The reading I chose to explore was "Sisterhood and Sexuality: Attitudes About Homosexuality Among Members of Historically Black Sororities". The method used for this study was in depth interviewing. Based on the article I can conclude that homosexuality is still not an accepted lifestyle for members of Black Greek organizations. When it comes to the issue of homosexuality there is a large intersectionality between race, sex and age. ( Literte, P. E., & Hodge, C. (2012) The association between race and sexual preference is that in black communities it is not as easily accepted as in white communities.( Literte, P. E., & Hodge, C. (2012)
Also there was a comparison made between black sororities and fraternities. The rudimentary way of handling prospective members is by gauging their sexuality on a scale of femininity and masculinity. Sororities and fraternities do not explicitly ask and remember about their sexuality (Literte, P. E., & Hodge, C. (2012) however, in Black Greek Letter Organizations members are expected to maintain a heteronormative presentation at all times. ( Literte, P. E., & Hodge, C. (2012). Any behavior that is contrary to the norm is shunned.
Black Greek organizations have close roots in Christianity. The Black Greek Organizations draw much of their structure from black churches. The influence of the black church teaches that homosexuality is a sin. Literte, P. E., & Hodge, C. (2012). The claim is made also, that homosexuality in the black community is a European taught behavior. The church also affirms that homosexuality is destroying the black family, since same sex couples cannot procreate. ( Literte, P. E., & Hodge, C. (2012).) As BGLO's advance in their social movements they still shy away from tackling the issue of gay rights just as the church has also done.
The required reading was "Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage". This article is based off of data collected through General Social Survey. This article details the findings from the research. Based on the data collected the researchers were able to conclude that the opinion on same sex marriage is heavily influenced by several factors such as religion, race, sex, demographics, education and political views; religion being the most influential. (Sherkat, D. (2010).African Americans tend to be more conservative in their religious practices and beliefs.( Sherkat, D. (2010).
Religion has the greatest pull on the opinion of same sex marriage. Even African Americans that were political liberals still held tight to their convictions on same sex marriage, lending no overwhelming support for gay marriage. The researchers attempted to find a positive association between political views and the respondents opinion on gay marriage. No such correlation was found. Despite their political views both parties remain firm in their opinion on gay marriage.
The factor of sex appears to cause aswing in the pendulum. Overall women appear to be more supportive of same sex marriage. ( Sherkat, D. (2010). Also single people show more support for gay marriage.Respondents that reign from the south seem to have the greatest concentration of opposition to same sex marriage.This can be tethered to the high prevalence of conservative churches in the south; bible belt.
A surprising find was that education is also a very present factor. Those respondents with a reported higher level of education are among the supporters of same sex marriage. ( Sherkat, D. (2010).
*WORD COUNT: 472 (excluding TITLE & Citations)
*I had a major issue with improper citations in Quiz1. As an extra precaution I included a few in text citations. Though the words are my own, I still felt that I should include a citation just to be on the safe side.
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