Heterosexism

benefit from the oppression of homosexuals and often time have a hard time admitting they have unearned privileges in society just by being straight. A word use to specifically describe the privileges and power heterosexuals have over homosexuals is heterosexism. When a person constantly puts down homosexuals in order to uplift heterosexuality they are being heterosexist. When the term homophobia is used to describe the fear people have of presence of homosexuality within themselves or others.…

Institution enforced by social, cultural, and institutional norms. Related to heterosexism, which is creating the belief system where heterosexuality is the only natural, normal, and morally superior option. Compulsory heterosexuality is forced and normalized by a patriarchal society where homosexuality is taken as deviant and an abomination…

rest of the family may cause disagreement within the family. Asian families tend to help each other and solved any issues before seeking help outside the family circle. How does it feel when you think about exploring your own racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism and ableism? I always think about the golden rule “treat people how you want to be treated”. I feel disgusted and angry when I see someone being mistreated by someone else. We all have the right to be in this world regardless of the…

Using information on three different studies that specifically focused on black women to determine the common stress and stressors they experience in their workplace. Researchers conducted various tests to come to an understanding of what causes the stressors and what coping strategies the women used to handle them. Study one; “Black women and how they cope with stress”, is a qualitative study done by researchers that used many focus groups to collect data from black women. This study evaluated…

on to tie in male privilege and how while some men may admit that they have more privilege than women, they also never are willing to give away some of that privilege. Which is also seen in a variety of situations, such as straight privilege or heterosexism and how we constantly hear about it…

someone’s sex, but I argue it goes beyond “solely sex” (p.100). The reality shown in Paris is Burning highlighted how sexism isn’t strictly relating to just male and female inequalities but is the infrastructure behind other social problems including heterosexism, homophobia, transphobia in which fuel…

and still is a big problem in our country and actually the whole world. There are many ways people are harassed or called out by the color of their skin or their sexual preference. Racism, Sexism, ageism, classism, lookism, ableism, speciesism, heterosexism, anti-semitism and much more. In the 1900’s, racism was unbelievable. As in unbelievable, it was way worse than now. Some examples are, black Americans were not allowed to have the same things or privileges as the white Americans. The black…

within our society. On the same page, Yee, also states that versions of anti oppressive practice does not discuss the ways minority or marginalized people could be empowered by bringing down structures of oppression such as “colonialism, patriarchy, heterosexism and ableism” Yee, also stated that “one” cannot speak about whiteness until they fully grasp that whiteness is a social construction. Yee is arguing that without a historical background you continue to further the domenit groups…

Studying the human culture with looking into another culture from an up-close and clear perspective can make us understand a better meaning of their culture and their way of living. By looking at another culture without being objective or biased can be a burden for most people. With that said, we must use emic and etic perspectives to study their culture. Emic is a perspective from an insider’s view examining a culture from the inside of the culture itself. Etic perspective is studying the…

A human, according to TheFreeDictionary.com, is “a member of the primate genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other apes by a large brain and the capacity for speech. Because homo sapiens have larger brains and the capacity for speech, we see ourselves as superior - and in many ways we are. We, as a species, have created all that the material world has to offer and have constantly proven, to ourselves, that there is not much that we aren’t capable of…