Friday, May 25, 2012
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Sexuality and Culture
“Societal attitudes towards politics and sex vary greatly in different cultures…” Fernando L. Cardoso claims and explains in “Political and Sexual Attitudes Concerning Same-Sex”. He explains that different cultures, and religions, view same-sex marriage very differently. For example, Abrahamic traditions call for sever punishments upon people who take part in such acts. Things have changed though, not just in the United States but around the whole world, Fernando supports this idea when he states “However, since the 1970s, much of the world has become more accepting of consenting same-sex sexuality between partners of legal age.”
Same-Sex Unions
In “Same-Sex Unions: The Globalization of an Idea” Kelly Kollman argues the reasons why the west coast has been more open or accepting about same sex marriages. The idea of the LGBT involvement could have affected or influenced the choices that the west coast states have made dealing with same sex marriage. Saying “LGBT groups, after all, did not create the human rights frames that they use to bolster their claims of recognition.” Kollman explains that it is not only the LGBT community and groups that are influencing the debate in western democracies. Even with such great influences not all the west coast and western states has been for same sex marriage. “…not all western democracies legally recognize same-sex relationships and those that do have adopted different models of SSU laws.”, Kollman once again clarifies another point stating that not all the states recognize same sex marriage. Kollman also elaborates on the outline of how much acceptance some states are permitting-- the SSU (Same-Sex Union) laws are not all the same for all of the states.
SOURCE: International Studies Quarterly, Jun2007, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p329-357, 29p, 1 Diagram, 5 Charts
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Traditional Family Values
What are these so called ‘‘traditional family values”? This article questions whether gay marriages would challenge the typical house hold and its ‘‘traditional family values.’’ Does the legalization of same sex marriages truly affect family values and any other type of traditions? They compare the effects of a same sex marriage house hold with the effects of a single woman household. The article claims that some may say these studies have no point and are nearly a waste of time; however, studies like these are used in political debates and also as support when trying to pass amendments. For example, the article states, “...as of 2004, 45 states had banned same-sex marriage”. On the contrary, the result would not have been in those states’ favor as for the article then says, “The results show that allowing gay marriage has no significant adverse impact on the family values variables.”
Things are changing and as the world becomes more aware of our diversity we are becoming more accepting of our differences. This study produced a chart showing the states that have prohibited same sex marriages in 1990, 2000, and 2004. It also shows those who recognize it, and those who permit it.
SOURCE: (Picture and Article) Social Science Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing Limited),Jun2009, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p292-308, 17p, 7 Charts
Things are changing and as the world becomes more aware of our diversity we are becoming more accepting of our differences. This study produced a chart showing the states that have prohibited same sex marriages in 1990, 2000, and 2004. It also shows those who recognize it, and those who permit it.
SOURCE: (Picture and Article) Social Science Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing Limited),Jun2009, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p292-308, 17p, 7 Charts
Friday, March 9, 2012
Survey Follow Up
I believe that my essential question, being “Should same sex
marriage be legalized?” is a great question with lots of different paths to
pursue with it. I have decided not to change it at all and to keep on reaching
out to society and getting other people’s viewpoint on it. This topic could be
very controversial but I am glad for that. I am open to hearing all opinions and I am
ready to see this topic from all points of views, young and old, straight or gay,
and even both.
Data Analysis and Conclusion
I was correct in the fact that people are more open and
accepting to the idea of legalizing same sex marriage. I did notice though that
the younger the audience the more open they were to such a thing. This elucidates
my point that our world is growing and changing with each passing day. The older
the audience the less interested they were in the idea of same sex marriage being
legal. Looking at the way they answered the other questions though it was more
of a lack of acceptance rather than a lack of interest. People who did not agree with same sex marriage
being legalized usually checked off religion as their influence on their
opinion. To my astonishment though, a few people, who had in fact stated that
they thought it should be legalized, checked off religion as an influence as
well. So I’m glad that I can prove that you could be religious and still
support the LGBT community. Over all I’m pleased to see the outcome of the
surveys. However, being as I live in a southern state where religion, or more specifically
Christianity, could be taken very seriously I was not expecting so many people
to be open to the idea. I still stand by my original statement that we do not
acknowledge the great amount of people that are accepting of the LGBT community
and the rights that we should have. I will adjust it though; we truly are
failing to see how much support the LGBT community has, just like I have failed
to see how much support lays here in this southern society. I think we do this
though because of stereo types and society influencing us to automatically
label people as worshippers and sinners right away.
Survey Summary
For my survey I asked basic questions to help with the
demographics of my data. Basic questions included “Are you a male or female?”
and “What is your sexual preference?” My data could have been skewed due to the
fact that I was aiming for an open audience of all ages and genders, but I
surveyed mostly within the ages 10-18. I also surveyed mostly females. However with the
data I did collect I was able to create two graphs. One was showing the resulting
answers for the question, “Should same sex marriage be legalized?” This was organized by whether they were a
male or female and then I used a key to distinguish them according to their
sexual preference. For my second graph I recorded the answers to the question
“Does same sex marriage being illegal deprive the gay community of their
rights?” I decide to organize this by whether they were male or female, but
then I used a key to differentiate what age range they were in.
Survey Hypothesis
One
could only hope that we were all treated equally. In a perfect world we would
be able to marry our soul mate, even if they were the same gender. This is not
a perfect world and sadly we cannot marry our soul mate if they are the same
gender—at least not in most places. Is it even constitutional to forbid people
who are in love from marrying solely because they are the same gender? Love,
according to Webster’s Dictionary, is an intense affection for another person based
on personal or familial ties. Person meaning a human of any gender, so why limit love?
Society is constantly changing and perhaps soon we will reach a common
ground where it is okay to love whomever you want. Which leads me to my point that we fail to
see how many people are actually approving of same sex marriage.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Esential Question
Amongst many questions that I have my main question is "Should same sex marriage me legalized?" People may focus on same sex marriage and its effects on the economy, children, and households, but I’m simply focused on whether it should or shouldn’t be legalized. For one second stop thinking about the "money problems" and the bad "environment" same sex marriages could create, that Is If It would create any of that at all. People should just stop and think, “If I fell in love tomorrow and someone told me I could not marry my soul mate how would I feel?” I bet you would be torn to pieces. Would it really harm anyone if a man and a man got married, or a woman and a woman? If you really think so then just out of curiosity, tell me why you think so? In the end we're all humans and we all bleed the same color, breathe the same air, and walk on the same paths. So explain this to me, why can’t I marry a woman if I truly love her?
The story behind my blog!
In February of 2009 I came out to my mother and ever since then I have been very open about the fact that I am bisexual. I've been called plenty of names; people call me disgusting and tell me I am a sinner. I was once pushed out of my seat on the school bus by a boy; he said "You're disgusting get away from me". He pushed me right out of my seat and told me I was contagious. It is said that God claims you should not to judge. Yet it is also said that anyone who cares intimately for someone of the same gender is going to hell. People use this as a reason to void out certain people, is that not then sinning? That means that every time you judge someone who has "sinned" you've sinned yourself. The world around us is changing and people don't notice that the things they say make them sound ignorant. If so many people hate me and say horrible things to me why would I choose to be bisexual? I was born on June 7th 1996 and I have been the same Vicky from the start. Whether anyone likes it or not this is who I am and I am here to show everyone that we don’t choose to be hated. A simple request from the LGBT community is that we just be treated equally. One way to do this is to give us the same rights, such as marriage rights. I should be able to marry whomever I want if I truly love them just like any other person would be able to. So tell me would you rather me marry a female or murder someone? I think same sex marriage shouldn’t have laws against it just like homicide does. We aren’t hurting anyone or the society.
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