Reply #10: human sexuality is not, and never has been, an either/or kind of thing . .

[OneBlueSky]

rather, it's a very complex part of our makeup as human beings that exists on a kind of continuum . . .

imagine, if you will, a line extending from 0 to 10 -- 0 being absolutely, completely and totally heterosexual, and 10 being absolutely, completely and totally homosexual . . . everyone is somewhere on this continuum, most closer to the 0, but some closer to the 10 . . . and one's place on the continuum is not static, but can change as one matures and as one's circumstances change . . .

what's most interesting is that, in the entire history of human existence, there has never, ever been anyone who is a 100% pure 0 or a 100% pure 10 . . . everyone has within them the entire range of human sexuality . . . even the most ardent heterosexuals have at least a minute bit of homosexuality in their makeup, and even the most committed homosexuals have at least a little heterosexuality in theirs . . . and therein lies the problem . . .

rather than trying to understand and accept this continuum as part of the human condition, some people -- mostly men -- are so afraid of the homosexual part of their psyches that they lash out against ALL homosexuals . . . they know, at some level, that this part of themselves exists, and it scares them shitless . . . in it's milder form, this fear is manifested as homophobia . . . in it's more virulent form, it can manifest itself as outright homo-hatred . . .