Today we present general information about some of the factors that put women at higher risk of cancer.
As
for lesbian health research in general, information is limited on the
prevalence of particular health risk factors among lesbians. The Women’s
Health Initiative (WHI) provides one useful source of data for looking
at differences between lesbian and heterosexual women in the study in
terms of certain health-related risk variables.
1. Religious Implication or Wrath of God
Lev. 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”1
Lev. 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie
with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall
surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them”
Unlike
other sins, homosexuality has a heavy judgment administered by God
Himself upon those who commit it – and support it. This judgment is
simple in that those who practice it are given over to their passions –
which means that their hearts are allowed to be hardened by their sins.
“For
this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women
exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in
the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman
and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing
indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of
their error,” (Rom. 1:26-27).
As a result, they can no longer see
the error of what they are doing. They will not seek forgiveness.
They will die in their sins. They will face God’s holy condemnation.
But, that isn’t all. In addition to the judgment of being given over to
their sin, those involved in it also promote it and condemn others who
don’t approve of their behavior.
“…and, although they know the
ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of
death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those
who practice them,” (Rom. 1:32).
So, in their hearty approval of
homosexuality they encourage others to be trapped in their sinfulness.
They will not trust in Christ’s redemptive work on the cross. Without
Jesus, they will have no forgiveness. Without forgiveness, they will
have no salvation. Without salvation, there is only damnation in eternal
hell. But, we don’t want this for anyone.
2. High Rate of STDs and HIV
They
suffer a high rate of STDs due to the unprotected s*x that always occur
in a girl to girl sexaul intercourse…they engage in a lot of fondling,
intense fingering, mouth-to-v**ina s*x intercourse and mouth-to-anus
s*xual intercourse [in which they suck up vaginal and an*l fluids of
their partner whom they are not even sure of their s*x life…because the
partner might as well be bisuexual meaning…she sleeps with both men and
women…and will definitely have unprotected s*x with 4 out of 12 men
because of the reluctancy in protected s*x awareness that has gone numb
from the already existing unprotected s*x with her female counterparts.
and lesbians never keep one partner…they get down one sensing that you
are one of them and will suck up all their vaginal and an*l fluids
asap…while fingering with either dirty hands or unsterilized s*x toys
that must have been used by or one their numerous partners or
encounters. thereby making the circulation of STDs and HIV amongst them
to be on the high side
3. Overweight.
Body mass index
(BMI), an indication of overweight, differed significantly between
lifetime lesbians and heterosexual women in the WHI, with a greater
proportion of lifetime lesbians having a BMI of more than 27 (52.3% of
lifetime lesbians compared to 45.8% of heterosexual women).
4. History of Pregnancy.
Women
who reported having a lesbian s*xual identity were least likely to have
children (30%), and those reporting a heterosexual identity were most
likely to have children (73%). Slightly more than half (58%) of those
reporting any lesbian same-s*x orientation (identity, behavior, or
desire) indicated that they had biological children. Thus, although
lesbians are less likely to report having biological children than are
heterosexual women, there are still substantial numbers of lesbians who
are parents, particularly if these figures include adoptive or other
nonbiological parents. In the WHI sample, lesbians were much less likely
to have ever been pregnant than were heterosexual women. These
differences were particularly pronounced for lifetime lesbians of whom
34.1% had previously been pregnant, compared to 61.2% of the mature
lesbians and 89.9% of the heterosexual women.
5. The Health Impacts of Stress
Lesbians,
similar to other stigmatized individuals, likely experience stress
related to the difficulties of living in a homophobic society. Stress
may result from the burden of keeping one’s lesbian identity secret from
family or coworkers, being excluded by physicians from making health
care decisions for a gravely ill lesbian partner or, among many other
factors, being the target of violence or other hate crimes. Hostility
and isolation are very potent forms of stress that contribute to
allostatic load by leading to elevated levels of the stress hormones
(McEwen, 1998; Powch and Houston, 1996).
Although the precise
health effects of stress on lesbians have not yet been examined
systematically, some hypotheses can be made about their possible health
risk based on information about both the stress effects of
discrimination on other groups and the stress effects of socioeconomic
status.9 It can be hypothesized that lesbians who experience such forms
of psychosocial stress sustain negative effects similar to those of
other groups that experience discrimination.
It can also be
hypothesized that stress effects may be greatest for lesbians who are
subject to multiple forms of discrimination.
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