In Gerald Miller's "On Being Persuaded" he talks about the definition of being persuaded. He talks about how persuasion is coercive, and how a lot of times coercive acts are usually followed after all the persuading. Coercive acts are acts that are military force, the use of guns, any economic sanctions, or any force that could be used to threatened a person's social or well being. In this paper I will be trying to compare the different techniques and assertions used in Gerald Miller's "On Being Persuaded" to my own experience dealing with the idea of homosexuality. Out of the three techniques I will only be talking about two, and that will be response-changing. This is the process that helps reinforce convictions and the other is the changing process which is like the attitude change.
             In an earlier paper that I had to write I had to write about what big thing in my life that I had to change my mind or opinion about. In that paper I wrote about my views on homosexuality. I did not agree with homosexuality in any shape, size, or form. In fact I was even a little homophobic. But this all changed when I found out that one of my good friends turned out to be a homosexual.
             I guess in a sense I had to be "persuaded" into liking this fact, or actually persuade my mind into accepting the fact that one of my friends was gay. In a way I think had to deal with the whole social part of befriending someone who was a homosexual. In my head I had two sides that were forming. One was should I befriend the gay person and lose respect from those who looked down on it as something negative, or even have people think that I myself is gay just because I am friends with a gay person and hang around them. But still have a cool guy who had my back in situations or always helped me out when I needed him.
             Or should I ignore my friend who I knew for a good bit and try to appease those who I knew would look dow...