" Such decisions are made by the courts based on personal values, not empirical data. In 1999, the American Psychologist published one of the first research studies on the topic of adoptive parenting. "Deconstructing the Essential Father" (Silverste Continue Reading...
.....individual's level of sexual identity development relates to their level of job satisfaction depends on numerous variables -- such as the confidence with which one identifies their sexuality, the degree to which that identity is accepted amo Continue Reading...
Black Colleges Homosexuality In order to create more egalitarian, prosocial, and productive campus environments, it is necessary to understand attitudes toward homosexuality and homosexual students. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) stu Continue Reading...
Discrimination Against Transgendered People Gender & Sexuality In many wester societies and cultures, the gender and sexual spectrums are narrow. One can be male or female, not neither, not both, and not something in between. One can be masculi Continue Reading...
Judith Butlers Work in Queer TheoryIntroductionJudith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has had a significant impact on both feminist and queer theory. Born in 1956, Butler grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New Yo Continue Reading...
More specifically, whereas certain components of human behavior are hard wired, many other components are learned from exposure to others in society. According to this view, the individual learns by watching others, starting in early childhood. By a Continue Reading...
In their second survey, the authors found that the majority of students felt that PROJECT 10 had been positive and beneficial - not merely for LGBT students, but for the overall educational environment. This resonates with one of the conclusions re Continue Reading...
But what makes up a positive portrayal of homosexuality in the media? Ellen and Will are both examples from prime-time television, the kind described by Calzo as "laughable, one dimensional figures." Are such one dimensional representations of homo Continue Reading...
It is considered to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and has, since 1981, killed more than 25 million people worldwide (United Nations). In most of the world, HIV infection is more prevelant in the heterosexual population, especially Continue Reading...
" Following on the heels of Michel Foucault, Butler situates the dichotomous conceptualization of gender as a product of discourse, just as Foucault (1990) realized that homo- and heterosexuality were both discursive products. The maintenance of coh Continue Reading...
This may be responsible for gender identity misidentification when factors other than apparent external genital structure conflict with other elements. For this reason, Fausto-Sterling argues that infants born with ambiguous genitalia should not rec Continue Reading...
Another area of discrimination within the LGBT community is with regard to the transgendered subset vs. The larger gay community. Societal oppression against transgendered individuals has been documented in the scholarly literature for some time no Continue Reading...
Introduction By being born a man or a woman signals to bearing certain clear sexual characteristics. Socialization takes individuals through a path that inculcates certain norms and codes of conduct depending on whether one is born a male or a femal Continue Reading...
Civil Rights for LGBT Gay Marriage Stacy E. Kratz, LCSW, CAP Issue, Policy, Problem In socio-political countries such as the United States, the strategic and tactical choices existing to defend one's rights and advocate for social change are comm Continue Reading...
Clinical Psychology and Gender Dysphoria Advancement of Clinical Psychology with Gender Dysphoria Clinical psychology is recognized as a psychology branch that deals with the assessment and treatment of abnormal behavior, mental illness, and psychi Continue Reading...
Heroes occur -- within the conventions of Western drama and Western literature more generally -- within the context of tragedy, for it is the stresses of tragic situations that (typically) allow for heroism to arise. But we can -- especially if we u Continue Reading...
Essentialist vs. Constructionist Views of Gender and Sexuality During a period in history when gender lines and blurring and conceptualizations of sexuality are changing, identifying how these trends affect modern society has assumed new importance Continue Reading...
Some other factors may also be addressed such as the client's perception of his or her role in homosexuality, if he comes from a culture where it is normal or acceptable for men to be sexually active with other men, so long as he is not sexually pas Continue Reading...
Safe Schools for Lesbian and Gay Students It is important that all children feel safe in the school environment. The majority of waking hours are spent at school, so it must be ensured that students feel comfortable, safe, secure, and supported whil Continue Reading...
Anthropology Review and Critique: Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspectives The textbook by Brettell and Sargent on the myriad and diverse studies of gender is not only written with excellent scholarship and with a style that is engaging, but the subjec Continue Reading...
211). Children who are adopted into these scenarios are far less likely to be involved in crime, and have a more well-rounded conception of gender identity. The only reason why gay couples adopting children has become such a controversy is because Continue Reading...
Referring to prominent women in positions of power in derogatory terms, Farmer revealed his prejudicial beliefs that an ideal role for woman is wife or mother, not leader or activist. I concluded that Farmer's generation represented a key transition Continue Reading...
Bright Lights, Bobby Benedicto describes the urban gay subculture in Manila within the context of the "global scene." The points Benedicto makes in Under Bright Lights can be applied to variety of issues related to race, class, gender, and social po Continue Reading...
Running head: PRACTICE PLANPRACTICE PLAN 3Counseling Licensure Practice PlanPractice PlanThe professional identity of mental health counselors is very important. Therefore, it is paramount that before anyone chooses a profession such as mental health Continue Reading...
Sexual: Human Sexuality, Revisited In Ernesto Spinelli's article, Being Sexual: Human Sexuality Revisited, the author attempts to develop an existentially informed approach to human sexuality, focusing on an existential approach to normal and abnor Continue Reading...
Intercultural Communication: Balancing the Rights of Transgender Americans1) post your critical understanding and analysis of transgender communities\\\' current struggle to be accepted into the society, with a specific focus on the debate over trans Continue Reading...
sexual relationships figure in the construction of a transgendered person? Sexual relationships or sexual preferences tend to be the elements that are usually accepted as defining factors in the sexual and social identity of an individual. This mea Continue Reading...
Microaggressions against BIPOC LGBTLesbian, bisexual and Gay individuals who are ethnic or racial minorities (LGBT-POC) are marginalized populations subject to microaggressions accompanied by heterosexism and racism. An LGBTO individual living in a C Continue Reading...
Jack and Ennis, two-19-year-old were gay and involved in a mutually romantic relationship, although one is married with children whilst the other has an impetuous relationship with a woman. The relationship between the men is tempestuous and rocky w Continue Reading...
Same Sex Couples Should Have Marriage Equality Same sex marriage, which is commonly known as gay marriage is described as a union or marriage between two people of similar biological sex or gender identity. Same sex marriages have generated numerous Continue Reading...
Kim Chernin and Susan Faludi make a case for the crimes of our culture against women -- crimes that women may not correctly and clearly perceive because they are being duped by the media, society, and cultural ideals. Both authors express dismay ove Continue Reading...
Men are expected to put across domination and to affirm their masculinity during a hip hop dance. Hip hop and tango are both designed to put across the feeling that there is a strong connection between the message and the dance, the dance and the da Continue Reading...
The referent methods of collecting data are summative to the two key positions of the same sex in the society. Some of the methods used included sampling, interviews, issuance of questionnaires and used of printed or secondary data. Sampling Sampl Continue Reading...
homosexual practices might have begun in the early centuries, the word "sodomy" was first used by a Catholic missionary, now a saint, Father Peter Damien around 1050. By sodomy, he meant masturbation and anal intercourse between men, a sin he condem Continue Reading...
Homosexual marriage does not pose a threat to me or my manhood therefore I am for it." Although I am heterosexual, I know what it means to long for union with another human being. I will choose a woman for my partner, but if another man desires to c Continue Reading...
This is to the extent whereby the theorists have begun to look at lesbianism as a provisional identity in that it takes into account the racial, class and ethnical differences and these are what the queer theory has failed to do so far Epstein, 1994 Continue Reading...
This also becomes clear if we consider other mammals and sexual behavior and orientation in the natural world. On the other and I do not discount entirely the social and social learning theories about being gay. It would be incorrect to argue rigid Continue Reading...
Feminism The canon of Kate Chopin's work consists of stories addressing gender hierarchy, gender relations, and sexuality. Two of Chopin's short stories that particularly exemplify a feminist critique of existing social structures include "The Story Continue Reading...
