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  • Essay / The Pros and Cons of Homosexuality - 1987

    Homosexuality is defined as sexual orientation or activity with people of the same sex; whereas heterosexuality is defined as sexual orientation or activity with people of the opposite sex. Homosexuality is a very controversial issue among many people. The controversy lies in how people think, feel and understand human sexuality. Therefore, homosexuality becomes controversial for all types of people, from heterosexuals to bisexuals and even homosexuals. Emotions determine how people interpret different phenomena and these emotions, in turn, create and shape individual attitudes for understanding human nature. This fact creates an interesting perspective on how people perceive homosexuality. A driving force “Just as emotions provide valuable information to oneself, emotional expressions provide information to observers, which can influence their cognitions, attitudes and behavior” (Van Kleef, Heerdink and Van Den Berg, p. 2, 2014). A positive aspect of attitudes is that they are likely to change over time. According to Van Kleef, Heerdink, and Van Den Berg (p. 2), “We define attitudes as temporary evaluations constructed on the basis of a combination of stored representations of an attitude object and currently available information. This working definition explicitly allows for changes in attitudes over time while recognizing that some attitudes have a relatively stable basis in a person's memory system” (2014). This conceptual definition of attitudes and attitude change is that although attitudes can change based on new information or a different emotional reaction, they can also remain the same or relatively similar to their initial state. Overall, the information that individuals perceive through their emotions can influence their attitudes, which can then modify their attitudes towards certain