Sexual OrientationsA new type of discrimination
According to
the American Psychological Association “Sexual
orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic and/or sexual
attractions to men, women or both sexes. Sexual orientation also refers to a
person's sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors and
membership in a community of others who share those attractions.”
So, in an easy way to understand this, "sexual
orientation" means the capability to love of a human being to another one.
This does not have relation with any other social, physical or psychological capabilities
that a human being may have, although nowadays this is not understood by all
people and it has become a reason for discrimination in our society.
We are normed in a heterosexual society and unfortunately this means that not being a heterosexual is a reason for being discriminated in almost everything. Interactions with others and even looking for a job are situations that are complicated for not-heterosexual people.
We can compare this situation with the one that lived the black people in the 60’s when they had to fight against a white people society just because laws and prejudices of the population were sort of biased and responded to an irrational hatred and belief of power over them.
It’s disappointing to know that even if our society has
evolved it has not stopped on making mistakes such as discriminating people or
communities based on stupid factors such as racial matters and sexual orientation.
This only slows our progress as humanity because we insist on falling in old
mistakes instead of unite us as an inclusive society.
http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/orientation.aspx
http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/orientation.aspx
