Pročitajte dva različita viđenja ovog fenomena sa ženskog i muškog stanovišta.
Text 1
Once upon a time many things were forbidden to be spoken. People kept their ears closed and their mouths shut for a very long time. But, somehow, forbidden words started to come out. And one day, in a land far, far away, someone said: “I am gay!” without a punishment. And the new era had begun.
Even they had kept themselves hidden from the rest of the “normal” people for a long time, homosexuals have carried their roots since the Antique period. It is well known that even famous Aristotle liked to “play” with young boys. It is not a trend nowadays, it is in human nature that some of the people love and like making love with persons of the same sex. And they can’t change it. There is evidence of homosexual behaviour between animals, and that fact may lead us to the conclusion that being homosexual isn’t connected with human possibility to think and talk. Being homosexual isn’t an opinion or choice, it is a feeling.
If we observe this social problem from the evolutionary point of view, we can freely say that the nature is fooling us around. Our main task and reason for our presence in this world are transmitting our genes to the next generation and extending of the existence of the human species. Since we are neither plants nor fungi, sexual reproduction with the opposite sex is demanded. And for that reason, homosexuals are nothing else but evolutionary junk, since their tasks won’t be completed.
The specific reasons why homosexuality exists still remain unknown. Most of the scientists would say that it is a mix of genetic inheritance, growing-up, education and environmental impacts. But one thing’s for sure: we mustn’t be bothered with the origin of homosexuality, we should learn how to respect differences between each other.
Divna, Upper-Intermediate
Text 2
A very important issue of today’s society is the matter of homosexuals and other, sexually demented persons. Arguments between the people who approve this kind of behaviour and those who don’t are causing a lot of problems.
It’s very hard to find an argument which states that homosexuality is normal, but… Homosexuality is OK only if you are a woman
Homosexuality is not normal because it’s just not natural. Imagine that all people in the world are gay… In that case you would be able to love and appreciate only your own sex. You wouldn’t have a reason to be in good relations with the opposite sex, so it means that men and women would be enemies. By saying that homosexuality is normal and gay people are the same and equal as straight people, we are making the environment in which the young population would have a choice: whether they are going to be straight or they are going to be gay. Both would be the same and normal, but IT IS NOT NORMAL.
I don’t think that homosexuals should be discriminated. My opinion is that they need medical help, but they should be able to have a normal life. They just need to accept the fact that they are different and so they are not supposed to be exposed. I also think that life of a gay person is not easy, and I don’t know how I would react and think if I were gay, but no person should say homosexuality is normal and no one should promote homosexuality as natural.
Jovan, Upper-Intermediate