Homosexuality

[noun] sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one’s own sex.

Ex: Homosexuality is still something many people who are attracted to members of the opposite sex have a very hard time accepting.

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Take a look around you—words are everywhere! On TV and the radio, in magazines and newspapers, online, at school, in the mall, even at sporting events. Many people are trying to give us information, and they’re using words to do it. Of course, that seems fairly obvious; how else would someone try to tell you something, right? But have you ever stopped to think about why people choose certain words? Have you ever wondered why they might have picked those specific words to communicate their messages?

Consider, for example, the multip...

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Power Words

Homosexuality