Heterosexism

Both post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sexual minorities (alt. LGBT) are important issues to consider in light of modern social development and psychological consideration. With 3.6% of Americans openly identify as LGBT, some cities having up to as high as 6.2% and American youth projected to identify with LGBT or sexual minority labels more than prior generations (Alessi, Meyer, & Martin, 2013). In the light of recent international conflicts, increased attention has been payed to PTSD…

Intersectionality cannot merely be defined as the recognition of multiple, and marginalized, identities. Instead, Crenshaw asserts that intersectionality must address the fact that each identity impacts an individual’s experience and oppression in different ways, and that to analyze a situation from an intersectional perspective means to investigate acts of individual oppression and the effects of overlap as well. These multiple aspects of an individual’s identity serve to enhance and…

Same Sex Couple: Case Study Per Gladding (2015) there are several types of family units as well as culturally diverse families within our country. As a future counselor, encountering a culture or family unit different from my own is a given. In this paper I will present a case study from our textbook and discuss where in the life cycle this case study is at. Additionally, I will explain two strategies and present an intervention which is empirically supported for working with this family.…

Known as one of the largest sport and culture events open to all “from their modest beginnings in a San Francisco football stadium, the Gay Games have grown into an international sporting spectacle and business enterprise( Lenskyj, 2002, p 24) ., the Gay games provide an alternative from the modern day Olympics, for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer athletes (LGBTQ). These games provide a significant and supportive environment without concern for homosexual prejudice and or…

Bulletproof Vests Society is influenced by the media on a daily basis by reaffirming social standards and expectations. This becomes complicated when socialization creates a norm for society that places people who do not conform to specific barriers into a category of “otherness.” Western culture rarely represents “other” people in the media, and when they are portrayed their identity falls into stereotypes and negative tropes. One trope that is common among queer characters is known as Bury…

Privilege and oppression provides a framework for understanding how institutional structures and ideologies shapes individual experiences. Privilege and oppression also explains “how power operates in society” which led to the formation of “a dominant group and a marginalized group” (Launius and Hassel, Threshold Concepts, 72-73). “Oppression can be defined as prejudice and discrimination directed toward a group and perpetuated by the ideologies and practices of multiple social institutions”…

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness will be used to show the racial oppression of African American females. Portrayed as sexual deviants, bad Black mothers, and drug addicted mothers that are punished by racist drug policies following the introduction of crack cocaine to inner-city communities. These racial policies of oppression imposed on African American women are documented in Dorothy E. Roberts’s “Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and The Right of Privacy”…

Praxis Report Introduction The Journal of Homosexuality is devoted to scholarly research on homosexuality, including sexual practices and gender roles in their cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts. In addition to research on human sexuality, articles in the journal also explore the political, social, and moral implications of research on human sexuality. A few of the following goals the Journal of Homosexuality has it to serve as a scholarly source of materials for…

Gender and sexuality appear to be natural, pure aspects of who we are as human beings. History has shown that in reality, these characteristics are social constructs with strict regulations. Throughout the twentieth century, America experienced several changes and advancements in social and economic realms which gave way to the ability to stray from traditional expectations. Once rigid, gender roles began to break down as a result of many publications that sought to challenge them and offer…

Social Movements and the Power of Social Change Social movements are organized, collective efforts to promote or resist change by powerless people who are committed in an extrainstitutional action (Crouteau and Hoynes 2015). What distinguishes social movements from other forms of social and political action is that social movements are mobilized by a large group of people who lack access to common forms of power. These people use organized and ongoing extrainstitutional tactics, such as boycotts…