Coming Out Research Paper

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While attitudes and social norms have significantly shifted in the United States, we continue to live in a world where sexuality is still a main target for hate crimes and discrimination. The term "coming out" is used to describe the process of understanding, accepting and disclosing of one's sexual identity. The process is personal and can happen in different ways for each person. Some people acknowledge their sexual identity during their teenage years, while others explore their sexual identity much later in life. For those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, coming out is an ongoing process that may involve confusion and self-doubt. In our lectures in class we learned about a theory called The Standpoint Theory. The …show more content…

To a significant extent, then, social location shapes the social, symbolic, and material l conditions and insights common to a group of people.” (Wood, 2005) A reason why a male wouldn’t choose to disclose his sexuality is some people believe it is easier for a woman to come out than a male. Abby Wambach is a well know USA soccer player. People idolize her, and are so supportive of the team. She is an openly gay athlete. On the other hand Michael Sam was the first openly gay college athlete. When the Rams drafted him, people were outraged. Just a few practices in with the Rams they chose to release him. The rumors were that they did it because the NFL is such a big network they didn’t want to lose such a big fan base. Abby Wambach is just one example of an openly gay female athlete. People may portray woman as sexy, or just may treat girls differently. Males are brainwashed straight from the womb that they have to be masculine, and be the strong provider of the family. Males have a harder time coming out than

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