Essays Tagged: "lesbian women"

Homosexual prejudices, homosexual targeted hate crimes, and the history of homosexuality.

Gender issues cause gay men and lesbian women to be discriminated against, treated unfairly, and to be denied the right to engage in ... uality is something that you are born with, it is not a choice that a person decides upon. Gays and lesbians have been treated unjustly for their sexual orientation or their attraction to the same sex ... xtreme violation of human rights? (1, pp. 395). Ever day hate crimes are committed against gays and lesbians because people fear what they do not understand. They do not understand how someone could b ...

(5 pages) 385 3 3.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Influence of parents on their children's sexual orientation

s Influence the Sexual Orientation of Their Children? Findings From a Longitudinal Study of Lesbian Families. Developmental Psychology. 1996, Vol. 32, No. 1, 3-11Meyer-Bahlburg ... 0% of sons of gay fathers are heterosexual (Bailey 124). It was also found that 90% of daughters of lesbian women are also heterosexual (Golombok 4). According to a poll taken by Northwestern Universi ...

(3 pages) 144 1 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Lesbian Health

Lesbians are a unique population of women whose specific health care concerns are not often consiste ... ose specific health care concerns are not often consistently met by our current health care system. Lesbians have seemed invisible within the health care system because they don't necessarily differ f ... to "come out" and disclose their sexual orientation for any number of reasons. Although studies in lesbian populations are limited, there are indications that depression, substance abuse, suicide, an ...

(5 pages) 164 5 5.0 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Same Sex Marriage

r essay "Evan's Two Moms." Her basic argument in the essay is that there is a problem that gays and lesbians face when it comes to marriage. They are not being treated equally and they feel like they ... h each other. Who are we as a society to judge the feelings of an individual? People who are gay or lesbian have it hard enough in the real world when it comes to socializing or involving themselves i ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality