Homophobia Research Paper

Words: 510
Pages: 3

I think that boys who are homosexual are "less interested in sports," "more drawn to quieter activities" and "more emotionally sensitive because boys start to engage in sexual questioning- wondering why the typical heterosexual orientation does not apply to them. Often, they experience their sense of being different as deeply distressing than girls. Nature and nurture might play a part as when the report show that sexual questioning children have greater anxiety about peer relationships and greater dissatisfaction with their biological gender over time. (Feeling Different, 2, 296) Homophobia is particularly intense for adolescents, more so for girls than boys because adolescent social pressure toward heterosexuality are particularly intense