Sexuality paper

The concept of homosexuality has been explored by society for many years and is not a new concept. Historically throughout time in many different cultures we have seen cases of homosexuality even before biblical recordings. Prehistoric times have recorded same-sex desires in writings. Yet still in our culture a tremendous amount of homophobia still exists. Hollywood has only recently started to show homosexual couples in the same context as heterosexual couples. The role of the gay man in films and also within our society seems to be accepted when the stereotype of a gay man is used for a comical affect. The iconic film Brokeback Mountain has changed how homosexual couples are portrayed in Hollywood. The film Brokeback Mountain tells a story of two men that share a complex romantic and sexual relationship in the American West from 1963 to 1981. More films like Brokeback Mountain should be created because it goes against our cultural belief’s of traditional sexuality. This Hollywood film has challenged our societal norms and because of that it has become a cultural icon. The focus of the coming-out process of gay males consists of verbalizing an awareness and expressing the individuals sexual identity to society despite the fact that it has been established that these sexual desires are culturally forbidden. When gay males come-out they are accepting the fact that their behavior, attitudes, and feelings completely disorient what our culture defines as socially normal and is viewed as socially deviant. These sexual desires challenge our societies traditions and the film Brokeback Mountain did just exactly that. In the film the two main character’s Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar eventually become lovers but their relationship did not start off as an instantaneous romance. Neither character shows doubt about his masculine gender but their closeness plays a critical role in the relationship as both men become emotionally connected which eventually turns into a love