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Sexual Identity & Gender Identity: Understanding Difference
... Meanwhile, the attention aggregated to social minorities, causing the homosexual representations proliferated widely throughout various medias [1]. Gender identity refers to one's sense of oneself as male or female [2], and homosexuality, being one type of gender identities, is having sexual attractions towards members of same sex [3]. Throughout the flow of history, the homosexual populations were forced to face the discrimination and stigma that the society has exerted on them. ...
Currently, the media has become a commonly used tool for communication between individuals. Although the homosexual population has been through the process of “being illegal” to “were accepted by some countries”, stereotypes are still unavoidable. Therefore, this paper focuses on the influences of homosexual media portrayals on the identity homosexual young adults, including how homosexual adolescents are viewed by the prevailing trend of the public. According to the research, the homosexual group is not portrayed in the media as realistic as the heterosexual people are. Gays and lesbians are described as opposite sex characteristics respectively. Negatively speaking, as a result of the one-dimensional portrayals, misconceptions about homosexuality are conveyed to the young public. In some extreme cases, young homosexuals may be traumatized and diagnosed with emotional disorders. On the other hand, a more open online community has been created by social medias. Young generation are able to clarify their sexual orientations better and to create better understanding of the homosexual population for the straight population.
... One's sexual identity is tangentially related to a person's sexual orientation and, This inner conviction of identification usually mirrors one's outward physical appearance and the typically sex-linked role one develops and prefers or society attempts to impose….the distinction between boy and girl and man and woman are of age and usually again represent differences in societal expectations that go along with increases in maturity (Wren and Tasker, 2002) Society dictates how boys or girls or men or women are expected to behave and should be treated. In most African communities, boys are presented with messages to ‗prove their manhood' through heterosexual experiences. ...
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