1. I scored the lowest on section A, B, and C with eight points. My highest score is on section D with 15 points. I think that overall my scores are similar and are not at the same times because My section A, B, C, and F are either the same or one point off. But my section D and E, they are so far from the others yet with each other they are similar. I am disappointed in my score because I think of myself as an open-minded person, but after seeing my score, I know that I to be more open-minded than I was before. I think one of the reasons, why I scored high on disability is because I am not familiar with that social group, therefore I do not know how to feel and act around them and that make me kind of uncomfortable. For section E, I think the reason my score is high is because I, myself, am still not confident about my weights, therefore it makes me not as comfortable with the …show more content…
One experience that I know have contributed to the way I answer these questions are that I have a few friends that are gay and my step sister is pansexual, so I do not mind and comfortable with people of different sexually. Also, an idea that might contribute to the reason I score low on sexuality is that I really do not care about who other people like, if they are not hurting or killing people then it is not my place to said that two men/women cannot date each other. For section A, which is race, like I have said above I, myself is a person of color, I just think that it’s weird for me to not like other people of color. As of for white, I mind them unless they said something that is really dumb about other people but that goes for all race. Gender on the other hand is something that I opposed ever since I was little. It started out with me wondering why do I always have to do the dishes and my brothers do not have to do it. Since I was raise in a tradition house whole but outside of it, it was different and I just never get the idea of why women cannot go something that men can
Implicit and explicit biases are related mental constructs. For many years, even dating back to our great’s ancestor, people always have automatic judge people, places, and things. We were all given five senses, knowing how the brain works, we choose to use our conscious actions to judge. Without awareness, we usually act on those judgments. There are two types of judgments consciously and unconsciously.
In social work profession, it is notably important that a practitioner be able recognize aspects of their decision making that may be motivated by uncontrollable circumstances such as past experiences, family values, and personal values. Uncontrollable circumstances, such as the examples listed above, all attribute to personal biases a practitioner may display when working with individuals, groups, families, or communities. A personal bias is the negative or positive perspective or demeanor, both knowingly and unknowingly, of any particular individual, or group of individuals, based on different diversity factors that may skew the way that an individual interacts or perceives an individual or group (Miller, Cahn, Anderson-Nathe, Cause, Bender, 2013). Therefore, as a social worker, the importance of practicing self-awareness is that it helps the practitioner to shuffle through personal biases, and in return, aid in social justice and be effectively responsive to diversity factors in the practice setting (Bender, Negi, Fowler, 2010).
Richard Mohr believes that outing closeted homosexuals is morally justified. He argues that sexual orientation is not a private matter and therefore, does not violate a homosexual's right to privacy. He believes that outing will increase the homosexual community by creating positive role models. He argues that remaining in the closet is morally debasing and creates indignity to one's self. Claudia Card on the other hand, argues almost the complete opposite. She takes a utilitarian stance on outing "the big secret." The big secret is referring to one being a homosexual. She believes that outing is justified as long as it does no harm, which she believes is unlikely.
Homosexuality is a trending topic especially with the issue of gay marriage in Utah. As a heterosexual college woman, I have received negative and positive messages about homosexual orientation. Large amounts of adverse criticism concerning the issue began in my town and school. Most supporting messages came later in life, specifically attending college and moving to Salt Lake City. And while there seems to be a shift in societal views towards positive connotations regarding gay and lesbian, some negatives still hold power. Particularly, homosexual relationships and people are bad.
Two Ways to Reduce Prejudice Two ways in which prejudice can be reduced are Equal status contact and the pursuit of common goals. Deutsch and Collins (1951) carried out an early study of equal status contact. They compared two kinds of housing projects, one of which was thoroughly integrated with blacks and whites who were assigned houses regardless of their race, and the other was segregated. The residents of both housing projects were intensively interviewed and it was found that both casual and neighbourly contact were greater in the integrated housing with less prejudice among whites towards blacks.
Psychological Theories of Prejudice The first experiment I would like to look at is Adorno et al (1950). In this experiment Adorno hypothesised that a child's personality especially their level of prejudice came from the way in which they were raised by their parents. Adorno argued that if children were brought up in an authoritarian environment, where the children were not allowed to express themselves they would aim there anger towards other parties. Adorno calculated that the most likely targets or scapegoats for this pent up aggression would be weaker minority groups, and would use these minorities as an ego-defensive prop.
It is widely known that homosexuality in the Arab world is one of the most tabooed subjects to talk about, not only because it is viewed as a form of “westoxication” , but also because it stands against one of the most important Arabic family values which is procreation. As a result, Arab countries, with no exclusion, have very prejudiced and severe laws and norms that condemn the acts of same-sex and punish those who commit these acts with imprisonment and sometimes even with death. Additionally, due the negative and dangerous perspective of the LGTBQ+ community in Arab countries, which suffers from sexual repression, they are more vulnerable to rape, sexual harassment, blackmail, and torture . The treatment of the LGBTQ+ community is arguably
In this comic strip by Matt Groening, the main character, Bongo, is being picked on by another character that is telling him "that everyone in the world hates your guts." Generally, most individuals perceive their selves as being "better than average." We are familiar with our own talents, thoughts, feelings, and emotions more so than anybody else's. This leads to a self-serving bias. In the comic, Bongo reassures himself of his "greatness" until he looks in the mirror. The mirror causes Bongo to be more self-aware of his uncertainty. I chose this particular comic not only because it illistrates the self-serving bias, but also because of the way it incorporates the mirror and Bongo's self-awareness.
In the novel, the children have an innocent outlook on the world. In “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem believed that everyone in the world is equal to each other and skin color should not matter. However, as seen in the book, this innocence is soon taken away from them all too quickly as they begin to discover the world they live in is not as perfect as they imagined, but instead some people have hatred and intolerance. The children, Scout and Jem lose this innocence and learn of the harsh ways of the world through the prejudice they experience regarding the Tom Robinson case. By witnessing a man wrongly punished for a crime he did not commit, they start to see how unfair the
If a young girl is walking alone through a park late at night and encounters three senior citizens walking with canes and three teenage boys wearing leather jackets, it is likely that she will feel threatened by the latter and not the former. Why is this so? To start off, we have made a generalization in each case. By stereotyping, we assume that a person or group has certain characteristics. Often, these stereotypical generalizations are not accurate. We are succumbing to prejudice by ?ascribing characteristics about a person based on a stereotype, without knowledge of the total facts?1.
Another report which shifted the climate for laws criminalizing homosexuality in the favour of decriminalizing homosexuality was the Wolfenden report. This report emerged after the trial of Lord Montague, Peter Wildeblood, and Michael Pitt-Rivers. According to Wildeblood, the social context of Britain before and during the trial was influenced by American hysteria around communist empathy. The result being, that the new Scotland yard commissioner John Nott-Bower, made it a top priority to arrest those who were known to be homosexual because of the close relation of the FBI and Scotland yard. Whereas, previously homosexuals were known to police but were not arrested unless they committed serious crimes (Wildeblood, 1955 p.46,). This trial became
Homosexuality in Today's Society. In today's society, there exists a mixture of issues which tend to raise arguments with people all over. There are a handful of topics that always seem to escalate these differences between people to the point where one who earnestly participates in discussion, debate and argument can direct their anger towards their feelings on the person themselves. Some examples of such delicate subjects are the death penalty, abortion, and euthanasia.
I could honestly say I was not extremely surprised to hear any of my responses. I know that at the beginning of this course, I was very intimidated to talk about this topic but the professor and my classmates have really made talking about this topic a little less stressful. Due to my anxiety about the topic, the initial recordings do show my hesitation in answering some questions. I think that would be the only thing that surprises me now looking back at my recording, my intimidation about the topic. If I were to complete the first part of the self-reflection project now, I think my answers would be different in that they would be more concise and my attitude would be much more assertive about the topic.
Society today has become more accepting of homosexuality. There are single gender couples in the media, and gay rights, such as marriage, have become a political standpoint. In this class we have discussed how society today is changing, and how important it is to be accepting of others who are different. In a heterosexual society, it is a big deal that we are becoming more accepting of people who like the same sex. The problem is, some people aren't just heterosexual or homosexual. Similar to the gender binary, there is a sexual orientation binary being created by the media. The black and white view is damaging to people who like both genders. Society tries to put labels on people, causing people to question their own identity. In the time of adolescence this can be very damaging to someone, male or female. Education about bisexuality could be the step society needs to take to create a more accepting society. Right now, a bisexual is seen as someone who cannot make a choice, but society should not pressure people to choose. People should not have to label themselves heterosexual or homosexual. The media has become more accepting of same sex couples, however, it exploits bisexuality.
Personality is the expression of a person’s traits according to ones feelings, mentality and behavior. It involves understanding individuals’ traits such as withdrawal and willpower and how various parts of an individual link together to form personality. Personality expresses itself from within an individual and is comparatively regular throughout in an individual’s life. Different people have different personalities dependent on factors such as environment and genetic composition. Our personality is dependent on the success or failure of our development in the eight stages of life. This is proposed by Erik Erikson. Success in the development stages lead to virtues while the failure leads to malignancies.