Homophobia

Reading 12 Homophobia

Suzanne Pharr stated homophobia as the irrational fear and hatred of those who love and sexually desire those of the same sex. That almost sounds almost right to me but not really. I mean to me fear is never irrational. We fear things that we don’t know. There is nothing irrational about that. Me personally, I have no problem with homosexuality. I believe that they are some of the happiest people in the world, and that we could learn a thing or two from them. She gets her point across of how the heterosexual people judge them, but as far as I know there is no cure for stupidity. The one of the few things that I agree with her about is that the homosexuals allow the heterosexuals to use that as a weapon to bring them down. Especially women who want to live up these expectations so that they are not ridiculed.  There is no reason why women in America should let being called a lesbian stop them from pursuing the movement. Though the words are harsh and cruel and can hurt, it’s an excuse.

For example, there is a woman in Thailand is the leader of women’s movement. She publishes her book about every two months. She’s not about holding her peace, which I can respect. You will never get you point across if you keep editing yourself trying not to step on other peoples toes. This reading was very educational. I understand the fear homosexuality more, but the only way to get over a fear is to face. Hopefully it will happen for the people in the movement and all homosexuals everywhere. But I believe that will only happen if we can people can get over there fear of ignorance of homosexuality.