Homosexuality In Canadian Society

Throughout the past twelve weeks of taking Women and Gender studies, I have learned extensive amounts of information and will be able to take all of the ideas and concepts learned into action outside of the classroom. Each class, we had various conversations about what was going on in the world around us and how that affects each and every one of us. With the knowledge that I now have, I feel as if I am a much better citizen in Canada since I acquire the knowledge of the history in Canada and the conditions of women’s lives, and also how factors such as race, class, and sexual orientation come into play in daily life. In class, we talked about oppression very often which is, unjust treatment of control. Oppression is a major issue in Canadian society and has many aspects to it. One of the most important pieces of information that I got from taking this course was how destructive power systems function to maintain their

How current norms are affecting Canadian marriage. You should consider norms such as courtship, intimacy, monogamy, age at the time of marriage, role of each partner. Statistics Canada (2011), states that in 2008, the common age for men to marry was 31.1 years, and for women 29.1 years. This was older than in the former decades, including the 1930s and 1940s when the standard age at first marriage spiked at approximately 28 years for men, and 25 years for women. In the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s, the age at first marriage dropped to just over 22 years for women and 25 years for men.

“Since August 26th, 1969, homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada.” This great choice was made by Canada’s current Prime Minister in 1969, Pierre Trudeau because it was time for a change. This was part of the first major changes of Canada’s Criminal Code. Being criminalized against your sexuality would go against Canada’s current Human Rights. This was the first major step of change for LGBT rights but there was still more to come. Even after decriminalizing homosexuality, there was still a lot of hate crimes against people whose sexual orientation was something other than heterosexual. Canada’s government decided to take effect about this matter and “on June 20th, 1996, Canada’s Criminal Code provided stricter penalties for crimes motivated by hate based on certain personal characteristics, including sexual orientation.” At this certain time Jean Chrétien was running Canada as Prime Minister and therefore decided to make this decision. Hate crimes against LGBT people was severe at this time so Chrétien thought to make it a law. Human Rights was created for equality, dignity and respect and discriminating someone

One can see evidence of these policies through the jailing of gays to the later accepting, legalization, and protection of their rights to sexual activity and marriage. Canada saw homosexuality activity as a criminal offense. Before the government decriminalized homosexuality in 1969, police could charge people with “gross indecency” and even jailed for life if psychiatrists could not cure him/her of his/her sexual orientation. Something that opposite-sex couples do often can get a different type of couple charged and his/her life ruined forever, which is shameful and not fair whatsoever. Canada accepted gay marriage in 2005, when it became legal. Before which it was not a crime but it was not practiced. Many circumvented the laws by reciting marriage banns (A Christian tradition where the partners would recite each other's name and intent of marriage three successive sundays before the wedding) which negated the need for a marriage license. This shows that Canadians are progressive and most weren’t hostile towards same-sex marriage, and took them later as a prideful addition to the law. Canada does not want for people of the LGBTQ community to feel left out or made fun of. In 2012, Ontario put an anti-discrimination law into action protecting the transgender community. Canada does not want hate to come to the

* June 2001, Leger Marketing and Canadian Press performed telephone interviews with 1507 English and French speaking Canadians over 18 years old on their views of homosexuality.

During the 1950s, the Cold War struck a deep fear of communism, the Soviet Union, and nuclear war into the hearts of American citizens. As a result of this conflict, the role of family became central to American life more than ever before. Family was seen as one of the best weapons on the domestic cold front: good, wholesome Americans from families with two dedicated parents could contain the spread of communism (Larson 1). Many great changes occurred in the first few postwar years. Men, returning from war, were eager to marry. Over 2.3 million couples married in 1946, an increase of over 600,000 from the previous year (The Baby Boom 1). Many newlyweds had children, which led to record high birth rates: more babies were born between 1948 and

Until the 1960’s, Canada’s image was one of complete devotion to the church. It had been an integral part of Canada’s culture, and the Catholic church had a massive hold on the citizens in Quebec especially. However, the baby boomers which followed WWII broke this trend. Since Canada is personified as a mosaic due to its multiculturalism, which is in itself a part of Canada’s culture today, it would be easy to make the assumption that religion does not play as vital a role as it did before the end of the war. Present day Canadians are very loosely interested in religion and spirituality and are not as influenced by the strict rules and traditions that their

Society made sure that this specific community felt unwelcome by denouncing same-sex marriage. Individuals were not only being verbally abused with derogatory language but also emotionally abused as they did not feel like they had any rights. One belief that society had was that this population was “deviant” which severely

​Canada is often seen as a leader in the gay rights movement and it has a long history of providing rights to those that identify as homosexual (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016; Cotler, 2015). As far back as 1969, Prime Minister Trudeau passed Bill C-150 which amended the Criminal Code to decriminalize “gross indecency” and “buggery”; if committed between two consenting adults if they are over 21 (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016). The Code was further amended to drop the age of consent for anal sex from 18 and 14 for other sexual activity and it was recognized that a higher age for consent of anal sex was unconstitutional (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016). Since then there have been many changes to the political and social system in Canada to be able to improve the rights not only individuals whom are part of the LGBTQ community, but also for those whom are in same sex relationships (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016). As of 2005, same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada; however, there is still debate of whether or not same-sex legalization has legitimized same-sex partnerships within society (Colter, 2015). Many cases that have come before the court regarding homosexuality and same-sex marriages have argued that the actions of society are a direct violation of people’s s.15 rights in the Constitution; which allows for every person to be treated equally and bear the freedom of religion (Supreme Court Judgements, 2004). It will be argued that Canada has created equal rights for

The ideological construction of a nuclear family is a homogenized ideology of what human kind and society should be. The development of the nuclear family ideal was a cultural and political response to World War II. It was a concept which perpetuated and expressed that any other form of family was unacceptable, such as, families which were composed of a single parent, or families with parents of the same sex. This ideal, therefore, created a false understanding of normality. Due to political power, the nuclear family was an ideal pushed to control what was occurring in the homes of individuals and a method of displaying the “American Dream” because people were unaware of how such an ideal family could be created and maintained.

Canada is a remarkable large diverse country with everything from big urban cities to a stable government.Cuba is the largest of the islands in the Caribbean sea, surrounded by many small islands, facing serious problems. These two countries are very different when put together along with the factors of their environments, social problems and their political issues as well. Canada and Cuba enjoy a broad and diverse relationship built on a long history of important and growing economic and commercial relations

even though sexuality can be considered universal, the sexual behaviors affiliated with it offer different attitudes in various communities. Sexuality is aligned to sexual attraction where individuals can identify themselves with a broad range of sexuality that is bisexual, gay or being lesbian. Sexuality can change over time in a person depending on the circumstances surrounding him or her. It may be affected by the social circle and emotional imbalances that may occur in an individual. Interestingly there exists sexual inequality among many societies in the world. As observed, many societies encourage men to have multiple sex partners but forbid it in women. Moreover, pre-marital sex is promoted in men, but women are flaunted if they participate in pre-marital sex. Across the globe, Western Europe has embraced certain norms in sexuality such as homosexuality whereas African society embraces a negative attitude towards the same.

Given the social stigmatization of sex work, a person might wonder why another individual would participate in sex work in the first place. There are two ways a person can involve themselves in sex work; by choice or by force.

Australian culture is vital in the process of socialising the public’s views and beliefs. Through social stratification and labelling different groups as superior and inferior, Australian culture has been manipulated into believing that homosexuals are deviant to the rest of society.

Homosexuality is genetic! How can this statement be true? It is indeed true in the precise fact that Romans 3:23 points out, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Humanity has been cursed with being genetically embedded with sin and a sinful nature. The current worldview is that homosexuality and multiple sexual orientations come from nature, and not nurture. This viewpoint is correct in that it is human nature to sin and seek out one’s own selfish desire. However, No one is prescribing a remedy for this sin. “Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.” (1 Corinthians 15:34) What the world has done is celebrated this sin and deceive youth through their much-wanted desire for acceptance and identity. There is a copious amount of research out there, along with world definitions of each orientation, and a call for acceptance of others’ orientations. There is also the other side of the argument and the fundamental truths that come from the word of God. Various resources are available to help youth leaders, teachers, parents and pastors to have a higher understanding of this cultural issue and the solutions and treatments available for youth struggling in this area. Spiritual leaders in the home, church, and schools ought to be prepared to teach on these topics readily, since this world, in which many youth are daily immersed, will readily present its own point of view with utter