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In reply to the discussion: Why would a straight person chose to be anything other than straight? [View all]WingDinger
(3,690 posts)97. Not the gay closet. the straight one.
The one that makes us adhere to heterosexuality, no matter the cause. Religion, tradition, expectation, instruction, peer pressure, etc. All that would persuade you to maintain straight orientation. Around the late sixties, early seventies, bisexuality, was seen in many quarters as trying all choices. If you were a R and Roll star, and hadnt even tried venturing outside your hetero space, you at least faked it. Now, you had better choose. All I'm sayin is, the tactic makes it more likely that hetero's are likely to stay that way, as dabbling over the line is frowned upon as confused.
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Why would a straight person chose to be anything other than straight? [View all]
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
OP
I agree, I just enjoyed pointing out to this person that perhaps they are gay/bi and haven't come
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#5
To brand those that question whether Gay is inborn or not, may make you FEEL good, but is counterpro
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#24
By making Bisexuality some kind of aberration, and solidly restraining yourself to one or the
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#41
You can still have the continuum concept and accept that we don't choose how we are.
CJCRANE
Apr 2012
#60
The "ALL sexual identity is 100% inborn" argument is TOOOO close to so-called "Natural Law"
patrice
Apr 2012
#78
I agree! It just came to me this am because it occurred to me that I have zero attraction to other
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#18
Plus, if you date someone with the same body type and size, you double your wardrobe.
Arkana
Apr 2012
#33
We have a choice to treat those who love us with dignity, compassion, honesty and loyalty -
hedgehog
Apr 2012
#10
An organic choice is, that you didnt get a worksheet, or multiple choice test.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#22
Why? Do we need to end fodder to freaks like Bachmann and her homophobe husband?
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#29
I am ambidextrous, by practice, not heredity. There are likely related changes to my brain.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#57
I think you're confusing forcing a thing, and merely observing the reality of a thing.
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#58
You can almost see the "light bulb" go on over their heads when they are asked.....
Fla Dem
Apr 2012
#68
I still ask, other than the fear of freaks like Bachmann and her hubby, what is to be gained by SHUT
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#37
If sucking toes was a choice, would Dickwad Morris choose it? And have to TOE Hannity's line?
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#32
It's about biology. Individual biologies vary. About that variation: One of the major tools
patrice
Apr 2012
#44
Yes! And BECAUSE that is possible, so is the converse. SOME, i.e. not all, who are bisexual
patrice
Apr 2012
#63
What you are blaming on caucasians, is in large part, the result of choosing a horse in the race.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#69
That kind of static zero-sum thinking has cost us so profoundly EVER so much more than we will
patrice
Apr 2012
#71
What you say is the sense in which the statement "Freedom isn't free" IS true. It takes utter
patrice
Apr 2012
#83
Unlike LGBT, there is less utility in deeming you as choosing or inheriting.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#70
It is possible to wonder that about those who are trying to tell us that ALL sexual identity is 100%
patrice
Apr 2012
#87
He, he . . . I kind of thought that post didn't seem all that characteristic of you ...
patrice
Apr 2012
#89
BTW, neither do I. And some of us can be psychologically vulnerable to members of the same sex
patrice
Apr 2012
#94
Even bisexuality is not a choice, though it is commonly and mistakenly thought to be.
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2012
#79
Nature/biology does not exist/develop in a vacuum. The context in which it evolves is physical &
patrice
Apr 2012
#84
I must say: I am soooooo happy! to see an intelligent civil debate about this here on DU now.
patrice
Apr 2012
#81
"... only way ..."??? Or a person could just choose, more or less authentically, to not act on
patrice
Apr 2012
#93