Today when people take the risk to challenge the status quo, they often have a strong passion for why they don’t fit in with the “norm”. A great example in today’s society is the gay community. In the past being gay was not accepted at all. But as time has gone by more and more people are admitting to be gay. It is still not acceptable and against the “norm” mainly because people don’t see how a person of one sex can be attracted to the same sex. Being gay is often thought of a bad thing or weird. Society has made fun of the gay community up until today. Because of all the over whelming harassment recently in the news there are many cases where gay teens have committed suicide. The gay community is still standing up and protesting against the crude commentary and not being allowed to have gay marriage.
In many cases people are weary about challenging the status quo. And when a group like the gay community stands up for themselves it causes an out roar and will eventually escalate into chaos, because they are not giving up just like the African Americans did to fight against desegregation.
This debate and fight for the right to be gay and it be acceptable and become part of the “norm” I would personally like to see how this turns out. I think of the mindset that people can do whatever they want in terms of who they decide to be in a relationship with and sexually active with. I do see both sides of the debate I think that over time it will become a part of the “norm” or socially acceptable to be gay.
i definitely agree with the fact that the gay community isn't as easily accepted as other communities are. Now issues of gay marriage and adoption arise, and i think its great to notice that although these are against the norms, that we think of the turnout of this community becoming part of the norm, really thought provoking!
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