Negative Effects On Homosexuality

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What is normal for one person is not so normal for another person. Homosexuality is one of the most polemical issues in the world today. Homosexuality defines as one’s desire of being attracted to a person of the same gender. The discussion of homosexuality in today’s society is not an easy topic to discuss because so many different opinions arise from the subject. Three effects of being homosexual are discrimination, family issues, and suicide . Discrimination against homosexuals has been a common thing from people in society for years. Homophobia is a prejudgment of people of the homosexual orientation out of fear that either you think the person likes you or you are suppressing feelings that you cannot show. Homophobic people tend to do things like verbally abuse, tease, and torture …show more content…

Homosexuals become so stressed it feels like they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. Every way they turn nothing seems to be going the right way in life. So much physical and mental pain one simply cannot take anymore of living a life where they will never be accepted by others. They just decided it would be better if they were dead. An article from titled “Men’s sexual orientation and suicide: Evidence for U.S. adolescent-specific risk” states There is strong consensus in the research literature that adolescent and adult men who report same-sex sexual orientations, identities, and behaviors are at higher risk for suicide. Recent studies of general adolescent suicide risk have identified developmental trajectories that peak during the teenage years. Because the adolescent years are characterized by the development and heightened awareness of gender roles and sexual scripts closely tied to dominant cultural ideals of masculinity and heterosexuality, an adolescent-focused developmental trajectory for suicide risk might be particularly relevant for males with adolescent same-sex sexual orientations (Russell,

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