...Wave Your Rainbow Flag Many scientists, professors and sports personnel alike are all interested in the irradiation and eradication of heterosexism in sport. Prof. Guylaine Demers wrote an article in the Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching to help raise awareness of this issue. The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity published a position paper on homophobia in sport. Matt Allen came out to his family, team, the sports organization that employs him and has given a speech about his life in sports. These people are strongly fighting for the edification of homophobia and heterosexism in sport and the world in general. I have found that despite headway, homophobia is still a major foul in the world of sports. Homophobia and heterosexism is affecting athletes, coaches, and sports governing bodies around the world, it’s time it was stopped. What if that joke everyone laughed at scares one, or two, or half of your teammates? What if your joke made your teammates fear being themselves around you and the team? All because you made a casual homophobic joke (Allen, 2015). A joke or a thoughtless comment can make teammates fear being found out that they are gay, lesbian, or...
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...Homophobia/LGBTQ Issues in Entertainment “Homophobia is the fear or hatred for homosexuals.” (Lincoln 62). People face homophobia issues everyday through other people within the entertainment industry through films, television, music, sports, fashion, the arts, and advertising. “Homophobia is a social, cultural, and religious illness that paralyzes society,” (Kamua 241). LGBTQ simply stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, There are many homophobia/LGBTQ issues in entertainment. “I can’t think of a time when I’ve seen homophobia on television. But I see it in movies all the time. In an industry so well-populated by gay and lesbian filmmakers and producers, we can do better.” says Kelly Bush Novak. In the film & television industry they don’t address homophobia issues quite often due to being fearful of alienating even a portion of the audience. The hit “Brokeback Mountain” which made about $178 million worldwide are written off as “just luck”. On the other hand, the LGBT representation on tv has evolved drastically. “Over the past few years, we’ve seen LGBT representation on TV evolve to more accurately reflect its audience and our culture, with diverse programs like ‘Empire’ and ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ also becoming some of TV’s biggest hits,” Ellis says. “The film industry, on the other hand, lags years behind — and must improve its track record on diverse representations if it is to stay relevant to a wide audience.”. Films are nothing like...
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...Abstract The track of homosexuality in sports has been long, twisting and for the most part, very restrained. There have been very few athletes blazing a trail for gay tolerance among the top four professional athletic associations; the top four being the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB. In fact, the early athletes who openly admitted their sexual orientation were women, participants of individual sports or retired athletes. The more popular male sports as the top four, have seemingly been opposed in accepting a gay teammate in the locker room. With this being said, one can understand why the gay athlete’s path has been so difficult and private. The culture of sports has long been viewed as being extremely homophobic. Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender From the beginning of sports existence, athletes have been considered hyper-masculine and barbaric. Even women who participated in sports were often viewed as “manly”. However, the ever changing social climate and the sharp awareness of gay rights and same-sex couples, almost assures us that there will be a cultural shift in the sports world as we know it. The younger generation proves to be more accepting and laidback of homosexuality; thus, it will only be a matter of time until professional sports teams find a gay athlete on their roster. I ask you this, if gay tolerance is to be expected in the...
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...trepidation of being observed through societal constructs as gay. This trait tends to be seen from early teens to initial adulthood with single-sex settings heightening notions that in order to be a successful male one must distance themself from the alternate trait, concurrently exemplifying society’s utopian standard of masculinity. However once these ideas that shaped males were broken down there followed a process of greater acceptance towards difference and discarding of homophobia. Anderson and Adams (2011) explicitly and objectively refer to McCann et al (2009) and the contact theory. Anderson and Adams (2011) expand the contact theory delineating that ‘contact with gay men leads to acceptance of bi-men, as well’ (Anderson and Adams, 2011: 10) While this may be valid, it does not accurately reflect the findings of McCann et al (2009) who does not refer to ‘bi- men’. Further despite both journals conclusions vehemently relating, for example both articles recognize the importance of team sport in creating homophobia, McCann et al (2009) findings are only referred to once and are not discussed in a real substantive way, more used as a stepping stone for Anderson to add validity to his own argument. Additionally Hetzel (2011) accurately represents the content that was concluded in McCann et al (2009) in that while she has used the reference to compare and add validity to her own argument she has not changed the fundamental McCann et al (2009) ideas but rather used it as a basis...
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...This is additionally problematic as students often frame gender or sexuality-based aggression as joking or not serious (like other forms of bullying are). They may also suggest that the victim deserved the violence. Each of these attitudes fosters a culture of non-reporting, further facilitating aggression of this kind. In my research, teachers suggested that the students who were at risk of gender-based or homophobic bullying had exceptional strengths that protected them from emotional or psychological damage from such incidents. Teachers often failed to recognise that homophobic language, or epithets like “slut” and “poof”, could be harmful to students. When moments of homophobia or gendered aggression occurred, they often dismissed it as not serious or as an inevitable product of adolescent relationships. Each of these positions is equally concerning as they allow bullying that relates to gender and sexuality to go unchecked in school environments, communicating to students that these actions have no institutional...
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...As I formulate a response, Ann jumps in and says, “well, he just found out, what do you think, Ian?” No good way to respond to this, I think. After quite a time thinking, I decide to confront my learned homophobia and address the initial prejudices I ashamedly had against people who are not heterosexual. I look down, look up, and proceed. “I think that it is only right that I am vulnerable with you all because I have asked you to be vulnerable and uncomfortable with each other. To be honest, for the majority of my life, even in my first year at college, I was homophobic. For example, I messaged my college roommate on Facebook before meeting him to get to know him and when he told me that he is gay, I was disappointed and a little weirded out. Part of this was my friends telling me that I got unlucky by having a gay roommate, but most of this prejudice was my own doing. After a year of reflection on my masculinity and insecurities, I broke down my...
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...Responsible; Capable; Loving; Trustworthy; etc -- none of which are exclusive to heterosexuals. So, if we can accept that homosexuals are for all intensive purposes equal to heterosexuals in their personalities and behavior (outside of sexual endeavors), then there is no good reason to deny them the right to have or adopt children. It would seem that whom one sleeps with is a personal choice that should have no bearing on their qualification for parenting. As such, it would be wrong to deny gay couples the same parenting rights as other people in society. To do so would be to exhibit blatant homophobia, or the idea that gay people would somehow make inferior parents. The only way to eradicate this absurd ideal would be exposure; people need to see that gay people are just as competent as straight people in being good parents. Moreover, exposure to the homosexual lifestyle would decrease homophobia and other bigotry in general. 2. Parenting is in no way limited to be between a child's biological mother and father. In fact, 1/3 of children in America are not raised in two-parent households [1]. Plus, the 2000 U. S. Census reports that 33% of lesbian couples, and 22% of gay male couples have at least one child under the age of 18 living in the home [2]. These statistics show us that the norms of society are changing; many children are indeed being raised by single parents or non-biological parents, including gay couples. Con would have the burden of proving that this is detrimental...
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...Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Learning Objectives 1) Be able to Understand the Concept of Gender and Gender Identity A. Gender- i. The Way in that Biological sex is Experienced and Expressed ii. Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Femaleness and Maleness B. Gender Identity i. The “knowing” of oneself as male or female ii. Do I think as myself as a boy or girl, main or woman, or something else iii. Sense of being masculine, feminine, or ambivalent iv. Feeling of belonging to a particular gender v. The Data shows the following: 1. Evidence of Gender ID begins to emerge at 1 ½ years and is influenced by the infant’s observed genitalia, proper gender assignment, belief’s regarding gender, and infants experience with his/her body 2. 2-2 ½ years old- Clearly Crystallizing through naturally curiosity about anatomical differences between sexes, genital play and gender categorization. 3. 3- firmly established through process of identification with same gender parent 2) Be able to discuss the current understanding of the development of sexual orientation A. What is sexual orientation: i. This refers to a person’s potential to respond with sexual excitement to persons of the same sex, opposite sex or both ii. This includes erotic or sexual fantasies...
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...‘C’mon PE (TE) it’s time to get changed for dance’ (Keyworth and Smith, 2003: 107). A small-scale investigation into the challenges faced by the teacher in teaching dance activities as part of the Physical Education National Curriculum, and the impact of the teaching upon the response of pupils in relation to learning. Use literature; autobiography, personal reflection, questionnaire and observation data; and unit materials to support your responses to the following: Some pupils are very good at reading the spaces in team sports, while others read music fluently. Some find mental calculations easy; some are good at constructing 3D objects; some express ideas elegantly through dance (Arthur and Cremin, 2010: 278). It is clear from this quote alone that dance has an important role to play within the development of learning of some pupils. Tinning (2009) believe that the holistic approach incorporated within the teaching and leaning in dance is essential to allow a child’s full, embodied experience, seeking to nurture ‘thinking bodies’ and ‘moving minds’. Dance can provide an ideal vehicle through which children can start to explore and establish confidence in the processes, appreciating, composing and performing which are three ‘key factors in determining teaching and learning programs’ Smith-Autard (1994:1). Schools that incorporate dance programs within their curriculum have found that the educational experiences for both learners and staff members alike are enriched...
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...DISCRIMINATION SPEECH Discrimination, it is as old as human kind. Some people would say that discrimination is a type of abuse, falling into both the physiological and physical molds. The Homosapians committed this abuse against the Neanderthals, and I think we can all agree that it is one of the sources of most societal ills. Prejudice, bullying, racism are all types of discrimination. Machismo, Homophobia & stereotypes are also products of this abuse. Maybe there is a physiological explanation to all of this, maybe you were raised to discriminate against Jews or Asians, or maybe you had a bad experience with a black man and so you associate black people with that experience. Let's start of with Machismo. It has been around even before the bible, for it features strongly there. It says that women are "unclean" because they get their periods, and that if a mother bears a male child, it's better than if it had been born a girl. This holy book says that women are to blame for the fact that Adam & Eve were kicked out of paradise. Before, if a man could find a stick thinner than his thumb he could LEGALY BEAT HS WIFE & CHILDREN WITH IT! And even now, in places like India and Saudi Arabia, a woman can be RAPED and if she takes the man who raped her to court & doesn’t have 4 male witnesses SHE, THE VICTIM WILL AUTOMATICLY LOSE & be STONED TO DEATH!! And plus, in the Quran, the Islamic version of the Bible, it says that if a woman is raped by a man, she must legally take him...
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...So fascinated, that he goes to enroll in the gym of Bill Pearl , Los Angeles. He wants to learn directly from the master and also better know the man. In front of the energetic obstinacy of Chris, Bill Pearl then decides to train it . TENACIOUS OPTIMISM FOR A PLACE IN BODYBUILDING: Chris starts intense training at the age of 24. He is aware that the path is going to be tough. Chris is black and homosexual and racism and homophobia are more than ever present. In addition, Chris is smaller than bodybuilders. Chris knew perfectly well that he would have problems because of his skin color and his sexual orientation. However, he had a mental strength that could face such criticism of himself. Nevertheless, he had some reservations about his size that had a direct impact on his bodybuilder features. But despite these factors, Chris's optimism was stubborn. So tenacious that he presented himself two years later, in 1965, at his first competition: Mr. Long Beach. In his first appearance, he won the 3 th spot. Chris is more than happy with his ranking. This first experience pushed him the following year to register for 12 competitions on the East Coast. The result is amazing...
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...Racism is surrounding us. Particularly in sport and music, for example I listen to rap music and go to football matches, where I hear racist language most of the time. I generally stay away from that and enjoy my time as much as possible, as I would prefer not to discriminate individuals because of some differences. That would be quite infuriating as I am a role model to my younger sisters and prefer positive influences on them. I don’t want to be associated with racism, do you? The racism topic has been quite controversial especially in sport like football in the most recent two decades; this is fundamentally in light of the presentation of the new capable players. Additionally, as racism in football has mostly been about skin colour, different player find it hard to perform in front of large audience. However, recently the football association is undergoing quite successful period in terms of more positive audience inspecting and football association controlling racism. Wouldn’t you want your child to be in positive environment?...
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...“Athletic girls who do pursue sports must also grapple with the sexism that is pervasive in almost all aspects of sports culture, despite the strides that have been made since Title IX was passed in 1972.” (Samsa, 2014). At the end of a school day its very common to hear on the all call announcements saying “come out and support your bulldog baseball, football, boys basketball etc.” but why aren't girls event being announced or “hyped” up? During nearly every pep rally the football team is given a proper announcement and individuals are recognized in front of the school, while other predominantly female teams are rather asked to “just stand up where you...
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...in hopes of losing and getting Coach Boone fired. Since you didn't see it you should know that the committee of the Hall of Fame for their town, they told the refs to do this because they didn't want him. Also a brick was thrown through Coach Boone's window by someone driving by. Also when the FB wouldn't block for the RB because he was black, but then the captain cut him because of this, even though they were friends. Lastly, Gary's mom wouldn't talk to his new friend because he was black but in the end she gives him a hug. Gender Roles/Norms This movie shows the cultural definition that many sports, especially football are a very male-dominated sport. The film displays this by repeatedly portraying images of traditional masculinity, father figures, aggressiveness and anger, and homophobia, for instance. Also by criticizing female characters who attempt to invade the male-dominated sport. The film also argues that the bonds of masculinity that are on the playing field are strong enough to bridge even the widest cultural, political, and racial differences. Culture In Remember the Titans, there are many components of culture exemplified throughout the movie. In general, the culture in this movie takes place in a high school named T.C. Williams in the highly racist Alexandria, Virginia in the 1970s. T.C. Williams High School has just been desegregated and is witnessing an immense amount of push back from the white community. People of color were considered less than whites and often...
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...Conor Doyle Advanced Writing and Research 11/19/12 Homophobic Abuse Since the beginning of time society has put names on people places and things that upset and or disturb others. But in some cases it causes people to suffer, to go to great extents to calm them selves, to take their minds off of what really happening or being forced on them by others. As time presses on, new people and objects take the place of the previous ones. Yesterday it was the 1970’s and the hippies, today its 2013 and homosexuals trying to fit in to mostly straight society. Homosexuals such as lesbian, bisexuals, gays, and transvestites have been singled out and labeled as “wrong” or in a religious viewpoint a “sin.” People are abusing their homosexual counterparts any way they can. There are four main types of harassment; verbal abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and digital abuse. As I grew up I was told to ignore the mean things people said to me, told that I was perfect, that I was going to change the world one day. I was once told a small saying that I believe everyone is familiar with, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Looking back it made sense at the time, they’re only words...right? Wrong among almost 120 million Americans who label themselves as homosexuals (LGBT) 66% of them have been verbally abused, that’s 78 million Americans. 16% or 19 million have been physically abused. And 8% or 10 million have been brutally and physically assaulted. This...
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