Contradictions Of Gendered Homophobia

In the article, How Homophobia Hurts Everyone by Warren J. Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld describes his experience growing up as a homosexual, and how homophobia affected him, as well as his family and peers. To begin, homophobia can be separated into two different catergories, personal homophobia and interpersonal homophobia. Personal homophobia can be described as a personal belief system, or prejudice that homosexuals, bisexual and transgender people are entitled to, should be disliked or remain powerless, due to their desires. They are also sometimes seen as psychologically disturbed, genetically modified or defective and overall, unfortunate human beings. While on the other hand, interpersonal homophobia refers to the personal prejudice or bias that affects relationships within individuals. An example of interpersonal homophobia could be making a joke, name calling, or insulting certain individuals or groups. This can be either verbal, physical or intimidation related.

Homophobia present in the black community has decreased over the years. Black culture is becoming more tolerant and accepting of the LGBTQA community. Churches are becoming more tolerant towards the LGBTQA community. A few decades ago, homosexuality could not be talked about in public without being shamed, however many Black celebrities are making their sexuality public, inspiring the change of mentality in the younger generations. Some of these artist include Frank Ocean, Azealia Banks, and Jason Collins. Also, the portrayal of LGBTQA persons of color in the media is becoming less stereotypical, they were portrayed as flamboyant gossipy men with feminine tendencies, however now they are represented as people that you can identify with. For

Heinrich Schliemann was an archaeologist who is considered by some to be the founder of the modern study of Aegean Civilization. In 1869, he began to search for Homer’s Troy, he started by studying the Iliad in which there were descriptions of geography that appeared to be similar to a place located in Hissarlik, Turkey. There he found a multilayered site which located the closest chronological approximation of Homer’s Troy, which was found in the sixth level up from the bedrock.

As massive as Chicago is, opportunity is frequent. But as massive as Chicago is, nothing can be perfect. Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” helps one reading the poem understand what living in a big city like Chicago is like, equally exciting as frightening. “Chicago” is a poem that captures what the legendary city stands for, a polarizing residence that embodies what makes society both incredible and disappointing. Take the line “They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.”

Over the last two decades or so, the idea of queerness is one that has been utilized and considered by individuals and communities of marginalized sexualities and genders. The concept is one that has attempted to broaden and deconstruct traditional notions of gender and sexuality in order to include all of their incarnations as valid experiences and identities. Queerness endeavors to include all of those who feel they are a part of it yet, seemingly, not everyone can be queer without changing the very nature of queerness. Or can they? Queerness is a concept which resists borders and structure yet it seems as though there must be certain commonalities among all queer

To begin with three should be an examination of how “the persistence of gender ideologies” has affected equality in the workplace. As Kimmel states, “Since the early nineteenth century, the workplace has been seen as a masculine arena, where men could test and prove their manhood against other men in the dog-eat-dog marketplace” (Kimmel 249). This is still occurring

This article focuses in on Kristen Schilt and her written evidence that gender structures social life and workplace inequality is a big thing. She studies transgender men , gender inequality and challenges biological explanation of women’s low status at work. The article first showed how Ben Barres gained greater respect in his workplace after transitioning from a working woman scientist to a working man in the same field. Schilt then uses this evidence to relate gender issues to the gender system more broadly, and made a thorough analysis of gender difference and gender inequality. Schilt used research participants and received insight from both sexuality studies and gender theory. It was then argued that biological differences had a

Connell (2005) argued that institutions such as work act as a site of ‘gender configuration’, in which gender is created, reinforced and internalized. Work organisations can be gendered in many forms; this could be through the occupations held by each sex which could result in them being gendered for example women are associated with being emotional and caring. These attributes are prevalent in the types of jobs they undertake, for example they may work as nurses or teachers which entail a caring approach whereas men may work in occupations such as Construction which involves physical labour thus allowing men to exert masculinity. Another way in which the workplace is gendered can also be seen in the positions that men and women reach such as senior managerial roles which are predominantly occupied by males. To say that workplace cultures are gendered however involves looking at the practices, behaviours and values of the individuals within the workplace which results in them being gendered. These cultures may be based on stereotypes, prejudices and ideals held by both men and women. In order to find out how work organisations and workplace cultures are gendered I will be looking at the occupations within the public sphere undertaken by each gender, the segregation that occurs within occupations as a result of them being gendered, the problems associated with work such as unequal pay and

I think the conflict can be solved by showing all the supporters the logic behind homophobia, taking all gays and just put them on an island by themselves, and also teaching in schools how harmful it really is. The solutions aren't really easy, but they would work. They would all take some time, but they are all good ways to stop the conflict.

3- Organizations invent and reproduce cultural images of sex and gender: Different cultures define what is valuable to their own societies. The example that the book gives is capitalism in the United States, and how it is dependent on, “...creating and maintaining a culture where people value materialism and purchasing power,” (Palczewski 190). In terms of work as an organization/institution, this means that people who work in higher paying jobs are seen as more powerful members of society than those who don’t. Despite the fact that poor women and men of color drive the capitalistic economy, their jobs don’t provide more than the bare minimum for them to

You have only looked at these two examples. There was SO much more that you could have mentioned. We now have legalised gay marriage, we were the first country in the world to have a trans gender mayor and MP, it is illegal to discriminate against anyone for

Discrimination is a topic that has been around for a very long time. Most people today do not realize how discrimination affects everyone around them and might even happen to them from time to time. “Discrimination means treating a person unfairly because of who they are or because they possess certain characteristics such as age, gender, race, disability, religion, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, and marriage and civil partnership” (EOC 2017). There are many types of discrimination, but we will focus solely on discrimination in the workplace for this paper. Stephen and Timothy (2017) gives different forms of discrimination within the work place; they are discriminatory policies or practices, sexual

With the construction industry projected to grow over the next several years and project management positions in high demand, the makeup of the construction industry is often overlooked. When one looks at a jobsite, or even thinks of the construction industry, the most common image that comes to mind is men working away in hardhats and neon vests, with women completely irrelevant to this picture. Women are the largest untapped resource of the construction industry, as it is believed that men makeup around 99% of the industry (Williams, 2015). For women entering into the world of construction, it is hard to penetrate the male stigma that clouds this field, which is why many women often do not pursue careers in construction. The stereotype of male construction workers must be challenged in order to help women thrive in construction industry. Women are underrepresented in the construction industry due to a number of reasons such as, sexism, harassment, intimidation, and a downfall of opportunities.

Femmephobia is fear and hatred of anything which is related to femininity in both Lesbian, Gay, and straight community. People in our community are trying to promote feminism and wants our younger generation to be more accepting towards gender with different sexualities. The term feminism is defined as equality of both sexes. When people call themselves a feminist, they are telling people that they believe that both sexes should have equal right regardless of their gender. For girls and women, being a feminist is to be proud of who they are and approach to equal opportunities. For boys and men, being a feminist is that they believe in equal opportunities to both sexes. Femmephobia comes into play where it teaches that being feminine is not beautiful or valuable. Femmephobia affects not only homosexual community, it also hurts heterosexual community too.

This chapter aims to critically analyse the contributions to the topic of barriers faced by women in the construction industry with a view to evaluate the existing and current theory, policy, and practice.