Our understanding of "e;Sexual Orientation"e;

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the present, grade: 1,00, University of Barcelona, language: English, abstract: Although Western societies become more and more accepting towards the diversity of sexual preferences, a big part is still averse to and discriminatory against other sexual orientations than heterosexuality. One major cause for that is our current understanding of "e;sexual orientation"e;. The purposes of my paper are to analyze why it promotes discrimination and to discuss how it could be changed, in order to reduce discrimination. Changing our understanding of "e;sexual orientation"e; from scratch seems promising, because it means creating a profound breeding ground for anti- discrimination protection and a more tolerant, inclusive and equality based kind of thinking.