The definition of Bisexuality may be relatively simple, but in reality, the lives of a bisexual person are anything but. ... Becoming or having a bisexual identity is as difficult for people to realize and acknowledge as it is for someone to realize their homosexuality. ... This belief is held by not only the heterosexual community but by the homosexual community as well. ... Also, in the homosexual community, many people view bisexuals as homophobic in that they don't or won't accept their homosexual tendencies (either because they are afraid or believe it is wrong), but are able...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Homosexuals were, along with communists, the objects of federal witch hunts and purges. ... I theorize that these systems of power can be further broken down into at least three subcategories: commodity lesbianism, erotic identity, and the notion of a homosexual body. ... Images suggesting homosexuality have appeared fairly extensively in mainstream fashion advertising for brands such as Calvin Klein, Benetton, and banana republic. ... The final subcategory of the systems of power that Jess has drawn upon is the notion of a homosexual body. The very notion of a homosexuality only exposes th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Growing Pains" the author, Anndee Hochman explains her childhood but more important , how she dealt with telling her parents that she was homosexual. ... Many homosexuals still feel this way today. ... While biological sex remains relatively stable, the definition of "appropiate" gender behavior varies dramatically from one cultural group or historical period to the next (Colombo, Cullen and Lisle 403). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When a man, or what society's definition of a man is, makes any effort to display but one feminine trait, he is looked down upon, but why? ... In Europe for example, we see that they accept what is not the normal standard, or according to the Americans, in terms of homosexuality, and what defines a man or woman. ...

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