A few things that I would like to comments on regarding Diego's lecture is how he mentions the concept of "coming out" or the term used as "coming out". I have always had a problem with this term used to describe a persons sexual preference when referring to someone who is gay. I feel this term "coming out" used to make the person coming out to feel they need to justify or explain their sexual preference. Why should someone feel they need to come out about their sexual nature? The pressure of having to expose your sexual nature is non existence for a heterosexual person. Through personal experience - I have a sister who thought she need to "come out" to the family a few years back and for some reason she forgot that we are her family; because she thought she needed to explain this to us - for us to understand and accept her. I hated the fact that she felt obligated to justify herself and next that she felt uncomfortable doing so!! I'm sure someday the pressure of explaining sexual preference and the feelings of acceptance will no longer be a judgment - well I'm hoping that someday it will no longer be a judgment.
AWESOME Job Diego!!!
Elaine, I agree that this week's lectures have been great! They really helped me obtain a much better understanding of the topics we've been discussing and the class itself. I also agree that this notion of "coming out" is very deceiving. I always thought of it as a joyful experience for someone, but now I realize that all it does is reaffirm the existing roles that society wants people to fit into and it probably doesn't feel as good as we make it seem for the people who claim they are "coming out."
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad you all liked it and learned from it.
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