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Blake Schneiter
Professor Granillo
English 101
29 October 2018
Simone Beauvoir, a French existentialist philosopher in the 1900’s said, “In itself,
woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation”. She says
that all sexualities should be welcomed and supported because the common goal of a relationship
is to have bond through love and unity. Today the topic of gender in relationships has been
discussed, protested, and has made it into high courts. Many stand hardened to the application of
heterosexual relationships due to the traits of procreation and the traditional family form. This
view has and is still being challenged as many more homosexual relationships are being formed.
While it is still important to know our roots and procreate through heterosexuality, it is not the
only acceptable relationship and we need to know boundaries and find ways to expand and
accept homosexual relationships as well. Now with more people coming out as gay or lesbian
Heterosexual relationships have been around for thousands of years and seen in everyday
life. Many do consider it to be the only acceptable relationship to occur. Polls done by U.K.
Office for National Statistics and Yougov in U.K. show that over 90% of citizens are
heterosexual and not involved in the LGTBQ community. Another poll done by GALLUP
including 121,000 adults in 2012 shows that 92.2% are heterosexual (Gates). These relationships
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have been ingrained into our society and religion is another reinforcement of heterosexual
is in homosexuality. Also, a family bond and relationship are stronger as the male and female are
involved in procreating and feeling involved in the process. As in homosexual relationships the
couple which would consist of two females need an IVF, in which one of the female’s ovaries
are mixed with a males sperm, costing on average $12,000-$20,000. Heterosexual relationships
are much more common and more traditional than homosexual, but at the same time same sex
relationships have benefits to consider as well. in same sex relationships there are many different
benefits and very recently an IVF INVOcell can be performed and involves two females.
gender roles, more emotional and physical bonds, and more equality in decisions. These
traditional gender roles like women taking responsibility for chores and childcare while the man
has a well-paying job to supply for the family are all broken down in same sex relationships. The
work is spread equally and when a child is sick they both have equal opportunity to take time off
from work to take care of the child or whoever is better at cooking can cook and so on. A survey
done by the Families and Work Institute shows that in same sex relationships chores are equally
shared where as in different sex one person primarily does them (Matos 8). Besides homosexual
benefits of no gender roles they also now have the opportunity to be involved in birth. In a
female relationship a new IVF which is, In Vitro Fertilization and allows women’s ovaries to be
mixed with men’s sperm, has been found to work and include both females. It is called IVF
INVOcell, in the process it takes one of the woman’s ovaries and mixes it with a mans and then
the INVOcell goes into the same woman for five days to incubate and develop the embryos.
Then they are removed, frozen, and then transferred into the other woman after estrogen and
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progesterone shots. Finally, she will carry the baby for the remaining nine months. In this
process it can feel satisfying knowing that each of the woman carried the baby for a time. This
gives only female relationships the satisfaction of what heterosexual ones have. In these
Homosexual relationships both partners reek the benefits that come with it and can still adopt or
People can deny the practicality of homosexual relationships as much as they want but
due to the rise of more people joining the LGTBQ community it is hard to recognize and not
support them. A study done by Pew Research shows that approval for same sex marriage has
never been higher and the opposing view is declining (Changing Attitudes on…). This shows
already the tremendous support for these relationships to succeed and to provide equality. Also,
the strides that have happened in the past 15 years on receiving rights to marry and not to be
denied service in hospitals. With the benefits that people say they have in these relationships and
the special bond formed in understanding each of their bodies and wants make it easy to see why
relationships still stay away and form bonds in heterosexual one’s. Looking back at history
provides incentive to form these relationships and to have a successful family bond in both
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