Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Sexual orientation and coming out

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Hi there, Your assignment looks good, the layout and information has been set out very well. When discussing sexuality and coming out, have you considered discussing individuals coming to terms with their own sexuality? I think this would be a good building block for this chapter.

Otherwise, nice job.

--Bectionary (discuss • contribs) 21:23, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi there! I was just having a read of your chapter, and I found it very interesting. But there were some sections that I thought could use editing or elaborating.

Firstly, the section under "scale" with the information on who people came out to I found a bit confusing. A bit better explanation on the study would be nice. E.g. is this just whom they first came out to, or the first few people they told, or is it showing the extent to which they have came out in general?

I really love those coloured tiles that tell individuals experience of coming out, I think they sum up what a struggle it can be nicely. But just after that, you include one sentence about coming out in third world countries. I would love to hear more about this. Living in the current society and age group that we do live in, most people are very aware of the ongoing struggles of coming out, alternatively though, I have very little knowledge on being homosexual in other, non-developed countries, so I would love to hear more about this.

Other than that it seems like your almost done. It looks really good! Laney3691 (discuss • contribs)

Hi there again!

I see you made some of the changes that I was suggesting! These look good!

The table is a lot clearer. But I still have one question about it. These satitistics, do they refere to the people they came out to over their life time, in the first year of coming out, or some other time frame? Becuase assumably, at some point, most people would become aware of ones sexual orientation.

Also, you've added a bit about punishment in third world countries. I assume this is not all countries? I thought maybe you could add a little case study looking at the laws surrounding sexuality in a particular country. Or, the link below, has some pictures/maps that show how each country stands on LGBT laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory

Good luck! Laney3691 (discuss • contribs)

What an interesting topic idea! I guess that people are, as you say, motivated to either come out or to not come out, and there's reasons (probably largely based on society of the day?)for each of those options. I'll look forward to reading this one :-) --JessicaClareHunt (discuss • contribs) 04:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

This is a really great topic that I can imagine would appeal to a number of people. I like that you have put in both reasons for coming out and reasons for staying in the closet as many still chose to do. Here is a link to an interesting article http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17450100903195318 also here is a link to a really great Ted talk that I really think everybody should watch!!!! http://www.ted.com/talks/ash_beckham_we_re_all_hiding_something_let_s_find_the_courage_to_open_up Thanks U3081461 (discuss • contribs) 05:50, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I've found an article on bisexuality - though it's not on homosexuality like your topic is mainly about, it discusses the factors that bisexual people face when coming out that I thought might be a good start to your 'reasons people stay closeted' topic. It finds that a reason people stay closeted was that they felt that the potential loss of love and support was not good enough if they did not react well. see reference, McLean, K. (2007). Hiding in the closet?: Bisexuals, coming out and the disclosure imperative. Journal of Sociology, 43(2), 151-166. doi:10.1177/1440783307076893--Can Rogerthat (discuss • contribs) 02:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

No comments
No comments or feedback, just letting you know looks great and is a great read. I think you will do well! U3068311 (discuss • contribs)

Ideas
Hey, Really interesting topic! I was thinking about why people stay closeted and a few ideas came to mind: Religious factors. Cultural factors (people not accepting sexual orientation) Also perhaps look at labelling theory, self-fulfilling prophecy and identity status theory. Good luck! --U3084587 (discuss • contribs) 02:23, 23 October 2014 (UTC)u3084587

APA style captions for images and tables
I recommend using APA style captions i.e., Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. for all images, graphs etc. and Table 1, Table 2 etc. for all tables. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 09:54, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback (I have addressed everyone's comments below)
U3081461: I'm actually thinking of blending reasons to come out and reasons to stay closeted the same motivation topics. I think it might work better this way. But i'm glad you like my idea of considering both angles. Thanks for the resources too.

Can Rogerthat: Thanks heaps for finding those resources. Bisexuals definitely have additional motives to say closeted and some are applicable to homosexuals. Update 25/10/2014 - just read the article, very interesting, it would have been good to incorporate its findings but it will require too much restructuring at this stage.

U3084587: Great idea and I plan to work in religious factors soon. Your other ideas are good too, but it really depends on time and maybe word limit.

Jtneill: as above, but thanks for pointing that out and helping me with the title and formatting.

Xlc: Cheers for fixing up my reference list. I'll look into Taylor's work at the end. For now I am concentrating on the body of the page (and will fix up the references at the very end - probably Sunday night), so please don't be disappointed if it's not swish in the mean time.

Laney3691: Thanks very much for your comments, it's so nice to get positive feedback! You're right about the table: it's not clear. Hopefully I'll get my head around rewording it tomorrow (I'm too tired now). I wish I could find more information about homosexuality and coming out in non-developed countries, but I guess the very nature of the problem makes it very risky for researchers to study this. Nevertheless, this does need more than a one-liner and so I've included a note in the overview section.

ShaunaB - Talk

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:09, 27 November 2014 (UTC)