| sexual equality |
Okay to start off, iam
a 19 year old male, in australia, the reason i say that is because, it
has become the "cool thing" for guys to say that they are okay with gays.
I personally feel that a persons sexual preference is totally their own
right, to disclose and practice. I don't think that way of thinking is
cool, i think it is 100% justified, in every way. To think otherwise is
completely out of the question, i mean if you think you have the right
to judge someone on their sexual preference, you are totally unjust! That
kind of thinking is so arrogant, if you cannot realize that their are people
who are not the same as you in society then you are just totally morally
twisted. The mere fact that their is a need for sexual equality in the
first place totally sucks, I find it hard to believe that people cant accept
that fact.
If you are anti gay, ask yourself what would
you do if you realized you were gay? Would that be the worst thing
that could happen to you? Because if it is then you really do need to get
some gay friends and grow up, because your fear of gays is one of the reasons
that makes society so destructive on people. Its what makes people strive
to a level of "coolness" and if you do not fit into that category in society
then you are dubbed abnormal. But then what is normal? There is no such
thing as normality in society, the closest thing to normality is the total
acceptance of what you are. Not what people think you should be to fit
in, but what you feel comfortable with. If that is being gay or being straight
edge, then go for it. It amazes me that people feel that they have the
right to judge people in such a personal way makes me feel sick. Its incredible
how narrow minded people can be, we have so many problems in the world,
drugs, pollution, over population, starvation, war, and we (humans) still
haven't learnt to live with each other yet.
Because of the severity of judging someone
on their sexual preference i strongly feel that people should never forget
that homosexuals are no different to heterosexuals as far as it interacts
with them. The fear which is homophobia is one of the biggest problems
in society. If you dislike homosexuals, then chances are you are simply
fearing them. If your thinking iam not scared of gays i just hate them,
then ask yourself why you hate them? Its really just because you are insecure
about your sexuality and fear that a gay guy will come onto you. That's
what it really comes down too, the only reason guys hate gays is because
they fear them in some way. Its just simplistic arrogance on behalf of
heterosexual men, just open up your mind and learn, instead of judging
what you know nothing about. Gay guys aren't going to come onto a heterosexual
guy, its about as likely as a heterosexual coming onto a homosexual.
One of the issues i find amazing about homophobes,
is that they feel that if their best friend ended up being gay they would
turn away from them as friends, and probably shut them out of their lives
completely. That is so narrow minded that it is incredible, its simplistic
stupidity.
ON FEMALE ORIENTATED SEXISM
Well sexsim in any casy is a bad thing, but it clearly seems to occour more towards women, usually women in the work place. Although this issue is a very old one, and is to an extent becoming a small one. Which is a positive thing for society, but its far from being eradicated from society, which certainly isn't good. There is going to be a lot of work which needs to be put into sexual equality, before sexism is complete eradicated from society. But at least we are well on the way to the equality of the sexes, or as close as it will ever be. Of course there are large differences between males and females, simply in the way they conceive idea's. For some males, they turely belive that sexist ideals are the right ideals. In understanding this its clear that complete sexual equality will be a long and tiresome process for all man and woman kind. But it is important to realise that we have gotten this far, and we can take it further still in any case.
It is also important to recognise the fact that women do have the same rights as men to work or walk down the street or do practicly whatever men take for granted without being subjected to sexist remarks or actions. But i guess what this issue really comes down to is that men need to interact with women on a freind level more so then they do on a girlfreind level or at least somewere in the middle so they balance each other out.
