Society & Culture - 6 December 2006

you know it's the season to be jolly, well are you?...

2006-12-06 03:20:11 · 10 answers · asked by craff2c 2 in Other - Holidays

A sense of humor seems to be one thing that they sorely lack! So, I'm just curious as to what makes muslims laugh that doesn't involve blowing up people.

2006-12-06 03:19:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Or not like the holidays. Whichever.

2006-12-06 03:18:56 · 6 answers · asked by Illegals Are S*** 3 in Religion & Spirituality

on this site reguarding ireland, what is your opinion on ireland, the irish and their culture? so i can see what different "countries" think of ireland can you say where you are from ?

2006-12-06 03:17:28 · 13 answers · asked by armaghmadman 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Personally, I would not wear skirts at all times after women finally gave them up. It just seems like a double standard that the little girls are forced to wear skirts. I understand to each their own, but why choose to stay oppressed?

2006-12-06 03:17:04 · 15 answers · asked by ladyoftherrlake 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Sexual Orientation Development

Sexual orientation is one component of a person's identity, which is made up of many other components, such as culture, ethnicity, gender, and personality traits. Sexual orientation is an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction that a person feels toward another person. Sexual orientation falls along a continuum. In other words, someone does not have to be exclusively homosexual or heterosexual, but can feel varying degrees of attraction for both genders. Sexual orientation develops across a person's lifetime—different people realize at different points in their lives that they are heterosexual, gay, lesbian, or bisexual.

Sexual behavior does not necessarily equate to sexual orientation. Many adolescents—as well as many adults—may identify themselves as homosexual or bisexual without having had any sexual experience. Other young people have had sexual experiences with a person of the same gender, but do not consider themselves to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. This is particularly relevant during adolescence because it is a time for experimentation—a hallmark of this developmental period.

Gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents follow a develop-mental path that is both similar to and quite different from that followed by heterosexual adolescents. All teenagers face certain developmental challenges, such as developing social skills, thinking about career choices, and fitting into a peer group. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth must also cope with prejudiced, discriminatory, and violent behavior and messages in their families, schools, and communities. Such behavior and messages negatively affect the health, mental health and education of lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people. These students are more likely than heterosexual students to report missing school due to fear, being threatened by other students, and having their property damaged at school.1 The promotion of "reparative therapy" and "transformational ministry" is likely to exacerbate the risk of harassment, harm, and fear.

For these reasons, the experience of gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers is often one of isolation, fear of stigmatization, and lack of peer or familial support. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth have few opportunities for observing positive modeling by adults due to the general cultural bias that makes gay, lesbian, and bisexual people largely invisible. It is this isolation and lack of support that accounts in part for the higher rates of emotional distress,2 suicide attempts,3 and risky sexual behavior and substance use 4 that gay, lesbian, and bisexual students report compared to heterosexual students. Because of their legitimate fear of being harassed or hurt, gay, lesbian, or bisexual youth are less likely to ask for help. Thus, it is important that their environments be as open and accepting as possible, so these young people will feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and concerns. To be able to provide an accepting environment, school personnel need to understand the nature of sexual orientation development and be supportive of healthy development for all youth.

"Coming out" refers to the process of acknowledging one's gay, lesbian, or bisexual attractions and identity to oneself and disclosing them to others. This process is different for every teenager; however, most adolescents disclose their sexual orientation to others in the following order: other gay, lesbian, and bisexual peers, close heterosexual peers, close family members, and finally, parents.5

Many people may wonder why gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers and adults feel the need to "come out," i.e., disclose their sexual orientation to others. This is actually the expression of a normal tendency to want to share personal information about oneself with important others, and should be treated as such by those around the gay, lesbian, or bisexual adolescent. It is healthy for teenagers to share with friends and families their latest crush or how they spent their weekend. This process, however, is often quite difficult for the gay, lesbian, or bisexual adolescent, because there is a strong (and well-founded) fear of being rejected by others.

2006-12-06 03:16:47 · 9 answers · asked by helllo1234 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What is your favorite Christmas tradition you did when you were little or you do now with your family? Happy Holiday's :-)

2006-12-06 03:16:21 · 7 answers · asked by *Pooka* 4 in Christmas

one time in this mosque this man came in sat down in the sisters section with niqab(fave veil) on.and no one paid attention because they just thought mabye the woman didn't want to take it off so no one paid her no mind.but then the sisters realized it was a brother.and this was done during Friday prayer!astagfirallah! and also a friend of mine was telling during jumah(friday prayer) some one was reading a newspaper during the khutba on friday

2006-12-06 03:15:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I long for the snow... snow snow snow. It always seems to appear late Jan/early Feb here! What do you reckon the chances are?!
Xx~xX

2006-12-06 03:15:08 · 25 answers · asked by ★♥ KillerBea ♥★ 4 in Other - Holidays

I'm believer and besides I think that evolutionist theory explain many things about the life

2006-12-06 03:14:24 · 25 answers · asked by Carlos 1 in Religion & Spirituality

if i forgot those clever techniques and self-improvement programs

2006-12-06 03:14:08 · 2 answers · asked by Guillermo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

this isnt meant to be a rant about christians, so sorry if it sounds that way, I have posted a few questions on yahoo answers over the last six or so months and with every question asked it is guarateed that one of the answers will be something like "Look to God" or "you need to find god" which is just a pile of **** really. Christians may not be aware of this but we "non - christians" (per se) arent just sitting around waiting for people to suggest religions to us. I personally am starting to get a little pissed at it. So to the point of the question - why do christians feel that they need to convert everyone, do they get some sort of end of game bonus for converting people when they reach heaven?

2006-12-06 03:13:15 · 13 answers · asked by David B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:12:18 · 20 answers · asked by vicki f 2 in Religion & Spirituality

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/cheney.daughters.ap/index.html

2006-12-06 03:12:11 · 8 answers · asked by tammers 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Tod in our daily life we come across different sinorioes that some people wear pardah and some not. One religion talks about pardah to wear and one not ? please share your views on my small question!

2006-12-06 03:12:04 · 10 answers · asked by akram 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:12:02 · 10 answers · asked by Danny04 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Bibles get torn. (jews don't even touch their holy book).
Christian holidays are highly commercialised.
Sunday isn't a special day. You can shop, work, travel etc.
Most baptisms are done out of tradition, not religion.
Hardly anyone goes to church regularly.

Why do people have such little respect for Christianity, compared to how Islam, Judaism, Buddhism etc.is practiced?

2006-12-06 03:11:44 · 22 answers · asked by snowpatrol161 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:11:41 · 9 answers · asked by nivea_vi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I asked if Dr. Phil was the love child of Popeye and a sperm whale that jumped him whats so bad about that?
There isn't even any swearing

2006-12-06 03:11:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I live in the midwest and it is somewhat slim pickins...

2006-12-06 03:11:32 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What are the principles? How do you find if this is the religion for you?

2006-12-06 03:11:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

They were successful at it for about 20 years. Why do they force fear, guilt, and gross superstition on innocent children?

2006-12-06 03:11:00 · 8 answers · asked by Larry 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok i have a big problem!!! My bestfriend is gay, but she don't know how to tell her parents! Well i told her to just let them know and they will probaly accept her, but she dont think they would. But like i told her, I would tell my parents! Now if you was in this sitution, what would you do?

2006-12-06 03:10:39 · 15 answers · asked by Ludacris Lover 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I have read in Islamic history books that prophet a Jewish poet (with the name of Abu Afk) wrote a poem that opposes Muhamemd for killing another poet (with the name Al Harith Ibn Saweed). Therefore, prophet Muhammed sent one of his companions (with the name of Salim Ibn Omayr) to ASSASSINATE that poet who was very old.

I was very surprised to read that story because I have always thought that prophet Muhammed was very peacful and he always respected the freedom of the faith.

Does anyone know if there is any explanation for that horrible story?

2006-12-06 03:10:36 · 9 answers · asked by Bionimetiket 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:10:06 · 12 answers · asked by chrissylov2 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

This is a little detail in a novel I'm writing - say it's about 1990, and in the US. A Kerala man meets an African-American woman when they're both in medical school. Do his parents (who I know are going to be angry) insist on an Indian wedding or is it more likely that they just elope?

2006-12-06 03:09:01 · 6 answers · asked by Cobalt 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Why do so many people care about homosexuals and them getting married? It doesn't effect you, why do you care?

2006-12-06 03:08:56 · 7 answers · asked by sweet_treat101 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Will I continue to exist in the form of emails, blogs, saved profiles etc. on the internet once I die? Will they continue to live on forever or will they be deleted at some point in time. A related question: data continues to accumulate on the internet, what is the theoritical limit of this data? How long will it exist? Will it exist for eternity (provided the earth is not destroyed)? Won't that become a major headache for search engines?

2006-12-06 03:08:05 · 5 answers · asked by wafer 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Fruits are very highlly prised these days. The prono film makers had used so much banana and I cant afford more than 500grams of them. Mango or the other stuff dosent taste like before and green is becomming very dangerous. The trees which they cultivate for the christmas makes a layer of wasted ground and the othere plants are not growing underneath them. plz dont read my bu||shi4. Cut the blady tree and play aroud them.

2006-12-06 03:08:01 · 4 answers · asked by thomasalvaedddison 1 in Religion & Spirituality

should the law against gay marriages be taken from the u.s laws?

2006-12-06 03:07:48 · 17 answers · asked by chrissylov2 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender