Sexual Orientation



Sexual Orientation

Introduction

The factors that influence sexual orientation are many. Anyway, the root causes of sexual orientation are a bit alike. The important thing is that one cannot simply choose to be one thing or another, and that at some point in life one has to find someone that you like. The problem is that, although homosexuality and bisexuality have always existed, until very recently were frowned upon social issues. Things have been changing gradually, and today, in most Western societies, it is understood that homosexual orientation of desire is as valid as heterosexual. However, it must not be forgotten that there are still countries where homosexual practice between consenting adults is a crime, and still persist in many countries. People theoretically have modern great prejudice against homosexuality. All this means that, for some people, confirmation and acceptance of their sexual orientation is a challenging process, both by the difficulty of assuming, for the reaction of the environment (Adelman, 2002).

The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of sexual orientation, which is not federally protected. Furthermore, discussions would be made on whether employers should care about sexual orientation in their organizational practices and activities.

Discussion

Sexual Orientation

Trying to identify and reduce homophobic attitudes seems to be the only rational way to achieve a better understanding and better integration of homosexuality and different orientations to society. As stated above, sexual orientation is taking shape at birth, but emerges in adolescence (but may change over a lifetime). What happens is that adolescence is a period full of changes, desire to experiment, knowing oneself and relating to others. This desire for new experiences means that, on occasion, have fantasies or homosexual acts carried out for various reasons (fear of relationships with the opposite sex, to try something new, etc.). However, this does not ...