris Marion Young, “Five Faces of Oppression.” Try to connect the two readings and be sure to provide specific examples from both, including all five types of oppression. When you grow up, you start to realize that there are some things…

them and did not want to help them with their struggles. On the other hand, those families who went through family therapy over time were more likely to come together to support one another and drug use decreased significantly over a six month period. How teens perceived their parents emotionally is important because when adolescents are going through such a vulnerable age, they need that support system of a family. This article presents the fact that adolescents and substance abuse are linked…

Ever since same-sex marriage has been legalized in some countries, the concept of homosexuality became a hot issue all over the world. Of course, there are many people who support homosexuality and same-sex marriage when there are also many people who do not. Homosexual activists often argue that they have their own rights to enjoy sexual “freedom” and that their human rights should be protected. In contrast, people who are against homosexuals and same-sex marriage emphasize that homosexuality…

Being introduced to LGBTQ earlier in life has many benefits. The children will understand what it means to be queer, there is a less chance that someone is to become an HTP bully if they were introduced at a younger age, and knowing how to deal with a friend or peer that “comes out of the closet”. There are so many benefits to having LGBTQ introduced at an earlier age. There are very minimal and pointless reasons that there is no introduction to the LGBT at an…

The Salem witch trials of 1692 were about how people was being accused of being witches. There was no way around it to prove if they were wrong or right. Innocent people were being accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible there were seven girls who lied about being witches, everybody believe them because they were teenagers and they had the “symptoms” of it. Also the girls were dancing in the woods,and one was naked speaking in different language. Miller asked Abby what did you do in the woods…

Most animals live and travel in groups for survival. As a pack or herd, they are able to protect each other from predators, find food more easily, and reproduce. Being around others of the same species gives them a sense of security. While some argue that humans do the same, people are more complicated than animals. They group together for more than just safety. People have stronger emotions than animals do. They are able to recognize humor and appreciate beauty; they are self-conscious…

and put him into therapy and always supported him. Unfortunately, that was not enough to help him. The family has since then took it on themselves to speak openly about suicide and how to prevent it. They have been to over 1,300 schools to speak of this story. The main goal of his father speaking is to help kids understand the significant and long lasting impact of suicide on family and friends(A Father 's Painful…). Suicide is something that can be viewed as a selfish act, as if you…

My cultural identity has always been a journey. I have a very diverse group of family and friends. My cultural identity was formed my by experience and my family. I believed that with the push for multicultural counseling I believe it’s important for counselors to have a strong sense of self. I believe that with diversity being a strong topic and how important ones culture is we have counselors have to learn how to become more culturally competent. Thus far in Social Justice and diversity I…

However, as the author of the website that listed the stereotypes, Jeff Cuckson, claimed, not all men and not all women are alike. We cannot simply apply each stereotype to every male and female. There are gays, lesbians, Tomboys, and other “genders” that may exist that I don’t even know existed. Various studies have claimed that structural differences of the brain contribute to the actions and nature between the two genders. The two genders may be physically…

Teens today have significantly poor social skills that are decreasing with more use of online social media. Teens would rather sit at home and be on Facebook or Twitter rather than actually interacting with their friends. Teens spend an excessive amount of time on these social media sites and cut themselves out of real life society. Teens need to learn to how to properly use these sites or spend less time on them because an extensive amount on these sites may causes…