Heterosexism

In Sociology, society can be viewed in multiple ways. There is no one straight way of studying human behavior for it is a complex and multi dimensional concept that is better understood with various angles of interpretations. Although there is no one approach that’s correct by itself, Sociologists are still able to draw on multiple understanding of sociology to better understand of social behavior and human groups. With the following information on the five major perspectives of sociology, one…

the umbrella of Teaching Tolerance. This new curriculum consists of several aspects. First on the agenda is to teach sexual terminology starting in Kindergarten. Words such as homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and heterosexism will be part of their vocabulary education. Heterosexism is…

The article “Dude” that I was asked to present to the class was written by Scott Fabius Kiesling, an American sociolinguist, whose interest in the field of language and gender prompted him to investigate the functions and meanings of the word ‘dude’ in American cultural discourses. The first thing I discussed in my presentation was the goals that Scott Kiesling pursued in his paper, namely find out “the patterns of use for dude, its functions and meaning in interactions”, the reasons of its…

Black Studies is a discipline that surrounds the matters on racial issues and identity politics to alleviate the pressures of Western education and culture. However, it is considerably non-inclusive of the ideologies which surround Black Women’s Studies and Black Queer Studies. According to Johnson and Henderson (as cited in Story, 2008), “Black women’s institutional work as well as their intellectual interventions in black studies departments remained understudied, devalued, or marginalized by…

The title of the event I attended was “Babies as a Business” by Raven Wilson on Tuesday April 12th, 2016. The presentation was about surrogacy and how it operates throughout the world. The presentation was about how the views contrast from country to country and how it relates to social justice. Surrogacy is defined as the practice by which a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby in order to give it to someone who cannot have children. There are two different types of surrogacy,…

In many of the larger cities in America you will find gay neighborhoods or better known as “safe havens.” How are these considered safe havens when all they attract is antigay violence and discrimination towards the gay community? May victims such as Don and David were harmless and just going about their daily lives by simply walking home when they were raided by high schoolers. Gay white men are at risk of daily discrimination and both physical and verbal violence from homophobes or according…

Samantha White is portrayed as a multiracial, heterosexual female. Sam is the creator of the Dear White People radio show that she uses to call out various forms of racism and express her disgust of racial stereotypes. Although she is multiracial, Sam only refers to herself as being black while completely ignoring her white heritage. She openly expresses her blackness but is occasionally accused of overcompensating by her black friends because of this. One example of this is when Sam’s friend…

As of June 26th, 2015, all states within the U.S. are required to issue marriage licenses to everyone regardless of their gender or sexual orientation (“Same Sex-Marriage Laws”). The deeply detached 5-4 ruling of the Supreme Court justified that denying marriage and recognition to same-sex couples violates sections of the Fourteenth Amendment (Liptak). The previously existing ban on same-sex marriage was ruled as unconstitutional, subsequently making “The United States of America the 21st…

When talking to my friends and family about classes, they are interested in that one class that stands out the most, Women’s Studies. Then the conversation gets deeper into what the class has learned so far, what feminism is and our opposing or similar views on the subject. Specifically this time I asked certain questions such as “how they defined feminism? “, “What they thought Women’s Studies was?” and “How have they experienced power, privilege or oppression in their life?” The official…

seven categories of “otherness”: race/ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age and physical/mental ability. Each has a form of oppression associated with it: racism, sexism, religious oppression/ anti-Semitism, heterosexism, classism, ageism, and ableism” (Tatum). In other words, everyone is identified by their ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. and each one of those also has a form of subjection associated with it. This idea is a common theme throughout…