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HUMAN SEXUALITY
There is just one life for each of us: our own
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Today it is generally accepted that sexuality does not come naturally to
humans, but is in fact shaped by social conditioning and learning (nurture)
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I have a
childhood friend and his parents wanted a girl so they treated him like a girl and thus, he learns
to consider himself a female
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Another factor that influences individuals about sexuality is their peers
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Their interaction with peers, as Bronfenbrenner called it a microsystem approach
(Rathus, 2012) helps in shaping their image and identity
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Sometimes they do tend to imitate their role models,
homosexuals or otherwise, through interaction and socialization, and as Bandura stated behavior
can be shaped through learning by imitation too (Rathus, 2012)
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Internalization, an important concept in Vygotsky’s theory, helps in shaping their
identity and orientation as well
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He was often teased by other boys and even ill-treated in school
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Research studies showed that children who
‘cross the line’ by showing interest in toys or activities considered appropriate for other sex are
often teased and ridiculed by peers, teachers and even other parents (Fagot & Hagan, 1991;
Garvey,1990)
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As years
passed, I noticed him retracted to his own shell and silently suffered depression
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I wished they have laws in India like the one in California where schools are required by the
California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 to create a safe learning
environment for all students no matter what their sexual orientation or identity may be
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Cyber bullying or internet bullying is a serious problem
nowadays
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Chat rooms and other social networking websites are easy
targets to spread rumors or post hurtful comments about them being gay, lesbian, bisexual or a
transgender and many children are being traumatized and bullied and they are afraid to tell their
parents
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Suicidal tendencies amongst homosexual adolescents
Depression and suicide rates are higher among homosexual adolescents than among
heterosexual youth
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We can sometimes see their struggles, even though
they try to conform to parents’ expectations, social norms and rules, they know they do not fit in
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Some will come out open about themselves and their sexual
orientation but the Indian society, with its traditional norms and culture, is very harsh and
judgmental when it comes to these issues so most of them will choose to live in the closet
because of fear and shame
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It is a struggle they have
to go through almost every day of their lives (Bagley & D’ Augelli, 2000)
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But suicide is not a way out
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Starting a Family
When it comes to starting a family, homosexual couples turn to surrogacy, adoption or
artificial insemination to help them out
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Sometimes, the surrogate mother has a miscarriage or
the couples are infertile and artificial insemination is not possible or biological parents change
their minds and decided against adoption
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I remembered a television serial – Separated at Birth, where a single dad who is a
biological parent change his mind and wanted custody back of his own little daughter who was
adopted by a gay couple
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This is called ‘separation anxiety’
(Rathus, 2012)
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This according to Rathus (2012) is term as ‘resistant attachment’
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The reason why the biological father tried to take custody of the child is
because he felt that he could raise her much better with his girlfriend than two gay men
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, 2006) and they are likely to sustain positive family
relationships (Wainright et al
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Marriage
I think the right to marriage should be granted to everyone and it should not be a luxury obtained
by heterosexual couples only
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Sometimes it
means that they want to have kids together and raise a family
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But many other people
think that “marriage” can mean commitment between any two people who love each other and
want to share their lives for a long time
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Today, nineteen
states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriages! This shows that
homosexuals are being treated as citizens with equal rights and acceptance
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It segregates our society into heterosexual people and homosexual people
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Even President Obama supports same sex marriages
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Wedding bells for homosexuals in Africa or the Middle-east is a
distant dream
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There are currently 196 countries in the world and only 15 of them have same-sex
marriage as legal according to Wikipedia
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If homosexuals cannot get married, they cannot have a family as they
will have trouble adopting a child
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In China where same-sex marriage is banned, most gay men choose to get married with
women to hide their sexual orientation because of family pressure as well as getting rid of
rumors in society
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Many gay husbands do not care about the
happiness of their wives who have to suffer from the indifferent attitudes of their husbands and
sometimes even domestic abuse
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In 2012, a Chinese teacher with a PhD leaped from a
13th floor apartment after her husband declared to her that he was gay
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I think most women in this kind of
situation will feel hurt, embarrassed that their marriage is a sham and they have been duped
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If homosexuals are fighting for their rights and equality,
women in developing countries should also do the same
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Now, women in China can annul their unions and they are labelled
‘single’ instead of ‘divorcee’
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Like in China, gay men in India hide their sexual orientation, get married to women and
in the end, women are the silent victims in these alliances
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They gave us stoles with multiple colors on them because the theme was
‘different shades of gay’
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So, till now Indian gay
men are not coming out, they prefer to hide their identity even when they know that they are
different
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In recent news, a British-Indian man was imprisoned for murdering his Indian-born wife
whom he married with the wish to unite his homosexuality and the value system of his
community
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Hence, the Supreme Court of India overturned the decision on homosexuality making
homosexual behavior a crime punishable up to ten years in jail
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India needs to
be educated in accepting homosexuality and its culture
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It is a way of transforming oneself, and at the same time helping to elaborate a
commonly accessible world
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When people are legally married and their unions
are legally recognized, there is a sense of satisfaction and happiness in them
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Researches have shown that psychological distress
is lower among gay, bisexual and lesbian individuals who are legally married as compared to
those who are not
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Harassment at school makes them dropping out of school and this leads
them to feel isolated, ashamed and afraid of being discovered that they are different
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He no longer behaved like he is different and

becomes cold and isolated
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Peers viewed them as abnormal from what they have been told
in their communities, home and churches
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Sometimes teens who are
cyber bullied and target as gay are not even gay, but somebody who hold grudges against them
started to spread rumors around and this greatly affect the victims mentally, socially and
physically as well
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Homosexual teens can also face harassment at home when their parents did not accept
their sexual orientation
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We can say that the easiest
places to find gays are gay bars and clubs where drinking, smoking, drug use and sex are part of
the environment
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Erroneously, teens get the idea that they cannot be fully gay unless they have anal
intercourse
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Homosexuals are also vulnerable to sexual attacks
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This was because they confided about their sexual
orientations to their uncles, cousins or stepfathers who took advantage of it

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