Work Culture and LGBT

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In America, there is this perception that being a member of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) culture is wrong. A member of this culture is considered less of a human just by being a member of this group. It is absurd to think that people in the microculture are stereotyped just for liking or being in a relationship with someone of the same gender. The American public has never accepted new cultural things like air conditioning, electronic banking, electricity or polyester and now there is a shift to accept gay culture. It is also absurd for a member of the LGBT culture to be harassed or discriminated against at their place of employment by their supervisors or possibly their very own coworkers. James Neulip defines stereotype as “typically referring to membership in social categories such as sex, race, age, or profession-that are believed to be associated with certain traits and behaviors” (182). Stereotypes are wide-ranging principles, ideas and/or opinions that are based on an individual’s experience and are often caused by illogical thinking. Stereotyping, to us, is useful because we like to organize our thoughts by organizing and grouping our thoughts which makes thinking for us efficient. Stereotypes try to clear the obscurities that a person may have, allowing them to conclude whether or not a person is in that culture or out of that culture. Humans want to understand where they are in relation to others. The expected intricacies of our culture or any other microculture, this proficient way of assessing people and situations is based on our prior familiarities, and notions that we may already believe. The article written by Blashill and Powlishta titled “Gay Stereotypes: The Use of Sexual Orientation as a ... ... middle of paper ... ...ctionary.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catch-22?s=t Cloar, C. (2009). Through the Price Waterhouse-Looking Glass: Dominance and Oppression Revealed. USFL Rev., 43, 703-979. Corporate Equality Index 2014. (n.d.). Human Rights Campaign . Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://www.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/c ei_2014_full_report_rev7.pdf Heternormativity. Reference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. . Neuliep, J. W. (2012). The Perceptual Context. Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach (5th ed., p. 182). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. Obama, B. (2013, November 3). Congress Needs to Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/enda-congress_b_4209115.html

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