ASA 02- Section A01
Week 10 Blog
11/22/15
For this final week, I read Boyung Lee’s article “Teaching
Justice and Living Peace: Body, Sexuality, and Religious Education in Asian
American Communities.” This was an article that I was able to relate with as
being an Asian American, sexuality was a taboo subject. When classmates would
discuss sexual topics, it was a bit awkward. Some were offended to hear that
this was something that they should have known at that age. This lack of
importance and avoidance of the subject does not let Asian Americans to embrace
it. It creates a negative connotation concerning
sexual subjects that lead to homophobia and shame about having a different
sexual orientation. It would be a
wonderful idea to have Asian Americans able to integrate new ideas without losing
the meaning of why sexual topics were taboo. Is there another way to embrace
other sexual identities but not think that they are a disgrace or the fact that
being okay with same sex marriage is not being completely different?
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