Persuasive Essay On Sexual Orientation

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It was 11:45pm on a gloomy Monday night, and an excited Cynthia was putting the finishing touches on her sky blue baby shower invitations. Cynthia worked up a sweat from all of this activity, and then suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. At that moment she immediately woke her husband Matthew with a loud shrill that sounded like “The baby is coming!”. Matthew thought he was still dreaming until he felt a hard thud on the top of his head, and opened his eyes to his wife’s pale face that was as bright as a ghost. Matthew did not know what to think, this was his first child, his first everything and he was nowhere near ready to become a new father. Matthew still had a lot of bottled in information about himself that he has yet …show more content…

a homosexual, or you prefer both genders, it is a choice, not something that is automatically installed into you at birth or while you are in the womb. Sexual orientation is determined by your environment, your morals or values, the way you were raised, and the company you decide to keep in your life starting at a young age. A baby’s mind or brain is like a blank slate, and they only know what they see and hear. Once they are aware of their surroundings, and mature enough to make decisions for themselves, it is up to them determine whether they are attracted to male, female or both. Most people know what they prefer at a very early age. Most people do not become confident and comfortable with their decision to be homosexual or bisexual until they become teenager’s in high school because they are afraid of being embarrassed or bullied. It can also be nerve wrecking when battling with homosexuality since it is naturally expected of you to be attracted to the opposite …show more content…

He told me that it is not that he does not find women attractive, he thinks that they are very gorgeous, he just does not find them sexually attractive. He just could not see himself ever having sex with a female and for a long time he had trouble accepting this fact about himself. He claimed that he grew up with a father and mother in his household, and he was afraid to inform them of his choice he feared that he would not be accepted and only told a few close friends and cousins. He claimed that it took a lot of courage and he told his mother first before his father. His mom accepted the news rather lightly and claimed that she could always tell that he was homosexual. She was just waiting on him to confess it to her. Now when it came to confessing to his father, that was a different story considering he was not as easy going about this information as his mother was. His father was very upset for a while and started treating him differently from the rest of his brothers and sisters. He felt like his father disowned him and for a long time he had issues rebuilding his bond with his father. His father felt so ill about him being homosexual because he felt like he failed as a male figure in his life. Fast forwarding to today, this person’s father is still having troubles with accepting his son as he is but is slowly but surely getting used

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