Homosexuality

Homosexuality and Gay Marriage The idea or topic of homosexuality is not a new concept; it is one that dates back to ancient times. Many speak of Romans and Greeks participating in such act, although not always socially accepted. It was not until the 1800’s that a German Psychologist actually decided to give it a name. It all began with the belief that there must be something wrong with these people. This idea, it was a mental disease, was dismissed in the 70’s and social views began to change…

environment will only lead to a dysfunctional environment. Norman Wyers shows through recent studies in his article “Homosexuality In The Family: Lesbian And Gay Spouses” that many lesbians and gay men pursue heterosexual relationships and produce children. He claims that homosexuals marry for a variety of reasons: “lack of awareness of being homosexual, flight from homosexuality, a desire for family and children, or social pressures” (Wyers 143). Wyers claims that society…

orientation and one that is pretending to be gay, although the last scenario would hardly take place in a conservative society. Plenty of papers and theories have been written about the gay culture in western media but the conservative view on homosexuality in South Korea indicates that very less has been written about the issue academically and if they are written so, they happen to be written in Korean and translations are not made available. Therefore much reliance is made on theories whose…

Paragraph 1: The topic of this article poses the question of whether homosexuality existed in the ancient world. In One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love by David Halperin, Halperin, reflects the long and persisting controversy between sexual categories like gay and straight (Halperin, p. 41). The dispute consists in that the term “gay” is perceived as equally acceptable as the term “straight.” For this reason, Halperin exposes the positions of Essentialist and…

heterosexual men and women and suggest that hormonal factors early in development...produce these differences" (Rahmen 1). These differences could completely disprove the argument that homosexuality is unnatural, as it may originate from genetics. Without doubt, even a little evidence pointing towards the fact that homosexuality is natural and does originate in the genetic makeup of somebody could…

A study was conducted to measure an individual’s attitudes towards homosexuality, attitude scales have been devised from Larsen et al in 1980 to LeMar and Kite’s 1997 attitude scale, to reflect modern day attitudes towards homosexuality a study was conducted using a new scale as the old one is outdated, using this new scale and additional study was conducted into the attitudes of an individual and the participant’s levels of religiosity to test the relationship between the two topics. Various…

Homosexuality was a term that was created by German psychologist, Karl-Maria Benkert in the late 19th century (Pickett, 2015). Ovid was a Roman poet that focused on various Greek myths for a Roman audience, which included homosexuality, as a part of his major work, Metamorphoses. The idea of same-sex attraction and other types of sexuality were seen in many ancient civilizations, but with no concrete term to describe the relationships. Homosexuality was seen more, and more widely excepted, in…

The words have evolved to mean inborn desires and sort of hormonal imbalances. The author differed with those assertions and indicated that the only way we can get a breakthrough is by recognizing the fact that homosexuality is a form of addiction just like any other. He rejected the popular believe that they are inborn identities and believe that the characters are acquired and thus giving hope for the homosexuals. Thus, the struggle with identity is deemed as a war…

that were participating in homosexual acts (Person). Surprisingly, homosexuality only grew within the military, as it was a way many could meet like-minded individuals. By the time the first World War ended, the military realized, “The sodomite had been a temporary aberration; the homosexual was now a species (Person).” Around 1981, the military became a little less overbearing on the issue. Instead of referring to homosexuality as an illness or a disease, they changed military policy to say…

Generations of Change Throughout history gay and lesbian individuals have suffered oppression and discrimination for their homosexuality. Homosexual individuals’ dual internally with issues of personal beliefs, values, and morals while fighting off outside offenses. Society and politics discuss homosexuality and the permissions and protections that are provided as if homosexuality were not already a practice within relationships. To fully consider the suffrage of homosexuals one must account for…