Essays on Sexual Preference

Early Child Sexual Abuse and its Connection to Homosexual Behaviors

When one hears about the term ‘homosexuality’, people often have various sentiments when it comes to how it occurs and how to treat those from this gender class. Some people tend to ignore homosexuals as they believe they are deviating from the social classes. Others would blatantly show their hatred towards these homosexuals because of what they stand for in society. With rules now in place protecting the rights and liberties of homosexuals and their continuous growth in numbers, experts have tried to determine factors as to why homosexual tendencies tend to develop in men. Some argued that homosexuality ...

Within the speech titled “Gay, the Military and My Son,” by Roscoe Thorne, a father discusses his upset with the Pentagon’s recent decision that gays cannot serve in the armed forces, (Thorne, Roscoe, 1993). Having read Thorne’s powerful arguments, I take the viewpoint that he has highlighted a major flaw in the United States Navy that should be addressed. Regardless of an individual’s sexual preference, an individual should agree to allow homosexuals in the armed forces because regardless of an individual’s sexual preference, they still have the power to be effective leaders and contribute to ...

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Many experts have long debated about the basis of homosexuality, and it seems that much have been said about it. In particular, two authors have expressed conflicting ideas about this topic. Reviewing both of their arguments is imperative in order to come up with a more thorough understanding of this debate. In his work entitled “The Neurodevelopment of Human Sexual Orientation,” Qazi Rahman, a Psychobiology professor, focuses his study on the biological basis of homosexuality. Specifically, he presents pieces of evidence to support his claim that being a homosexual is not a matter of choice. For instance, ...

The article “How Homophobia Hurts Everyone” by Warren J. Blumenfeld throws light on the fact that homophobia exists in this society and that each individual, irrespective of their sexual identity, is adversely affected by it. To explain this, the author cites his own childhood experience when he was harassed by his ‘normal’ peers for being ‘different’. Years of humiliation that continued right until his college days, inadvertently drew him apart from his younger sister, Susan. While the author was affected by the teasing, his attractive, smart, ‘normal’ sister, as he came to understand much later when the two spent ...

1. Introduction Homosexuals are humans and that is a fact although many peopel argue that it is not a natural state because people are supposed to be heterosexuals. Most people are attracted to the opposite sex, but some there is also a significant percentage of homosexual people who also have human rights. Conservatives argue that homosexuality is not natural and hence homosexuality must not be condoned. But yet, progressives believe that homosexuality is indeed a human behavior and so they face the same challenges that heterosexual couples face. 2. Review of Evidence Homosexual people have trouble with their marriages ...

It is important to understand the development of the two sexual categories of heterosexuality and homosexuality as pertains to history. Interestingly, the emphasis on sexual identity as hetero or homo was not always distinguished until a label was actually created that emphasized a sexual preference. It was only near 1860 that a distinction and focus of sexuality was emerging as the Victorian sex-love paradigm was created (Katz, 1990). Prior to this period there was no clear distinction made of heterosexuals as the normal or natural way to be. Although, male female unification was typically what was practiced, there was ...

Hate Crimes: Definitions and Introduction

A “hate crime” are “criminal actions intended to harm or intimidate people because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or other minority group status,” as listed in the works of Herek (1989) and Levin and McDevitt (1993). In the 1990s, the issue of hate crimes, or “bias crimes,” has generated rising attention from activists, policy makers, and social analysts. Much of the amplified concern has displayed an inference in that all criminal activities have adverse impacts for the victim, bias crimes must be considered as a unique case owing to their heightened effects on the victim of the crime ...

In order to understand pornography we must first understand the effects that it has on the human mind. This will enable us to understand why the pornography industry is ever expanding at an alarming rate. It is a proven fact that pornography can be addictive. Just like a person can get addicted to alcohol and drugs they can in a similar way get addicted to pornography. When a person starts viewing pornography a certain part of the brain gets stimulated. This stimulation is translated as pleasure. Thus as a person continues viewing more and more porn they get more and more pleasure out of it. ...

Abstract

Despite of the existing federal laws that prohibit discrimination among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, they still suffer extensive forms of prejudice in many points of their lives especially in their struggle for basic civil rights to marry and raise a family. Throughout the world, there are still many cases of execution, imprisonment, torture and violence associated with sexual orientation or gender identity. In many countries, violence and abuse committed without legal sanction were not properly addressed by the government. This massive abuse and violence constitutes violations on human rights. The Amnesty International supports the human rights of ...

Barbara Frankel from Diversity Inc wrote on her blog that “The California appeals court decision striking down Proposition 8 - the ban on the same-sex marriage - is an important legal and moral victory for marriage-equality supporters including several corporations.” Her comments referred to the decision of the CA 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on “Hollingsworth versus Perry” which declared Proposition 8 illegal sending the lawsuit on its way to the California Supreme Court and then all the way the US Supreme Court. Oral arguments for the case were presented at the US Supreme Court two days during the ...

Pedophilia as a Mental Disorder: Why Pedophiles are not Criminals

A pedophile can be described as an adult person who gets sexually attracted to young people. Pedophiles exhibit behaviors which deviate from what the society expects-especially on sexual behavior. According to medical diagnosis, pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which people who are 16 years of age (and above) have exclusive or primary sexual interest in prepubescent young ones; mostly children of 13 years of age and below. For the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia, the prepubescent child must be younger than the adolescent by at least five years (Blaney & Millon, 2009). Although many people view pedophiles as ...

Scenario One – Drugs at a Friend’s House

Yes, a moral problem exists. I have to decide if I believe it is wrong to do cocaine. Then I have to decide whether to call the police on the people doing the cocaine even if having the police come to my friend’s house will harm my friend’s reputation and cause my friend legal issues. Since I am off duty, I would need to call the police and not handle the situation myself, even though I am a police officer.

Doing cocaine is illegal in most jurisdictions. If snorting cocaine is illegal where this activity is taking place, then ...