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Re: New poll: sexuality and Lugnet
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:04:28 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jeff Pelletier wrote:
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This may be a surprise to you, but you don’t have to have sex to be gay.
That distinction really needs to be made.
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That does surprise me. Now I’m curious-- what does made someone gay?
Merely the fact that they are attracted to the same sex?
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Let’s turn the tables on that question. What makes someone hetero? Merely the
fact that they are attracted to the opposite sex?
If the answer is no to the above questions does that mean that virgins are
neither homosexual or heterosexual but stuck in some asexual limbo?
-Orion
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) John asked a simple question which I think is a common misconception. It can be summed up with a few definitions which should help clarify (and these definitions are scholarly, you can disagree with them if you wish - I'm just putting out (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | Re: New poll: sexuality and Lugnet
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| (...) Hmmm. Can we do that? You are implying that the two are equal and interchangable things. It seems to me that being heterosexual is the default, and then something happens (socialization, etc), and some become gay. There is a great deal of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) That does surprise me. Now I'm curious-- what does made someone gay? Merely the fact that they are attracted to the same sex? What about heterosexuals who "opt into" the lifestyle? What makes them gay? JOHN (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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