Task 3: Chapter 3

ISSUE: HOMOSEXUAL

The Components

1) Identity of Change

The homosexual problem can be seen nowadays which it leads to lack of moral values among the society. This issue may be lessening the potential for the family institution to be continued. This means that the homosexual person is not able to produce offspring when they get married to the same sex.

2) Level of Change

The group that relates to this issue is the young generation, majority. In fact, some of the homosexual people are the old generation. The young generation is mostly involve in homosexual because of they be easily influenced by the western culture.

3) Duration of Change

This kind of issue is unplanned and quantitative. The social change happens in a long period of time, where we can find that homosexual happened a long time ago and this culture is still exist and continue these days.

4) Magnitude of Change

The magnitude of change of this issue is incremental. It is because the number of homosexual people in this world is increasing from day to day.

5) Rate of Change

The homosexual phenomenon still exists and there is no strict law or action taken by the authority to go against this group. This means that the rate of change is continuous. The government itself must come out with specific rule that will prohibit the homosexual group but there is still no further action is taken by the government.

The Variables

1) Technology

The homosexual group is being influenced by internet, television and etc. Mass media plays the important part fro influencing people to become gay. This group is being influenced via watching inappropriate movies and idolized the persons who play the gay roles in the movies.

2) Ideology

People who involve in the homosexual problem are tending to believe and count on people who are as the same sex as theirs. They are interested in believe in them because of their horrible past experiences to not to trust the different gender.

3) Conflict

The homosexual phenomenon is happening because of the inner conflict between the person and his/her family, friends and society. The homosexual person is more interested in having a relationship with the same gender in order to release the conflict happens to him/her.

4) Structural Strains

The homosexual culture is clashing with our culture and religion, so do to other religions. All religions in this world seen the normal love affair between two different genders is acceptable and not with the two same gender. It will lead to a lot of social problems and give bad impacts towards the person who involve in this problem.