By Sulani Roberts
I do believe that it is possible for males and females to
experience strong sexual love and care deeply for members of their same sex,
but that does not change the fact that it is fundamentally wrong.
We live in a homophobic society. A society where, two men
are not allowed to sit together in the passenger seats at the front of a bus, a
society where male “closeness” is frowned upon. However, this homophobia seems
to be directed only at the male populace since it is more socially acceptable for
females to be close and “touchy-touchy”. From my observations, homosexuality is
no longer viewed as an abominable sin among our youths; instead it seems to be
more of an alternative option of sexuality or a means of getting easy money or
material gain.
On my day to day travels out into
our small society, I have noticed that the interaction of our young people
amongst themselves has changed. In my day, it was quite normal for young women
to walk about arm in arm and holding hands while the young men maintained a
comfortable distance from each other. Presently, it has gone past that. Young
women are no longer merely holding hands but are now touching each other
intimately in public. On more than one occasions, I have seen school girls, in
uniforms, in public places touching each other on the chest area and groping at
other private areas, while the school boys look on jeering vulgar words of
encouragement. This has led me to believe that the young ladies are not
engaging in same sex sexual activities because they are indeed “gay” but
because they believes it defines them as a sexual being and makes them more
appealing to the members of the opposite sex. The media also plays a big part
in the influence of our young women towards same sex intimacy. On a daily basis,
our youths are being bombarded with images and scenes of “girl on girl action”
on the television and internet, often portrayed by their favorite celebrities
and icons. As a result of this, same sex intimacy among females is now viewed
by our young people as not only acceptable but good.
The influence of the young men
differs from that of the young ladies because it has never been and probably
will never be acceptable for guys to be intimate with each other in our
society. Despite this, homosexuality among men seems to be a rising trend. From
what I have gathered, the older men of our society are enticing the younger men
into homosexual activities with promises of money and expensive material
things. The young men now look at this as an opportunity for easy money and
would engage in these discreet sexual acts with men in order to “floss” the
latest gears.
In my opinion, young people who
truly believe that they are homosexuals would not be comfortable with openly
advertising their status in this sort of opposing society. Their sexual
orientation would not be the result of the media, a need for attention or
material gain. Rather, it would be the result of some kind of sexual, emotional
or mental abuse or confusion, or the lack of self worth or self confidence with
members of the opposite sex or even a misguided view on love and intimacy.
However, regardless of how acceptable and legal homosexuality become in
societies, it is and would remain wrong and sinful until the end of our world
as we know it.
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