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Sexual Orientation Planned Parenthood
1,377 words... 3, the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as sexual deviation along with other disorders such as fetishism and pedophilia (Zuriff. 1997, p. 2). Mental health professionals were classifying homosexuals as mentally ill because most of the research that was done involved lesbian and gay men in therapy. The research was biased because the research never included lesbian and gay men that were not in therapy. However, as Zuriff points out (1997), when the non-patient homosex...
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Female Sexuality Safe Sex
1,333 words"The construction of female sexuality and it is position in heterosexuality drawing upon recent feminist discussions" An area of great focus in contemporary feminist theory has been looking at the construction of female sexuality, particularly its position in heterosexuality. Of the recent discussions, much of this has been influenced or at least based around Freud's theory of psychoanalysis and the his account of sexual development that follows from it. In very simplistic terms his account plac...
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Gay Rights To Marriage
2,017 wordsMy aunt, who lives in Missouri, has had a loving partner for about four years. They are both lesbians and want to get married someday when the law allows. I asked them to send me a letter on some of their thoughts on same-sex marriage. Out of her four-page letter I pulled this reply out, "If two people of the same sex choose to make a life together I feel that they should have the same rights as a man and women would have once they are married, but the real kicker is... That a man and women can ...
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One Man And One Woman Allowed To Marry
1,009 wordsShould gay marriages be legal? Clearly we as a nation are undecided on this issue. 36 states have passed legislation banning gay marriages, yet the state of Vermont recently passed a law that allows homosexual couples the right to participate in civil unions. Some other states are also debating whether or not to allow these couples to marry. Unfortunately, the dispute has left the United States homosexual community in an awkward position. There are some people who think that gay people have no r...
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Gay Or Lesbian Man And Woman
827 wordsThirty years ago being gay or lesbian, was much harder than it is today. You could not see a homosexual person on the street; your friends even if they were gay or lesbian would never tell you that. All you might find about the homosexual movement were the articles in the newspapers written about the gay pickets. Today the attitude towards homosexuals became more loyal. Being homosexual is not considered as something unacceptable and now the society is dealing even with the issue of legalization...
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Lesbian Or Gay Gay Or Lesbian
2,149 wordsMatter of Choice Introduction In todays progressive society we can talk about who we are, what we like and dislike. But when it comes to our sexual orientation especially if we are not heterosexual, we may find it difficult to talk about it freely, despite the fact that today there is a large number of gay communities, where you can meet people who have a lot in common with you and who might help you in your difficulties. For gay people, there have always been issues of social acceptability, esp...
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1,440 wordsSame Sex Marriage Same sex marriage is considered to be one of the most controversial and debated issue during the last two decades, extending its polemics beyond from societal to political level. The majority of gay and lesbian communities fight for same sex marriage arguing on the basis of their civil rights and ones of heterosexual couples. However, on the other hand same sex marriage is considered as a social deviation from middle class issues, and thus contradiction to just like everyone el...
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Male And Female Men And Women
1,327 wordsReproduction of Mothering The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender today still probably remains one of the best books of feminist psychology. It describes stereotypes of men and women. It explains social organization of gender and sexuality, which was the topic to be discussed for a long period of time by many philosophers and psychologists. This book concentrates not only on the issues of mothering as a single drive for a girl, but rather on the desire for a man...
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Gay Or Lesbian Lesbian Or Gay
1,694 wordsSexual Identity In our progressive society we can talk about who we are, what we like and dislike. But when it comes to our sexual orientation especially if we are not heterosexual, we may find it difficult to talk about it freely, despite a fact that today there is a large number of gay communities, where you can meet people who have a lot in common with you and who might help you in your difficulties. Thirty years ago being gay or lesbian, was much harder than it is today. You could not see a ...
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Legalizing Same Sex Marriage Lesbian Or Gay
1,207 wordsOver time, marriage has been the solid base for procreation and child rearing, which is the foundation of family and social life. There is recognition that allowing polygamous or closely related couples into our marriage system would be dysfunctional in our society. Does this not apply to same-sex marriage as well? The social unacceptability of same-sex marriage, the danger of contracting AIDS, and the bad influence on children prove that same-sex marriage should not be legalized. Homosexual act...
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Roman Catholic Church Allowed To Marry
1,363 wordsI Do or Please Dont: Hawaii's Same Sex Marriages With the recent decision by the Hawaii courts regarding the legalization of marriage between same-sex couples, a political debate across the United States has begun. Many people believe that this is a monstrous step to legalizing same-sex unions country wide, especially since legal tradition recognizes marriages performed in other states as binding within every other state, but also because Hawaii is known for its liberal, ground-breaking first st...
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Gay And Lesbian Codes Of Ethics
2,308 wordsComing Out of Gay Men and Lesbians Coming out is a means of identifying ones sexual orientation as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. At its most basic, coming out of the closet, means being honest with those around you friends, family, colleagues, and so forth about your sexual orientation, about whom you are. It also means acknowledging ones sexual orientation to self. Such disclosure is an ongoing, lifelong process rather than a one-time event. New personal, social, and professional situations requir...
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Andro Centric Female Sexuality
1,048 wordsFeminism and the Standpoint of Lesbianism In chapter ten of her text Whose Science Whose Knowledge, Sandra Harding introduces the standpoint of a distinct lesbian epistemology. Her objective is to acknowledge a perspective that will recognize the viewpoint of all women and not just heterosexual women that are seen by the andro centric stipulations as essential or typical. Harding's valuable argument begins with the conceptualization of what is a lesbian (Harding, 250): if that is definable in an...
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Gay And Lesbian Pursuit Of Happiness
759 words[Homosexuality] is an abomination. These few words were spoken more than two thousand years ago by Moses, who was conveying the ordinances of the Lord God. Today they are still the conviction of millions, including myself. Nevertheless, even though we may feel strongly against carnal relationships and particularly marriages between two people of the same sex, morals cannot be proven; morals cannot be placed on a witness stand and judged for the purpose of determining whose morals are an acceptab...
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Black Or White Institution Of Marriage
1,321 wordsHomosexuals should be allowed to marry because the disallowance of it violates their constitutional rights. Marriage is an institution long recognized by our government under the right to pursue happiness, and denying that right to any couple, regardless of gender, is unconstitutional. This argument, though, is not disputed. In fact, none of the arguments raised in opposition to the allowance of homosexual marriages takes into account the constitutional rights afforded to all humans. The argumen...
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Today Society Lesbian Or Gay
2,090 wordsThe conception that lesbians and gay men may be parents is frequently perceived in today? s society as impossible or immoral. Gay men and lesbians are often viewed as excluded from having children because sexual reproduction is related to men and women only. My approach to this uniquely controversial topic of gay parenting will be that of attempting to analyze the Pro side first. Gays and lesbians are human too and who is to say that they don? t deserve equal rights in society. Society has to re...
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Lot Of People Anti Gay
1,780 wordsHomosexuals: Fight for Rights Gay rights is a touchy subject especially in the united states. It is the fight for homosexuals to be treated as everyone else, the fight to be given what they deserve, the fight to live without torment, the fight for peace. This nation has the state of mind that how the ideal person lives, is normal, and anyone not living that way is wrong. The people of this country pick on and torment people because they are different or not like them. Why do thay do this who kno...
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Suicide Attempts Suicidal Thoughts
549 wordsCommunity and School Support for Gay Youth Many gay and lesbian youths are fortunate to have families that are supportive. Some are fortunate to go to high schools that have gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups that met on the premises. Some schools make outstanding efforts to be safe places, both physically and emotionally. But this is some, not all? and certainly not most. Most efforts to organize for teen gays are met with disdain in communities and schools. Efforts are often rallied...
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Sexual Preference Sexual Attraction
654 wordsThere are many labels, names and categories that have been assigned or given to lesbians. What is lesbian? Is it a certain type of woman? Does one lesbian have an identical feature or character as another lesbian? Does a lesbian have something extra or something missing from heterosexual women? This notion that we can classify a human being by their sexual preference is absolutely ludicrous and unsubstantiated! Women are just that, women. Sexual attraction to humans, be it the same sex or not, i...
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Sexual Identity Sexual Orientation
1,615 wordsExercise 1: Social Construction and Social Identity The article? The Social Construction of Social Identity? by Ruth Hubbard begins with the simple statement? There is no? natural human sexuality. ? This is the basis for the entire article which outlines how society has constructed a? right? sexual orientation, and a wrong one. To understand how this is done, we must first understand the concept of sexuality and sexual identity. Sexuality can be defined as one? s sexual preferences, or, the mann...
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