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Heteronormative Assumptions

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In 26th June, 2015, same sex marriage has become legal throughout USA, it became the 5th American country which recognizes same sex marriage. It draws public attention back on whether the same sex marriage challenges heteronormative assumptions within society or not again. In the following paragraphs, the essay will discuss first what is a heteronormative assumption in the society and why the marriage of same sex couples with impact society norms, followed by the evidence that support the notion, and also the counter attack towards the argument, finally, the evaluation will illustrate both opinions and come to a conclusion.

Heteronormative discursive practices or techniques are multiple and organize categories of identity into hierarchical …show more content…

For those parties against same sex marriage, especially the religions, they have a strong belief that the non-heterosexual marriage violates the dogmas that were formed long long ago. They have this believing are mainly because the institution of marriage has two meanings, one of them is the meaning of civil partnership, and the other meaning is the religious marriage in the religions. In countries which have separations between the churches and the states, these two meanings are controlled by the two separate interest groups. The religious party, would protest against the same sex marriage is because due to the absence of the religious interest in state`s decision making. Those who are against it argue that same-sex relationships are immoral, against God's will and subvert the goal of human sexuality, which is to produce children. The Islamic faith openly rejects homosexuality, citing the story of Lot in Sodom as a condemnation of homosexuality. Many of those who take a particular position on same-sex marriage do so because of their beliefs about family. Many argue that a child has a right to grow up with a father and a mother, and to raise him or her in a homosexual household is to deny him that right. On the other hand, scientific studies have found …show more content…

People still not getting use to deal with these situations, also, it can not preserve the interest of all the parties, so same sex marriage would challenge the assumptions. On the other hand, because some regard heteronormative assumptions as discriminatory notions, and they should be corrected from mistake, so it should not be count as a challenge to the assumptions. This topic would be debated for a long

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