means so much to you for no reason. Another part of the Vagina Monologue that made me think of a friend was when the girl was disgusted with her vagina!!!! She thought it was gross and she didn’t even want it… It reminded me of a girl I know who is gay‚ she hates her private part. She hates to acknowledge it and doesn’t even like to clean herself. She’s cried to me numerous times about it and I was speechless because I felt the vagina was a part of a woman’s body that should be embraced. (Quote)
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Nhoung‚ Sophanet 11/19/2012 Yes‚ He’s Gay! I agree with what Brenda Browder is saying about men on the down-low. They need to admit the truth about being homosexual because they are not only harming themselves but also hurting their family. She mentioned that men on the DL are harming themselves because someone could use their secret against them by blackmailing them. Consequently end their career and their reputation. It is better to admit the truth than to live a double life. They
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difficult for people during the late 1980s and 90s. Gays and lesbians were not accepted and eating disorders were very prominent. Eating disorders peaked in the late 80s‚ and obsessions to be ¨normal” was commonplace which consisted people wanting to be unhealthily thin. In the short story A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune‚ Chris Crutcher has manifests these hard time by mimicking his childhood and his own life experiences. Being gay or a lesbian during the late 1980s and 90s was socially
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the trans community was not able to find support in the more well-established gay liberation movement. Prior to the Stonewall riots‚ the impetus which sparked the escalation of gay pride‚ the gay community included all sorts of gender-diverse people (Enke‚ Lecture 4/26). In the process of gaining prominence‚ however‚ the gay liberation movement began to focus on the experiences of white middle class people‚ especially gay men (Sylvia Rivera 1973 Pride clip‚ 4/12). Sylvia Rivera describes the way in
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people‚ even as disgusting individuals according to what I have seen and heard comments about them. In fact‚ they are referred as non-normal people. An example of this is that when people show love in public‚ others do not react too much. However‚ when gays or lesbians do it‚ are looked by almost each person around them with a weird-surprised or detestable face like if it was a bad action. As I know‚ the majority of Mexican
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in the past month.The first phrases are someone’s voice sounds gay or they look gay. But gay means a person who is sexually attracted to the same sex. Nothing can look or sound like a sexuality few phrases. The next few phrases‚ some of you may remember‚ but who knows. When our class gets a bit noisy‚ some try to solve the situation using the phrase “whoever talks is [blank].
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exclusively homosexual‚ is accurate with today’s society and the way people identify their attraction. There are three basic types of sexual orientation that people recognize: Monosexual‚ polysexual‚ and asexual. Monosexual refers to the well-known labels gay (men attracted to men)‚ lesbian (women attracted to women)‚ and straight (which is self-explanatory). Polysexual refers to new labels such as Bisexual (attraction to one’s gender and others)‚ Pansexual (attracted to people regardless of gender)‚ and
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quite a few conflicts in this book‚ but I will deal with the most important one. Hal and Barry both have a conflict with themselves and society. They both find out that they have homosexual feelings and don’t know how to deal with the fact of being gay. Another very important conflict is whether Hal should dance on Barry’s grave or not. He knows that it wrong and not accepted‚ but he made a promise to Barry which is also very important to him. How does it get resolved? After Barry’s death Hal realizes
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which culture and its members order‚ represent‚ and make sense of reality (Kon-yu‚ 2008). In The Uncle’s Story‚ the Maori tribe is very passionate about their culture admiring bravery and strength but was terrorized of homosexuals. To the Maori being gay signified being weak. First of all‚ the stereotypes of gender and/or sexuality were culturally challenged in The Uncle’s Story in the way that the Maori’s ideology of how a men and a woman should be. As it says in the reading Theorizing the everyday
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SEEKING EQUAL RIGHTS Throughout history‚ women have been discriminated against based on a gender-biased belief system. They have had fewer rights and opportunities than men. They have been regarded as weaker‚ limited to roles as wives and mothers‚ and considered intellectually inferior. Educational opportunities have been denied them‚ ownership rights excluded them‚ and voting rights were non-existent until the 19th century as well ("Wic - Women’s International Center"‚ n.d.). Women have never
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