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Possibilities of cohabitation of homosexual couples in European Union countries
BENEŠOVÁ, Veronika
The dissertation thesis deals with the issue of registered partnership and with the attitudes of predominantly homosexual public to that institute, new from both social and legal perspective. The task of the delimitation of theoretical context is to state basic concepts related to the topic. That part deals further with registered partnership, its legal and social aspects in selected European Union countries. The research part includes processing and evaluation of data got by quantitative method of questioning, when opinions of homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual respondents on the current legal regulation of homosexual couples were ascertained with the help of anonymous questionnaire investigation. Also the method of qualitative research in form of group discussion was chosen for processing of the empirical part of the thesis. The goal of the thesis was to ascertain whether the legislation is convenient from the point of view of homosexual couples and whether there are not any forms of discrimination with regard to sexuality. The author deals marginally also the sphere of parenthood in the research part and ascertains whether more female or male couples live together. Last but not least she tries to outline the issue of discrimination. The thesis allows viewing the attitudes of heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual respondents to selected discrimination areas of this issue.
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Ethical questions concerning the homosexual partnership
TAUBROVÁ, Květa
This bachelor thesis deals with the topics which are connected with a partnership between homosexual persons. There is a description of few ethic problems, e.g. registered partnership, adoption by homosexual couples, convention and attitudes towards homosexuality in many different cultures and religions. Some important names e.g. Jiří Hromada (an editor of gay magazines and a gay activist) or important organizations e.g. SOHO, STUD, HRHO and many other organizations are mentioned as well. Homose uality was, is and probably will be discussed very much. It is a worldwide topic not only for ethic, but also for religion. Despite the fact that the Bible does not know the word "homosexuality", we can say that homosexuality is rejected by Scripture. (Lv 18,22; 20,13). The possibility of an adoption can be very often a wish of many homosexual orientated persons. That is why some terms connected with a compensatory family care, a procedure how apply for the compensatory family care and a possibility of IVF are concerned.
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Homosexuality in terms of Roman Catholic churches and organizations in the Czech Republic, which is reported for the rights of gay and lesbian people
MORAVCOVÁ, Jana
The work deals with the phenomenon of homosexuality from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church and organizations in the Czech Republic, represented by the SOHO / Gay Initiative and South Bohemian Lambda, which are espoused to the rights of gay and lesbian people. The first part describes the basic concepts that define homosexuality. It deals with historical perceptions of homosexuality in the line of historical period of humanity, to present a comprehensive empirical evidence. The second part describes the ideological background and practical approaches of the Roman Catholic Church. It deals with the interpretation of the Scripture's texts, and knowledge of Magisterium of the Church's documents in relation to homosexuality. The theme of the third part is the recognition of organizations in the Czech Republic SOHO / Gay Initiative and South Bohemian Lambda. Describe the ideological foundations and practical approaches to gay and lesbian individuals in Czech society. The final chapter compares, based on current empirical knowledge, the homosexual orientation and the ideological resource of selected organizations also reflects the tension in the way of experiencing the gay and lesbian individuals in the Czech society.
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Problematic life situations of person with homosexual orientation
VESELÁKOVÁ, Jesika
Homosexuality may be encountered in all cultural and historical formations. Different cultures have different views of sexuality, its expression and forms in general. The difference of the homosexual orientation and the way this phenomenon is reflected in the society influences the life of persons with homosexual orientation. Individuals are often confronted with an inner conflict with the heterosexual majority, which may result in his existential stress. Mastering problematic situations in life depends on the personality of an individual with homosexual orientation, the expectations of his/her social environment ambience and the support that his/her surroundings that the individual perceives in this environment. At present, there is increasing interest in homosexuality as a social phenomenon. In the theoretical part, I summed up the Euro-American views of homosexuality and outlined the religious roots of the present-day view of homosexuality. Subsequently, I dealt with living conditions connected with the homosexual orientation. The view of problematic life situations and crises of persons with homosexual orientation was, resulting from the substance of the subject, the most important basis for the practical part of my diploma thesis. The basic objective that I endeavoured to fulfil was to describe the life situations and problems that are connected with homosexuality, seen from the subjective point of view of persons with homosexual orientation. I limited the research area to the actual viewing of one?s own minority sexuality by a homosexual man/lesbian woman, and viewing their social background reacting to their different orientation. The study was intended as qualitative research from the very beginning. To conduct the specific research I chose the attitude by means of the phenomenologic research. The experience that an individual had gone through was recorded by means of an interview and subsequently analysed. This interview created a basis for the description and interpretation of the experience conveyed. Drawing on the facts obtained it is possible to recommend various forms of education activity, the purpose of which is a higher information level in both the homosexually and heterosexually oriented public. Further, I recommend drawing up quality methodology focusing on decreasing the homophobic attitudes in the majority society in the Czech Republic. It is necessary to observe a professional attitude lessons on the topic of homosexuality within sexual education at primary schools, which will be based on a unified methodology. To create a legislative basis concerning adoption and assisted reproduction in the Czech Republic, it will be necessary to adopt measures have to be adopted that will eventually result in an absolute elimination of discrimination of the minority with homosexual orientation.
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Comparison of Sociocultural Development in Homosexually Oriented People in Selected Countries of the European Union
KORELOVÁ, Andrea
Opinions and attitudes towards homosexually oriented people and their lives have changed significantly in the last twenty years. Homosexuality is not considered as a sexual deviation any more, and more and more European cultures allow formal and legal existence of the same-sex couples. In some states of the European Union gays and lesbians can become parents legally - they are allowed full joint adoption. The objective of the theoretical part of the thesis was to approach the issue of homosexuality and homosexually oriented people within the context of selected states of the European Union. The main objective of the research part of the thesis was to find out the attitude of the wide public towards the institute of registered partnership (civil union or civil partnership) in the Czech Republic. The partial objective was to survey the public attitude towards the adoption of a child by a single homosexual and towards the adoption of a child by a homosexual couple (full joint adoption) in the Czech Republic. I also wanted to find out, whether the Czech public tolerate the adoption of a child of a homosexual partner or the artificial insemination of lesbian couples. Quantitative research, polling method and an anonymous questionnaire {--} a technique of the research - were used in the practical part.
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The Quality of Life of Homosexual Men and Women
VOKATÁ, Tereza
As late as the past century, the possibility of professional scientific progress on the subject of homosexuality as one of the options of sexual behavior without prejudice and ideological limitation was not possible. The attitude towards homosexuality has changed rapidly during different time periods and among various cultures. By already making homosexuality legal in the early 60{\crq}s, Czechoslovakia was ranked as one of most progressive countries in the world during the last century because it had already legalized homosexuality in the early 1960{\crq}s. Also thanks to the effort of sexologist, this also happened earlier than in the majority of European countries, thanks to the efforts of sexologists. However, the quality of life of homosexual men and women is still limited up to a certain level. This limitation is distinct. Especially in the impossibility of starting a family, which corresponds to the traditional picture of a heterosexual marriage. Among other things, taking care of children in a homosexual relationship is also controversial. Unfortunately, the majority of individuals still has a negative approach towards homosexual people, and therefore this doesn{\crq}t put their quality of life for homosexuals on the same level as that of heterosexual society. The aim of my thesis has been to do research and an analysis of the quality of life of homosexual men and women in several areas, especially in the biological/medical sphere, as well as with the psychological, moral/ethical, educational, cultural, historical, political and religious spheres. The partial aim has been to compare the differences between the quality of life of homosexual men and homosexual women as compare to the differences in the quality of life of the homosexual and heterosexual population. In order to process the empirical part of my thesis, I have chosen the method of qualitative research; for data collection, I have chosen the technique of the interview. The results of this research clearly show that the quality of life of homosexual men and woman is limited, up to a certain level, precisely due to their sexual orientation. On the other hand, it is necessary to say that the majority of homosexuals I spoke with, lives a satisfied life, consider life to be good one and wouldn{\crq}t exchange the position in life with heterosexuals. The majority of those who were interviewed sees the biggest difference between the life of homosexuals and heterosexuals as being the possibility of having children, whether these children are physically their own or adopted. Unfortunately, today there are still people who force some lesbians and gays to hide their sexual orientation. It would be good to a deeper elaboration of the results of this research into smaller units. For example, the influence of family, childhood and adolescence on the individual{\crq}s later orientation could be analyzed more closely. A big topic would definitely be the subject of sexual-based discrimination and another interesting thing would also be to explore more the process of coming-out etc. This diploma can help the students gain further knowledge about our homosexual fellow citizens, and also elementary school teachers could find this information to be useful during sex education classes, during the same time the children are also being taught about other kinds of sexual orientation, apart from the heterosexual one.
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Body image and contemporary society (Research on Gay consumers in the Czech republic)
Rolínek, Igor ; Koudelka, Jan (advisor) ; Shivairová, Olga (referee)
The thesis focuses on body image - defines the main characteristics of this area, describes cultural influences and body image history and explains basic quantitative values (Body Mass Index, Waist Hip Ratio, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis). Furthemore the thesis deals with media influence on body ideal formation process, especially in gay subculture. The research part explores recent situation of body image in gay subculture compared with heterosexual males. This section includes the content analysis of mainstream gay movies which compares media presentation of gays and the real situation and examines media influence on gay body image formation.
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