I remember
the day that one of my close family members told me that she was attracted to
females and thought to consider herself as a lesbian. At first I did not know how to respond to the
idea, especially since she is my close family and I was also the first one in
our entire family to find out about her situation. As I thought more about her decision, I
started to think less about it and more about her being my close relative. So after realizing that all I want for my
family is to be happy, I also realized that it was ignorance, which led me to
feel unsure about her decision about being gay. I now
look past the fact that 2 of the same sex people are together and pay more
attention to if they are happy with their lives and decisions. A lot of my friends from back home joke
around a lot about same sex people being together, and it never has bothered me
at all until one of my good friends made a joke about my family member being
gay, which I then immediately told my friend that I was bothered by the remark
he made and asked him to keep my family out of it. My friend tried to ease the tension by making
another joke, which I then used my critical thinking skills to explain to
him how being bothered by something like same sex marriage can show how ignorant someone could be.
I can concur on your stance that people should let others be who they are. As a society, mostly older generations, view gays and lesbians as outsiders and people who are almost burning the bible. Luckily as older generations start dying out, eventually the gay culture will have more freedom and rights with how our society is starting to accept and fight for personal rights.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your conclusion that being critical, and negative about someones life style can be shown as someone who is very ignorant. But i dont believe that its considered ignorant when someone becomes bothered by it. The differences of peoples sexual orientations will be an issue that i feel will always be of debate. The topic is one of much controversy and it will take awhile before the idea is accepted everywhere as a norm. So until that happens, I believe there is bound to be some discomfort, and some people will become bothered but thats not ignorance.
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that you can be open minded about same sex relationship because when I lived down south they were very negative about people of the same sexual orientation dating. A lot of people hide their sexual preferences when they are interested in the same sex because of what people will think of them. As far as you thinking that your thoughts were ignorant I would disagree. It was something new to you and it was unexpected. Standing up to your friend about there comment was the right thing to do even though it was probably an awkward moment at least you expressed your thoughts on their comments.
ReplyDeleteI have never been the one to speak up when something bothers me because I always felt I would get in return a snarky remark. I was always afraid that if I spoke up about something someone had said, It would make them feel awkward or defensive. Then later they would perfer not to hang out with me. It was so brave of you to speak up when you did! Im glad that you applied critical thinking skills here because I believe they paid off. I hope all was resolved quickly and that you were respected for expressing your concerns.
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