Essential Skills for Youth Work Practice by Kate Sapin

Author:Kate Sapin [Sapin, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Social Work, Political Science, Public Policy, Social Services & Welfare
ISBN: 9781446272084
Google: NU-LT3uugpMC
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Goodreads: 6043283
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2008-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

Whilst humourous and thought-provoking responses might be used in any setting, the opinionated and probing ones may be more effective once mutual respect has been established. Sign-posting is useful when someone has begun to listen. A decision to challenge directly may be based on recognition of the severity or power of an individual or event. Varied responses, such as those in the examples in Box 7.6, may also be more effective than a ‘broken record’, which can lose meaning.

Box 7.6 Responses to heterosexism

Heterosexist attitude

Lesbian and gay people could just keep it to themselves. They don’t have to tell everyone what they do.

Possible responses

So you think that a young person would volunteer to get a hard time from their friends?

Straight people talk about their boyfriends or girlfriends, kiss in the street, dance, get married, go on holiday together. Why should lesbian and gay people have to hide?

Most lesbian and gay people do keep their relationships and sexuality to themselves – and this kind of self-denial leads to high levels of suicide, drug use, dropping out of school, homelessness...

Most people know about their sexuality when they are 5 years old. Do you really think a 5-year-old shouldn’t be able to talk about this?

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