Term Papers on Sexual Development

Term Paper Title	Sexual Development
# of Words	804
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.22

Sexual Development

Psychology 245
Final Paper #2
Harold Martinez
Dec-7-1998

     Sexual development occurs when human beings define their sexual orientations and behavior towards society.  Everyday before adulthood, our sexuality gets shaped by a handful of factors like family values, social and cultural expectations, gender, and peer pressure.  Factors will define our sexual inclinations, will create taboos and will label us either as normal persons or degenerates.
     Society labels people as normal or degenerates depending on their sexual orientation. If they are heterosexuals, which means that they have opposite gender orientation, they are normal. On the other hand, if they are homosexuals, they have same gender orientation and will be seen as different.  This difference will be the cause of discriminations against them.  Unfortunately our society is mostly not ready to deal with differences of sexual orientation, although same gender orientation is has been seen more often through years.
     In my case, ever since I was born, I have been in a social circle that is mostly heterosexual and that condemns any same gender orientation behavior  like boys holding hands, boys playing with Barbie's, or simply boys wearing women's clothes.  I have been raised in a Catholic family that doesn't accept any "strange" behaviors within it.  I had irrational grandparents that could even beat their children up if they saw they had engaged in such behaviors.
My parents have been more open-minded.  They are happy with the way that my brothers and me have become oriented to our opposite gender.  They have taught us that it wasn't bad to be oriented to our same gender.   "It is just different," my father said.  They also told us to respect homosexuals as human beings.  Unfortunately most of our society doesn't think that way. Respect depends on if you fit the expectations society has depending on your gender.
     If you are a boy, you are expected to play rough sports like baseball and basketball.  You are expected to hang out with girls, and also, you are automatically labeled as "problem-solver," which is a characteristic you must have if you don't want to be labeled as a sissy.  Girls have more chance to engage in male activities without being criticized. There are exceptions where girls really like acting like boys and ...

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