Heterosexuality

sexual minority and gender variant students and faculty (Macintosh, 2007). There are several avenues through which schools reinforce the status of heterosexuality as being normal and natural. This occurs mainly through the process of gender socialization and the construction of minority sexual orientations as inferior (Walton, 2004). Ways in which heterosexuality is validated in education include placing the focus of sex education classes on pregnancy and straight sexual mechanics; pervasive…

Sexual Orientation has been a mystery for many. Some people believe that sexuality is biological and others believe it is a choice. Whether it is a biological given or your own free will, there is still countless hate targeted towards this subject. In the 1990’s researchers at the University of Chicago established three criteria’s to be homosexual: 1. Sexual attraction to the same sex. 2. Sexual activity with one or more of the same sex 3. Identifying oneself as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.…

My grandmother is a sweet woman, but her way of thinking was influenced in believing that the idea of only heterosexuality was right and homosexuality was wrong. Years later when I came out to her she changed her thinking and supports my life, and loves me as much as she did when she thought I was straight. This happened to Zach and his sister at the end of the movie…

"That is so gay.” “You are such a faggot.” These are two phrases we hear fairly often in our everyday lives and do not really question the extremity of those words. Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few decades, you know the words “gay” and “faggot” are derogatory terms for people who are homosexual. Although they are hurtful, theses words are accepted as everyday vocabulary in America. Our society has become so immune to these words that we have forgotten what they mean and…

themselves, the spectrum will continue to grow (Elizabeth, 2013). Even with the introduction of bisexuality, many sexualities, such as pansexuality are still being undermined and labelled as a ‘false sexuality’ (Elizabeth, 2013). In a world where heterosexuality reigns, anyone with a different sexuality is sometimes a bit timid to come out. However, eventually, homosexuality began to get more accepted, and is much more prominent in today’s society. In the past, no one would ever admit to being…

Cohen’s argument, which is that queer activism and politics hinders their ability to radically change these institutions they fight so hard against due to their resistance against the idea that heterosexuality is normal. While the idea of destabilizing and resisting the institutions which promote heterosexuality as the baseline for identity is good in theory, the tactics employed by activist groups mainly focus on “othering” themselves as act of protest, which furthers the binary they want to…

Sexuality today is a bustling inner-city culture where different neighborhoods, though all residing within the same metropolitan, have their own sociological, complex characteristics. Sexuality is multifaceted and often times messy, confusing to even those who would seemingly be highly knowledgeable in its workings, as well as in gender and identity. However, we do have insight through experience and several origins of construction such as social regulation, economic and social organization, and…

Loca is, “ ‘of God or of Satan’.” (Castillo 23) They fear her powerful presence because they know they can’t control it. We shun away what we fear, and it 's my belief that people of the culture don 't understand sexual orientations outside of heterosexuality. “I made the choice to…

I would like you to close your eyes and take a moment to imagine what it feels like to realise that there is something different about you. That a significant chunk of the world believes that there is something disgustingly wrong about you, something sinful and disgusting that should be discouraged at all costs. That millions and millions of people that you will never meet and will never speak to hate you for something unchangeable about yourself. Imagine what it would feel like to be…

due to the challenges of being outside of systematic and social “norms”. Heterosexuality was not always considered the “normal” way of life. In fact “in 1923 Webster 's defined ‘heterosexuality’ as a ‘Med.’ term meaning ‘morbid sexual passion for one of the opposite sex’", while homosexuality was defined “in 1909… as a medical term meaning ‘morbid sexual passion for one of the same sex’” (Katz). Not only was heterosexuality not considered a normal act; it was not even the first kind of…