hie hie, i am back. yesterday went back home , i feel so damm tired. The CVD thingy was kind of fun but also energy consuming....haha play endurance test yesterday!! haha, that fun !!
so sad that not many NVss people come, not a single one of my close friend(classmate) came, sian!! ok den got to do my General paper project !!!

i am gonna do it here, so give me your opinion. let begin.....

What are the challenges homosexual faces in our society?

Homosexual have face problem just like a normal person. It is not the same as what we face but it comes in a different form. The most obvious obstacle in a homosexual life is the acceptance level that our society has toward them. So often, homosexuality is seen as something immoral in the society. They are constantly being stigmatized. Speak of them bring disgust to the many. In a conservative society, where religion and tradition are normally upheld, homosexuality is unacceptable here. Although homosexuality is not discordant with Buddhist, Taoist or Hindu teachings, it is explicitly forbidden in Islam, Christianity, and Roman Catholicism. Furthermore, homosexuality is against the Singapore law. Where it violates the law, the government can take action. It is lawful for the police to make arrest on those who practice homosexual activities publicly. Section 377 of the Singapore Penal Code provides that whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term of up to ten years, while Section 377A provides that acts of gross indecency between any male persons is punishable with imprisonment for a term of up to two years. Even though nobody has been charged under Section 377 for more than 40 years, and under Section 377A for more than 5 years, the existence of such laws alone lend credence to the pro-family conservative argument that homosexuality is unnatural, and hence, immoral. In short, homosexual here are being pressure by both government and society. It seem that they are not allow having a free will like normal people do.

Beside that, homosexual have problem in being accepted by their family member. In many cases, family members of a homosexual person do not know about their sexual orientation. They hide their true nature so that their family would not reject them. In Singapore where most family are very much conservative, homosexual cannot be frank or voice out their problem in their family member. This causes them to have a communication breakdown. Thus, they do not have their family to support them as what they are. To make matter worse, our society is not well educated about homosexuality. This causes our society to have a lack of understanding about homosexuality. Homosexuality is seen as choice preference rather than a genetic which are a discontinuous variation (permanent). One general misconception in Singapore, is that homosexuality among man is due to many sister that the man have in the family. In other word, gay men are said to become homosexual is due to the influence of their sisters. Now a new research have shown that homosexuality in man is cause by the amount of elders brother they have. The more elder brother is born, the higher the chance the younger brother becomes a gay.

Next, early last year, there was a huge debate over homosexual in taking a sensitive job in the Government. It was fear if a homosexual take that job, it might influence and give a strong signal to Singaporean that it is alright to become a homosexual. This clearly show that homosexual are being discriminated. Is it a good reason for someone to lose their job because of their sexuality? Can someone sexual orientation be a good reason not to be hired? Well, in our group point of view, it is not very professional for employer to work in that kind of system. What count is how competence and skillful the homosexual is. If they a re capable to work effectively, the rest does not really matter.

What Can Be Done to Overcome the Prejudice and Discrimination the Gay Men, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Experience?

Research has found that the people who have the most positive attitudes toward gay men, lesbians and bisexuals are those who say they know one or more gay, lesbian or bisexual person well. Often as a friend or co-worker. For this reason, psychologists believe negative attitudes toward gay people as a group are prejudices that are not grounded in actual experiences but are based on stereotypes and prejudice.

Furthermore, protection against violence and discrimination is very important, just as it is for other minority groups. Some states include violence against an individual on the basis of his or her sexual orientation as a "hate crime". We must treat them like normal people that have normal occupation and lifestyle. We must cater them like minority group, In US, l1 states have make laws that are against homosexuality but in Singapore we cannot do that. As a country that relies on human resources, everyone Singaporean heterosexual or homosexual are very important. Discrimination to homosexual is equivalent to denying right of one race in Singapore. As a country that offer a lot opportunity to the people, homosexual should be offer the same opportunity and free will like other Singaporean do.