RE: Are you okay with your (or your partner's) vajayjay?
October 7, 2015 at 2:00 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2015 at 2:09 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
Homophobia is bigotry. Being repulsed by the thought of having gay sex is sexual identity.
Homophobia is the public expression of one's preferences in order to denigrate those who don't share your preferences.
I find the idea of sucking a dick revolting, for myself; not because of germs, but because psychologically, sexual relations with a man are distinctly not what I want. I wasn't raised to think gays are bad, that I shouldn't be one, or anything like that. I've got a couple of different reasons, I think, for feeling that way; one is my innate sexuality, which is heterosexual; another is that as a child I was molested by way of being forced to fellate my molester.
I also have very close relationships with gays of both genders. I've campaigned for equal rights for gays. I'm not a homophobe. I'm a person who finds the idea of sucking a dick revolting.
I think you're taking the etymology of the word too literally, rather than focusing on usage, which is, of course, the crux of language.
Homophobia is the public expression of one's preferences in order to denigrate those who don't share your preferences.
I find the idea of sucking a dick revolting, for myself; not because of germs, but because psychologically, sexual relations with a man are distinctly not what I want. I wasn't raised to think gays are bad, that I shouldn't be one, or anything like that. I've got a couple of different reasons, I think, for feeling that way; one is my innate sexuality, which is heterosexual; another is that as a child I was molested by way of being forced to fellate my molester.
I also have very close relationships with gays of both genders. I've campaigned for equal rights for gays. I'm not a homophobe. I'm a person who finds the idea of sucking a dick revolting.
I think you're taking the etymology of the word too literally, rather than focusing on usage, which is, of course, the crux of language.