Homophobia

What is homophobia and why does it exist? Why are heterosexuals so afraid of homosexuals? Why some people who would never admit to holding a negative stereotype about another race will freely and openly admit that they are homophobic? Why is it more socially acceptable to say that you are homophobic and less when you say that you are racist? These and many other questions have raised a public debate about homosexuality and our ability to socially accept it, just like the controversy raised when Miss California Carrie Prejean delivered an opposing response to a question about same-sex marriage. Before we go on to explain why we hold these negative beliefs about homosexuality, let’s watch the clip of the long-standing competition what and how the girl responded judge Perez Hilton’s controversial question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPv9L6sy5c

What if Miss California was asked whether she supported interracial marriages or not? What would she respond to that? Well like it was mentioned above, people find it easier to admit that they are homophobic than racist. Why? Despite that homosexuality has always been existing since ancient Greece, people still fear it and don’t understand it. It is built in to humans to be wary of the perceived unknown and it is a human survival trait to be hostile to the different. It takes a long time for humans to change and accept the one socially unacceptable. Racism for example was socially acceptable before but not anymore. It took years of effort until it became a taboo and so will happen with the issue of homophobia.