Homophobia

Considering this semester’s social action plan we focused on gender and the media. Our group addressed topics specifically on Homophobia and media representations of gays and lesbian, the negative representation of women, and gender policing. Unfortunately, over time the discrimination the media has created has somehow become normalized to many in society. According to chapter four, Performances, gender policing is described to be responses to the violation of gender rules aimed at promoting…

being independent, going our own way, living whole lives ...being self assertive." (Pharr 168). Pharr is right, women are called a lesbian when they go out of their way to make their lives better without needing a man. Sexism plays a role homophobia because homophobia is the dislike against homosexual people. If you are sexist, odds are that you are going to be homophobic against what ever gender you are sexist with. We will continue to live in a patriotic world, until who knows when. If…

study, sociologist C. J. Pascoe discusses gender inequality in her book Dude, You’re A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. To do so, Pascoe analyzes the use of the epithet “fag” as a form of homophobia that perpetuates inequality (Pascoe 316). Her study articulates how a gendered homophobia actually proves detrimental to the movement of gender equality (Pascoe 322).…

Adam Silvera met this demand by affectively portraying themes such as teen suicide and homophobia. Silvera exploits homophobia through multiple violent encounters. Two male characters, including the main character Aaron, share a moment of affection just prior to being physically assaulted in public, “But if you’re two guys like us, riding the Bronx tracks…

to read as a member of the queer community and as a member of the teaching community. One can quickly learn that queer future teachers have a big decision on their shoulders and weighing the pros and cons of each option is critical. On one hand homophobia is still a huge problem in today’s school system and heteronormativity is a virus that will only keep growing until a stop is put to it. On the other hand if teachers don’t present themselves as proud members of the LGBT community who will…

The challenge that some girls have is to create agency, which is to have the ability to know what you want and go for it. As Dr. Laurie Schaffner, a professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago, states, the challenge is worsened by sexism, homophobia, poverty, heterosexism and capitalism. An example of heterosexism is when she faces the dilemma of walking by some boys and one of them sexually harassed her and responded to the denial by pushing her to the sidewalk. Capitalism covers the…

Homophobia is an issue that exists in Oakland schools today where students that are are part of the LGBT identities get bullied and harassed by their peers due to the their sexual identity. This leads students to think of school as an unsafe environment as they take in the harsh words spoken to them seriously. In my survey taken by 188 Oakland Tech students, 50.3% of the survey respondents have seen people getting bullied and harassed by their peers based on their sexual identity at school. As…

The idea that someone is different than everyone else has always been hard for people to comprehend. Throughout history there have been numerous accounts of people or groups of people being oppressed because they were different. From the African American community to the homosexual community; oppression of people that were considered different or strange has always been present. The oppression of the homosexual community was present specifically in Russia. This instance of oppression and many…

Essentialism is a theory that argues that the behaviors of men are biologically determined through genetic predisposition (Kilmartin & Smiler, 2015). This argument states that men and women take on different gender roles due biology, and regardless of the social pressures, there is an innate need to behave a certain way. Social constructionism argues that masculinity is socially constructed and encourages men to behave in a particular manner in order to fit in with cultural expectations…

Although these items are basic and talk about homophobia on a college campus, they lay a foundation that other nations could follow. For example, “Interrupt anti-LGBTQ jokes, comments or any other behaviors that make homophobia and transphobia appear OK”, and “Use neutral labels like “partner” or “significant other” instead of “boyfriend,” “girlfriend,” etc”, appear on the list (UNC Charlotte, “Combatting Homophobia”). Interrupting homophobic jokes signals the mob mentality. When…