Should Dominant Culture Include Homosexuality? (Prompt 3: Week 6)

The world in which we live is increasingly growing in population and advancing in other places too. The word "advances" can be defined as aiding growth, and we see that changes are made everyday. Most of the values that held true long ago have changed or advanced to be more useful in our lives today. Everyone has been willing to go along with the changes they feel are acceptable in culture and society as a whole. One enduring idea is the acknowledgment homosexuality, and this is where the values are tough to change or advance in a society, unlike others that have grown and become a part of society.
One example of changed values is how we now are adamant in our search for child molesters, rapists, abductors etc. Years ago a society did not openly search for or even being to acknowledge that they were even there. Many women were increasingly abused and it was never to be blamed on a man; the woman was believed to have done something to induce this treatment. Another changed value that has been eagerly changed is the open communication of sex or the once private bedroom matters. It is increasingly popular to watch television, videos, movies, or even read articles that have the main topic of sex or are related to that topic. Just as with the topic above this was not something that just came out in everyday language and was presented in discussions. People believed this to be a thing that you kept between your partner and yourself. Only recently people have found that it is better for health reasons to openly discuss sex. Widespread information is given through many sources and people can learn to be safe. This is going off topic a bit but these examples illustrate the changes in society that have been happening for so long. Our values and culture have changed in ways that people would have never thought possible. I believe that with time and continued growth that we see today the topic or existence of homosexuality will be among the other topics in our everyday life. In case no one else has noticed our society is great at learning to grow and change the ways that are oppressive to others. It takes some time and there are others who are against it but usually things get straightened out it just depends on how fast a society wants to progress. I don't really believe on forcing an agenda on a society that is not ready to move forward. People must become educated about the subject and then they can move on into bringing it into their culture. And as the legislation regarding homosexuality is changing even right now, we know that this is a time when people are indeed ready for a change. All it takes is patience and understanding on both sides to really make that connection into the personal lives of others. It is to my understanding that there is even now a television channel devoted to they LGBT community, called LOGO, and this is something that shows the progression on our behalf. My point is that we should include homosexuality and other types of gender roles into the dominant culture but it has to be at at time when people are ready for it. The fear of the unknown is something that is great and once people become aware of what it means to those who are homosexual and how it affects them, the changes will soon appear.