Resource C Questions

(c) Personal attitudes, values and beliefs about sexual orientation

(i) Use Resource C to explain how personal aspects related to sexual orientation influence people’s ideas about sexual identity. Describe the attitudes, values and beliefs, and then explain why/how these influence people’s thinking about a male’s sexual identity.

(ii) Describe one way the values of social justice are NOT being encouraged (in relation to sexual identity) in resource C. In other words, what do you consider to be unfair, non-inclusive, or discriminatory to the male mentioned in the resource?

(iii) Explain a societal strategy that a community could become involved in, to encourage social justice in relation to this sexual identity issue and address the injustice described in (ii). Describe the strategy itself and then explain why/how it would encourage social justice in this situation.

(iv) Explain an interpersonal action people could use when communicating with or supporting each other that would contribute to this societal strategy. Describe the strategy itself and then explain how it could contribute to the societal strategy in (iii) and also encourage social justice in this situation.

(v) Explain an action an individual person could take responsibility for, in order to encourage social justice in relation to this sexual identity issue. Describe the strategy itself and then explain how it could contribute to the societal strategy in (iii) and also encourage social justice in this situation.