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Re: gay stereotypes
Taken into account the displeasure expressed by Dave, the delightfully
refreshing perspective of Khoa, the notion of being oppressed, and Apelo's
suggestion of live and let live, it made me think :) Incorporating various
tidbits indeed is an enlightening process for me.
I wonder if the sometimes pompous display by bare-butt, etc .. is an
inevitable reaction/overreaction to the need to be and to assert oneself
against a suffocating feeling of being oppressed/rejected.
As one having little clue about the homosexual experience, I thank you all
for the comments thus far, and look forward to learning more. I must confess
that I find such display, objected by (??), to be unproductive since it
misportrays the norm, and challenges acceptance in an reactionary turn-offish
manner.
It is important, in my mind, to establish communication and relation-
ship among groups of differing experiences. Outrageousness, as useful as it
is at times, unfortunately ends up the only representation that the media
grabs onto and with which the general population entertains into reality.
All that doesn't add up to a very hopeful scenario.
Regards,
777
> While I agree somewhat with the comments being made on the stereotypes
> of certain gay men I want to caution some of you who seem to be really
> upset by those behaviors. Remember you can't expect everyone to behave
> according to your own values and ideas. In fact if you are gay you
> yourself are not behaving according to the values of the dominant
> society. So be careful when passing judgement on others. If you don't
> like those behaviors don't go where you can expect to find them. I for
> one don't go to gay bars (a few excepted), where this is likely to
> happen. (if you are worried about human cloning, go to some of these
> bars and you will see that there are lots, and lots of them already).
> Let people live the way they want. That's the price we pay in a free
> country. Or perhaps you would prefer to live in Singapore where oral sex
> has been declared illegal. Some would restrict sex to the "missionary
> psoition" even between husband and wife. Live your life as you want and
> let others do the same.
> Apelo
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