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Originally Posted by WWC-DonMike
In all seriousness, and with all respect and senserity, being straight is who you are and colors many of the things that you do.
Not all of these may apply, but take a moment to think about them. They are not meant to be an attack on any straight person, just things that WarChild's statement made me wonder about how our sexualities do affect other parts of us.
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Well certainly it colors the things I do, but it's not the core of who I am. I'll answer your following questions as honestly as I can.
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When you go out and you are dressing up to impress, are you trying to impress people of both genders? Or do you really try to look good for the ladies?
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For me, personally, I dress to be comfortable in clothes I like. I could honestly care less who I was impressing. Anyone who knows me probably realizes I put very little effort in to this department. That being said, many people are not like me in that respect.
I submit though, that regardless of who you're dressing to impress, the underlying act is in fact dressing to impress its self. That is, the same person would probably dress to impress others of their chosen sexual preference, regardless of if they were gay or not.
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If you were going to the movies and you had a choice of a romatic comedy featuring a male/female couple or a male/male couple, which would you choose?
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I fucking hate romantic comedy. If that were not the case, I'd most likely chose a male/female couple as it's a situation I could at least relate to. I can't relate to a homosexual relationship, for obvious reasons.
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Ever have a night out with "the guys" so you can talk about the women in your lives? How would that differ if some of "the guys" there were talking about the men in thier lives?
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Of course I have, I think most people have. Again though, the underlying act is talking with "the guys" about the men/women in your lives. It's the same act regardless of what the subject might be. Do you think women sitting around talking about men is all that much different from men sitting around talking about women? The language may vary but the themes are a constant.
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Some people say that two men holding hands in public or one giving the other a peck on the cheek is "flaunting" their sexuality. Ever do that with your heterosexual partner? Are you then flauting your sexuality?
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While some might say that, I would not. I know a lot of gay people, mostly met through a long term relationship with a girl that's in live theatre (Les Mis, Phantom, etc). I never considered gay couples interacting in a way that a straight couple might as flaunting their sexuality.
Interestingly enough though, I think acting like a flaming queer is absolutely retarded. I mean, they weren't born with that stupid fucking lisp. That's in your face gay and it's a repulsive as in your face straight (read homophobic).
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If you got an invitation to a gay or lesbian commitment ceremony would you think it was a gay couple pushing their lifestyle on you? Would you think you were pushing your lifestyle on a family friend or relative when you send invitations to a wedding or engagement party?
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Personally I wouldn't think anything was being pushed on me. Again, pushing your lifestyle on me is not inviting me to a function that I can choose to attend or not.
Using the theatre as a point of refference again, if I've met 100 male dancers, all but 1 of them were gay. I can remember specifically a cast of 8 or so gay male dancers pressuring the 1 straight guy with shit like "How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tried it?". Now that's pushing your lifestyle on someone and actually led to one of them having a fat lip. It took that to shut him up finally.
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Again, I mean no offense, just wanted to give people something to think about. :)
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None taken. :)
