Personal Narrative: How My Sexual Orientation Affected My Life

In my subjective opinion, I believe that I had a decent family, through my youthful years I held onto a certain theory of mines which involve a belief that I was a product of agency and that my choices, values, principles, and beliefs were things that I had cumulated and absorbed through my own volition. In which social interactions and media had no effect on me or my family’s daily routines and actions. The reason why I was fixated on this theory of because my mother once proclaimed to me and my sisters that “people can change who you are.” She did not give much explanation on her claim, but I wanted to decipher her riddle and thus, I decided in high school I would study the arts of sociology, at first the purpose was to prove that my beliefs, but now that I am in college I am unsure whether my theory is valid. In this essay I

My parent is very open about sexual preference & orientation which my oldest sister was bisexual. Most of my knowledge came from my father, when I think about it was probably set me on a path that he prefers. He taught me on to behave around women; including flirting, maintain a decent attitude, also to handle and control a conversation. When I entered high school I learned something very critical; “teenagers are cruel.” At this stage of your life you should try and make a good impression, which is what my parents advise me, but as continued the ritual of attending high school I observed two things; which is that you a judged for action for taking, and that can be labeled as a homosexual for anything. High school was like a test for boys to see if you were really heterosexual. Here are some examples that could get you labeled as homosexual; If you had a high voice, had too many male friends, had too many female friends, if you joined cheerleading, choir, or dance clubs, etc. I have no phobia towards homosexuals, but high school creates that belief of