...HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES: VARIOUS FACTORS AND ITS CORRESPONDING EFFECTS ON AHOMOSEXUAL As partial fulfillment Of the requirements In ENGLISH 2 Submitted by: Monica E. Revadulla U – 4R March 10, 2011 Topic: Effects of different factors in the Philippines on a homosexual Thesis Statement: Knowing the physical, spiritual and social factors and their corresponding effects on a homosexual in the Philippines, homosexuals must be accepted and must be treated fairly in the Philippine society. I. Homosexuality A. Definition of homosexuality B. Origin of homosexuality 1. Biological theories 2. Socio-cultural factors 3. Psychological theories C. Types of homosexuals 1. Lesbian a. Butch (Male role) b. Femme (Female role) 2. Gay II. Effects of different factors in the Philippines on homosexuals A. Physical factors 1. Physical abuse and violence a. Develops trauma b. Makes it hard for them to trust people 2. Spanked to death by their own parents B. Spiritual factors 1. Moral condemnation a. Becomes atheist in nature b. Feels confusion when it comes to religion 2. The “Homosexuality is a sin” saying a. Doesn’t go to mass and confession b. Disbelief in God’s existence C. Social factors 1. Thrown away by their families a. Tends to be independent b. Develops hatred 2. Suffers discrimination a. Becomes an introvert b. Develops mistrust in people c. Finds difficulty in fitting in with the society 3. Rejected and made fun of a. Experiences paranoia ...
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...Islamic views on Homosexuality I take this opportunity to express profound gratitude and deep regards to my Teacher Mrs. Dennis and for her exemplary guidance, Monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this thesis. The blessing, help and guidance given by her time to time shall carry me a long way in the journey of life on which I am about to embark. I also take this opportunity to express deep sense of gratitude to my parents for their cordial support , valuable information and guidance , which helped me in completing this task through various stages. Once again I say thank you. Introduction Islam’s views on homosexuality There is no doubt that in Islam homosexuality is considered ‘Sinful’. Homosexuality as far as Islam concerned as a profound mistake (as are all sins if they are not intending to do wrong). Humans are not homosexuals by nature. People become homosexuals because of their environments. Particularly critical in the environment during puberty. Suggestions, ideas & strange dreams are symptoms of confused attempts to understand new and blunt sexual desires and are rashly interpreted as defining someone as being one sexuality or another. If these conclusions are accompanied by actual homosexual acts they are even more strongly reinforced. Methodology Aims of research Aim of this is to find out more...
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...Meyer points out that under each fame plaques identify the men who made the paints: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Caravaggio. Meyer states in his paper, "As this cartoon suggests, neither the category of the homosexual artist nor the pictorial force of homoeroticism can be confined to our contemporary moment or the culture wars of the recent past." This cartoon is reproduced in Wendy Steiner, The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in the Age of Fundamentalism(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), p. 23. Meyer points out specifically the culture wars of the 1980s and the 1990s and how during that time Helms worked to impose content restrictions on federally funded art. Helms exploited public fears and fantasies about male homosexuality which was easy during that period due to the spread of HIV and AIDS and the lack of information and research done at the time to allow the public to understand what was causing such an...
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...Across history, homosexuality has been shunned by societies all around the world. Only up until very recently has the idea of homosexuality become a bit more accepted and deemed “normal” than from the past. Despite this, homosexuals still suffer immensely in many aspects such as stress and discrimination. One of the most prevalent things homosexuals suffer from is mental health issues. Findings from a study that was conducted in Norway, gave evidence that homosexuals suffer from more mental health problems such as substance use disorders, mood disorders, and suicide than heterosexuals (Cochran, 2001). Why are mental health issues so prevalent amongst the homosexual community? What is the reason homosexuals suffer from psychological issues?...
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...I Am Not My Sexuality: Annotated Bibliography and Outline Unit 5 Course 5334 Annotated Bibliography Aldrich, R. (2004). Homosexuality and the city: an historical overview. Urban Studies, 41(9), 1719-1737. Aldrich gives a historical overview of the history of homosexuality. He goes back to the Roman times and discusses Sodom and Gomorrah and continues to the present day. He makes mention of how homosexuals left various cities to escape the traditional life constraints and went to other cities to begin transforming the city into much construction of the gay and lesbian culture. Bonilla, L & Porter, J (1990). A comparison of latino, black, and non-hispanic white attitudes toward homosexuality. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 12(4), 437-452. This article discusses Latinos, Blacks, and non Hispanic whites attitudes towards homosexuality. It has been researched that the Latino culture is more inclined than blacks and non whites to believe that homosexuality and the spread of AIDS are invariably related. This one assumption has the capacity to cause the rights of homosexuals to be restricted. Goldsmith, S. J. (2001). Oepipus or orestes? Homosexual men, their mothers, and other women revisited. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 49 (4), 1269-1287. The author of this article discusses gender roles and how they have an effect on the sexuality of men and women. He mentions when people sense femininity in a man it causes them to fear that man simply...
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...Sample Final Exam Essay: Legalize Gay Marriage English—Mr. Fichter (This sample essay is based upon a student-written essay from last year. The student author is anonymous.) Homosexuality is everywhere. You can see it in books, on television, in the media; it is rapidly becoming a social norm. Given this trend of greater acceptance of gay marriage, the issue of whether to legalize same-sex marriage naturally arises. Massachusetts has led the way by legalizing gay marriage. Responding to this example, some states have taken steps towards accepting gay marriage while others are considering laws and constitutional amendments banning gay marriage within state borders. President George Bush has recently proposed a ban on gay marriage in the U.S. Constitution (Hulse). If Americans carefully examine the situation, however, they should all be able to understand the importance of making same-sex marriage legal in the United States. Those opposing same-sex marriage claim that by allowing this act, marriages everywhere will lose their honor and validity (Kurtz). Marriages between a man and a woman would lose their special importance, these opponents argue, if the definition of marriage is expanded to include same-sex couples as well. The test of time has proven this fear pointless. For several years, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands have allowed gay marriage without any signs of damage to heterosexual couples. Social life in these countries continues unchanged, and...
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...Gay adoption is the adoption of children by same sex couples. Based on this topic, I’d like to look into the question “Are children adopted by gay parents more likely to have the psychological problem?” And the thesis I stated is that gay couples are able to provide a warm and normal environment for adopted children to grow up. I want to focus on this topic from the current situation of gay adoption, gay couples are capable of raising children and children adopted by gay parents are the same as those who born in heterosexual families. Nowadays, the homosexual people are coming into public view and are accepted by more and more people. It has attracted much concern to improve and protect their rights, such as the Gay-Right Movement which refers...
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...Do you have any recollection or memory of your own self before you were born? Do you remember shifting through a menu similar to that of McDonald’s and selecting the color of your hair? What about the color of your skin, or maybe your height? Of course you don’t. However, if you were given the opportunity to completely change the person you’ve worked hard to mold into what you currently call you, would you take it? Again, you most likely wouldn’t. Your physical body, your thoughts, imagination, personality--all make up the whole you. You didn’t choose to be you, you just are. Sadly, throughout the course of history, we, as a collective society, have scrutinized those who were considered “different” simply because we were scared. No matter what the textbooks or historians say, discrimination is the direct result of fear and ignorance. It is a superficial, false hate. How would one define this false hate? Well, if we were to go with the literal definition, according to Webster’s dictionary, hate is the feeling or animosity toward someone[1]. Another widely accepted description of hatred is that it’s very similar to love, often blinding, and making people prone to believe things that are definitely not true. Oftentimes, many of us fall victim to this, and feelings of animosity and prejudice begin to stir in our minds; sometimes these feelings are reflected in our actions. What’s more, the sad part is that same prejudice and feelings of hatred have no backbone—they can’t be supported...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Introduction/Thesis The Bible brings us everything we need to know and live by for our entire lives. The Bible brings us not just questions but answers as well. One section though brings us answers to foundational truths and relevant answers to inadmissible questions. Throughout this essay I will be going over how Romans 1-8 address’s all of those answers including the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture. The Natural World Even threw the fall we see God’s work on this world through nature. Everything was perfect at first until the fall. Afterwards we see that everything has a consequence. The consequence that we humans face is sin. Not only did nature start to lose its color but humans started to fall deeper and deeper into sin. We are now no longer born without sin but born into a sin nature. For we as humans need to have faith in God and believe in him or when God comes back, things won’t be pretty. We see God portrayed as a powerful worrier in the beginning of Romans when Paul talks about God and the sinful people. We see Paul talk about how God will not take it easy on those who do not believe in him, and those who our wicked by nature. When God comes back he will show his wrath to the unholy and the non-believers. One may wonder why God is so harsh on the non-believers. God is displeased at the fact that people look at him in the way of a lie and that they want to find a reason/way to live that fits their lifestyle...
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...of Contents Page 1: Title Page Page 2: Table of Contents Page 3: Introduction Page 4: Thesis Statement, Analysis of Thesis, and Evidence: First Point Page 6: Objection to First Evidence Point and Response to First Objection Page 7: Second Evidence point Page 8: Objection to Second Evidence Point Page 9: Response to Second Objection Page 10: Third Evidence Point Page 11: Objection to Third Evidence Point Page 12: Response to Third Objection Page 13: Conclusion Page 15: Works Cited Introduction Imagine walking into a restaurant and seeing a proposal, such a joyous occasion. As you applaud and cry out “Cheers!” you may think back to your own proposal and it may have happened. Joy and love overwhelms you and you may even tear up a little. A cause for celebration by anyone’s idea, then as you walk by you discover the bride is actually only a ten year old girl. Does this change your view on it? Do you still have those same feelings, or does something more like disgust register in your heart? Recently in the past few years there has come about requests from advocates and groups to change the classification of pedophilia. Currently it is listed as a mental disorder in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Certain groups are of the opinion that it is not a disorder but a valid sexual preference, such as heterosexuality or homosexuality and that by denying the equal opportunity rights of individuals to seek solace in a relationship...
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...who by simulations [?] and differences reveals character, and who, as an element of plot, is there for the more important character to talk to (vevra [sic] ). Such an example is Laertes is a foil to Hamlet. [SS -1] [Is the last sentence in this paragraph the thesis?] Before the events of the play Ophelia[,] the daughter of Polonius and sister of Laertes, tells us that Hamlet was a model courtier, soldier, and scholar, ["?]The glass of fashion and the mould of form, Th’ observed of all observers."( pg 676) [Citation] With the death of his farther [sic] and the hasty remarriage of his mother to mother [sic & sloppy] to his uncle, throws Hamlet into a frustrated state were [where-H50] he lashes out at evil he sees and then relapse into a suicidal misery. [SS] It is in the [this?] state of mind that he meets the ghosts [more than one?] of his father. When he meets the ghost he isn’t afraid of the ghost but instead wants to confront the ghost face to face. It is at this point in the play were [that] Hamlet finds out that his uncle murdered his father[.] [How does this paragraph relate to foils?] A foil to Hamlet is Laertes. Laertes who likes Hamlet [a sloppy error which sends the reader into wondering about homosexuality in the play] has returned to Elsinor because of King Hamlet’s death. Laertes is a young man whose good instincts have been somewhat unclear by the concern of his superficial [??????], which he has learned from his...
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...Same Sex Marriage This Argumentative essay will discuss about the argument of same sex marriage. The contents are: meaning, brief background and thesis statement for the Introduction; for the Body of the discussion is the counter argument; and for the conclusion part: the summary and the restatement of the thesis statement. Same Sex Marriage also known as gay marriage or equal marriage it is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity. In the 20th and 21st centuries various types of same-sex unions have come to be legalized. Same-sex marriage is currently legal in eight European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden; Luxembourg, Finland, France and the United Kingdom are currently in the process of legalization. Politicians in the United Kingdom have expressed their intention to promote legislation to allow same-sex marriage. Other types of recognition for same-sex unions are as of 2012 legal in the following European countries: Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Many people have their own beliefs and reasoning's when it comes to Gay/Lesbian Marriage. God made a man and woman to join hands together and say vows in the right way but however in some states it is a legal to get married with your same sex. So, a man is...
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...the entire play with buried acts of deception, conflict and conmunication tension. Along with these problems comes sexuality and gender role problems. During the 1950’s, the role of women was decidedly fixed as child-bearers and doggishly loyal trophy wives, while men were prescribed as bread-winners and archetypically masculine in nature. (Müller 28) As such, the relationships and behavior of Williams’ characters follow the patterns described by their gender. As each character works to fulfill the role attributed to their gender, the barrier between them are blurred. The gender conflict between Maggie and Brick is the most import aspect of the play. Maggie and Brick are couples in the play who have two completly different feeling about each other. Maggie says to Brick “You look so cool, so cool, so enviably cool”(Williams 10) The quote presents Brick to be represented to the audience as a man who is self contained, cool, and perfectly masculine. (Class Discussion) He physically embodies a real man. While Maggie see’s herself as a women who is dissatisfied, ignored, and exhausted from sharing her desires. (Fellows 2) In the case of Maggie and Brick, he reminds her they are simply living together and married only by name. She seems to be in constant torture because she cannot experience intimacy (physical or emotional) with the man in which she has vowed the rest of her life to. However Brick and most men in this generation of society thinks that "women were only to be married...
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...abnormal. It can suggest that the everyday world in this novel is queer compared to the wizard world which is seen as the norm. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Epistemology of the closet suggests that queer reading should not be from the readers own sexuality in mind, but an openness to the queer context, connections and potentials already available within the text. Bennett and Royle suggest that “some of the strangeness or uncanniness, some of the power and fascination of literary texts, that is to say has to do with the singular space which they offer for thinking differently about gender and sexuality” As Harry potter is a young adults novel that is stable for a queer reading as it traditional is a none sexual fantasy novel. Harry Potter is seen as a world parallel to our own where it has differences in people and their cultures. However no where in the novel does it mention anything about homosexuality, gender role bending, or same sex relationships. Every relationship that forms is with a character from the opposite sex and the family is mostly typical nuclear form of the mother staying at home while the father goes to work. There is no mention of a gay, lesbian or transgender character mentioned in the story. If the novel is meant to be a mirror image of our real world then there should be the existence of queer people. One way why Harry Potter could be seen as a queer text is that the wizarding world is hidden away from the normal world of muggle’s, they have their...
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...gender duality within society, in which masculinity and the “male” voice is associated with the male body, and femininity and the “female” voice is associated with the female body. Thus, what is considered to be a “natural” voice is merely a choice made by an individual as to which of the two sides of duality they identify with more (Gamson). This choice is a representation of a gendered and sexualized identity that is influenced by discourse. Gender norms dictate that males identify with the more masculine voice, with a lower pitch and only slight increases in intonation. The stereotypical female voice, on the other hand, is more high pitched, with more variation in intonation (Bonds-Raacke). With this in consideration, Delph Janiurek’s thesis is that voices have a “geography”, and that they can be authored in a certain way within certain societal “spaces” (Giltrow 276). In other words, certain situations demand misperformance of hegemonic gender roles in the form of voice alteration. Delph-Janiurek’s argument is limited in the sense that it does not conduct enough research into different types of social roles in order to properly consider the effectiveness of vocal performance within them. Different geographical spaces have different expectations...
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