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 Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:04 am
I just ran across this article on Yahoo and was curious as to what everyone thought of it?
(And if the article says server can't be found, just highlight the link and click enter and it will load. I have no clue why it won't load correctly from the start. ._.
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:27 am
You cannot choose to be attracted to one gender or the other. You can, however, choose whether or not to identify yourself as being gay.
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:27 am
Lesbians tend to have more choice in the matter than gay men as women are more ambiguous in their attractions.
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:24 am
Interesting responses and poll results thus far.
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:52 am
Saturnrise Lesbians tend to have more choice in the matter than gay men as women are more ambiguous in their attractions. if you believe in homosexuality as a choice then I can see what you mean. If you're talking about attraction choice as in orientation (man attracted to man, woman attracted woman etc.) then I would disagree but if it was in a general attraction (appearance and personality) then I do agree with you. but like hm... how to put it... it's true I've noticed the same thing in a sense but when it comes to a woman's orientation I feel she can be flexible with her preference of attraction, but only in the gender and sex she is attracted to which in my own personal opinion is not something that is chosen. so while I feel that what you said holds truth, I feel though that both men and women have an equal say in what gender and sex they are attracted to, which is none. I feel its only the attraction of personality and attraction to the levels of masculinity and femininity in that gender or sex that can be chosen, and in that sense women are much more open. If that makes sense. You may not agree and that's fine. I just thought i'd throw my own opinion in there. smile Also when I say "gender and sex" I mean what a person Identifies themself with along with their physical sex. And sorry if I misunderstood what you said and made an irrelevant or misguided opinion of your comment >.<
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:14 am
wittysippycup You cannot choose to be attracted to one gender or the other. You can, however, choose whether or not to identify yourself as being gay. Yeah I completely agree.
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:59 am
Saturnrise Lesbians tend to have more choice in the matter than gay men as women are more ambiguous in their attractions. Let's not make generalizations now. I, myself, happened to have no choice in the matter.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:06 pm
wittysippycup You cannot choose to be attracted to one gender or the other. You can, however, choose whether or not to identify yourself as being gay. I totally agree with this, I mean, do straight people choose to be straight? But I guess in a way it's totally different: people are usually automatically assumed straight, so they don't have to really choose to identify theirselves. Anyway, as I was saying... I kind of wonder why she would say such a thing, it's just not what someone would say. I don't think it was a publicity stunt, but I don't think she knew what she was really saying either (am I the only one who got that impression?). It's actually kind of puzzling. I'm sure most of us can say that we didn't just choose to be gay one day just because we felt like it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:13 pm
This is just ignorance in my opinion, Of course she has the power
of free speech as we all do. But it'll just make it harder for everyone
else in the GLBT community. Because, in my opinion it isn't a choice
whether you're Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual. Things like
this just makes it even more troublesome and difficult to help defend
that sexual orientation isn't a choice. Especially coming from a celebrity who has
media power, it's just like a slap in the face. (in my opinion). I constantly try
and convince my own mother that I didn't choose this. But crap like this
doesn't help me prove that, I guess it's just easier for some to believe
that it's a choice rather then giving birth to 'gay' children. Though, in my
personal opinion being a lesbian is more acceptable in 'society' against
being a gay man. Where I live I've been asked several times to move away
from boyfriends in public and we were just holding hands. While my lesbain
friends are allowed to kiss, hold hands and cuddle... (not like I'm against
that either, it just seem's unfair) maybe that's just where I live,
so no offense to anyone else, just kind of what I've seen.
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:21 pm
There is too much emphasis on the hows and whys one does become gay, lesbian or transgendered as if there is something wrong with the end result. I can come up with other analogies as in why one likes a certain sports team or a band and the list goes on yet despite that I may not like what that person is interested in, he or she is still a person.
Hipsters on the other hand, I don't get it =/
Meli Beyond the 7th Dimension!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:15 pm
I don't think anyone can choose to be gay but they can choose to behave in that way. You can't choose what you are genuinly attracted to but you can choose who you pretend to like.
That being said, though being gay isn't a choice, if it were we shouldn't be prosecuted for that choice. It should be ours to make and no one should be able to punish you for it.
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