Numerous factors
have been shown to
be associated with
increased risk of
various health
problems.
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 handling, 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.
Source: Ladun Liadi’s Blog