Homophobia has been around for a long time and in most cases is not a valid argument for the hate and fear people have towards homosexuals. This is a very important and relevant topic in today’s time. Many people claim that homophobia is a valid reason to hate gay people. In all reality‚ many times people who are homophobic just don’t understand gay people. If you look up homophobia in the dictionary‚ it would say something like fear of lesbians and gay men. This is somewhat true but very misleading
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Journal of Homosexuality‚ I found an article titled "Heterosexual Masculinity and Homophobia: A Reaction to the Self?" This article discussed information based on a case study that was done on 74 college males. The study investigated the link between heterosexual masculinity and homophobia. "Heterosexual Masculinity and Homophobia: A Reaction to the Self" examined specific areas as the predictors of homophobia. One area discussed was gender self-discrepancy. Gender discrepancy is how well a
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Rich Grant MR. Wellington 11/12/05 College Writing Homophobia The term homophobia might be fairly new in terms of it being used in a regular day conversation‚ but the feelings of dislike and fear of gays have been around for too long. Homophobia is a social problem. What makes this problem a social problem? It has affected numerous amounts of people in a harmful way. In society many view gays or lesbians as sinners and treat them like they are inhuman. Most of society has prejudices
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Michael S. Kimmel’s article of‚ “Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear‚ Shame‚ and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity‚” is exploring how men perceive this idea of masculinity/masculine and how it came to be. It discuss the pressure of what men have to prove to show their idea of “manhood” in society. This article points out the important part of masculinity where men have to compare themselves to others and live up to what a masculine man really is. The approval of other men. Michael describes
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Homophobia- freedom of opinion or dangerous attitude? Individuals are judged all the time for their race‚ their religion‚ or their gender. People Have fought for this prejudice behavior to stop for years‚ and in this day in age these racist and prejudice attitudes have become less acceptable. People now walk on their tip-toes‚ avoiding any conflict or harm that might be caused with hurtful words or actions that would have been normal in the past. Most of us wouldn’t dream of standing up and saying
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Tamanah Yaqubi Sexism‚ Racism‚ and Homophobia Essay Sexism‚ Racism‚ and Homophobia all have one thing in common - fear. Many people are afraid of change and being outcasted because of the outcome of it. Individuals who are like that are often close minded to new things and think with a mob mentality. People with mob mentalities are often confused as to what they believe in‚ they generally fear being judged by certain members of the community that can change the way others in the community perceive
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You would have to be delusional if you think racism‚ sexism‚ and homophobia no longer exists in our community and overall society. From racial profiling‚ police brutality‚ and media portrayal to gay slurs‚ lack of respect‚ treatment‚ and extreme hate crimes to slutshaminng‚ the women’s wage gap‚ We cannot ignore the everyday injustice that we not only witness‚ but suffer from. I believe that we need to take a stand and to fight against the oppression that we have been suffering from for far too long
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cruel behavior‚ and the resent people would have against someone who wasn’t heterosexual. Homophobia comes into place with heterosexism because the formation of such beliefs and attitudes came to be created because of homophobia‚ itself. It is almost like the people created heterosexism as a controlling mechanism towards heterosexual‚ homosexuals or anyone trying to come out out as homosexual.
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The definition of "Homophobia is the range of negative attitudes and feelings towards homosexuality or people who are perceived to be homosexual. In the United States‚ social disapproval of homosexuality is not evenly distributed throughout society. That being said‚ it is more or less pronounced according to age‚ ethnicity‚ geographic location‚ race‚ sex‚ social class‚ education‚ political identification‚ and religious status ("Homophobia ")". "Significantly‚ sexual orientation does not only refer
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to fix the the problem of close mindedness‚ or open people’s minds in any way possible. Many people are not willing to accept some people due to their beliefs. Many won’t even accept their own family members due to their sexuality and beliefs. Homophobia is a common problem worldwide‚ and though it has become more accepted within the last few years‚ it still isn’t a “fixed” problem. People become caught up in themselves‚ and no longer see a person‚ but a label. Criticism from peers‚ family‚ and
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