RE: Misconceptions about Homosexuality
June 11, 2010 at 10:37 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2010 at 11:02 pm by Violet.)
(June 11, 2010 at 8:48 am)Dotard Wrote:(June 11, 2010 at 2:14 am)Saerules Wrote: I certainly don't, but I am aware of the stereotypeHowever, it would be a fallacious thing to suggest of all "gay men" (Even if it was/is largely true).
I don't know if Pippy was suggesting "all gay men", I certainly wasn't. I never met you personally Sae, but I'd bet a dime to a dozen doughnuts you have those mannerisms and speech. I believe Pippy was asking if gayness was not a learned behavior then where did/do you 'pickup' the accent/mannerisms?
I'd have to say you'd have lost a dime-a dozen doughnuts then
Of course... I'm not 'gay', so I suppose it really doesn't matter at all I'm very erratic when I speak... and my mannerisms can hardly be lumped into any one group.
In fact, you would find much more in common between me and most autistics than you would between me and the gay stereotype. So I suppose the real question is: Just what is this "accent" that the stereotype gay is supposed to have, and what are these mannerisms? If you can tell me that they exist... then you can certainly tell me what they are Dotard Wrote:I'd like to see you name one, just one 'privilege' I have gotten in my lifetime just because I am a white heterosexual male.
1: People do not often make those attributes ('white', 'heterosexual') objects of conversation. This happens to be a "privilege" you enjoy... you also do not enjoy the "privilege" of being feared. 'Privilege' is a term evaluated differently by us all. Some people do not want to be 'seen'... and so it would be advantageous for them if they looked mediocre... uninteresting... "normal". They would view it as a privilege to be typical (looking). It would be a disadvantage to be viewed as typical if one wished to not be viewed as typical
In fact... instead of a privilege, that person might view their status as typical as a curse Maleness is discussed way the fuck too much if you ask me... as is femaleness. We need to talk about Steve the Talking Slingshot more... why all the hate people?
Entertaining version of Saerules' explanation:
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
