Homophobia
Many of us have an encounter with a homophobic person almost daily. Some of us may even be that homophobic person. We may receive homophobic messages from our churches, from the media, from jokes or even from the government. But the question is where does this homophobia stem from? Is it our families, friends, religion, society, even our education? Many philosophers believe it comes from many of these different aspects. I have narrowed it down to several that I believe are the main causes of homophobia.We must first identify the four main types of homophobia: personal, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural. “Personal homophobia is prejudice based on a personal belief that lesbian, gay and bisexual people are sinful, immoral, sick, inferior to heterosexuals, or incomplete women or men” (http://www.ruf.rice.edu) These are words you commonly hear when referring to homosexuals. Interpersonal homophobia is when lesbians, gays and bisexuals are physically assaulted for no reason except that of their sexual orientation. Examples of this are when relatives shun their lesbian, gay or bisexual family members, heterosexual friends of homosexuals don’t want to hear about their homosexual friends relationships, or co-workers of l
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Approximate Word count = 1070
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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