Why are straight people so intensely effected by homosexuality even though it doesn't directly effect them?
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In case there's any dispute, I'm heterosexual.  However, I very strongly believe in equality for ALL people, regardless of gender, nationality or sexual preference.  I suspect I feel so strongly because I understand descrimination (being a female in a male dominated work place, and because of my religious beliefs) and I hate to listen to narrow-minded, egocentric verbal diarrea that some individuals feel they have a right to inflict upon the world.\n\nI also feel the need to confront and challenge people when they shoot their mouths off in my presence, because so long as people deem it acceptable to spread hatred, they will continue to do so.\n\nIt's okay to disagree, but it's not okay to demoralize a person or a group of people over something they have no control over.\n\nMy advice to anyone who feels as strongly about this as I do, is to never let an oportunity pass to publically embarass somebody (I'm not suggesting a physical altercation) who goes out of their way to hurt people.  Let everyone around see how stupid discriminatory behavior is.  Show these people that this behavior is not acceptable.
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Fear and ignorance.\n\nIf a person gets freaked out by the notion that someone around them is gay it's usually because they are afraid that the gay person will see some obvious gay traits that they have and "out" them.  Not only is this an unreasonable expectation to put onto someone, it leads to fear, hysteria, and violence.  \n\nNobody can "make" you gay, and if you are afraid you might have some traits, YOU DO, everybody does, that alone doesn't make you gay (or straight for that matter!)\n\nGender can be graphed on a bell curve, and everyone has a combination of male and female traits.  It's perfectly normal.  I wish the ones who react with fear could get over their irrationality as much as you do!
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what i find more interesting, is that in the religion questions, everyone is hyper-focused on homosexuality.  like that is the only sin being committed right now.  and like i'm gonna be punished for things that you do.  i'm thinking of doing some research on this.  why has homosexuality become the major focus in religious circles?
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One reason, I believe, is that the appetite for sex seems so overwhelming in gay males.  (Have no idea what the lesbian focus on sex is.) If you are new to the scene, and are exploring and trying to figure things out, this inordinate focus on sex makes things extremely difficult.  Just regular socializing without the intent to "hook-up" is nearly impossible.  Everyone seems to have an angle ending in a sexual situation.  Sheesh.
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I think it is to balance masculine and feminine energies, which is hard in a same sex relationship...\n\n\nYou guys are kidding me that you do not see this correlation, being so politically correct you have to put on rose colored glasses....I am straight but go out to gay clubs and parties just because they are more interesting, and there are always straight people there doing the same thing. Nearly every couple has a top and bottom or aggressor and submissive role player....
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yup - as a teenager I was fairly homophobic if I'm honest, I was trained as a dancer and felt branded as 'gay'.  however by about 20 years I'd seen enough scientific evidence and met several gay men in the profession to change my mind.  It's not their fault, it's in their genetic make-up, they have to live with that too, it's not a choice they make.  However, I still wish they wouldn't be so stroppy!! it's a characteristic I've come to laugh at from time to time, you can stop them from a mile away just from the disturbance!  I don't envy them at all, glad I'm straight, got married and had kids.  There are worse people in the world (like religious folk in cults, like Christianity etc)...
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It's a good question, and I'm glad you asked it. Technically, I agree with your other answerer (bear)- I don't think it should matter, because we are who we are, whatever the cause may be.\n\nNo one really knows what causes sexual orientation. Scientists used to think that there was some sort of "gay gene", which may or may not be inheritable. Now they are thinking it may have more to do with the male or female hormones that people are exposed to before they are born. There seem to be some differences in people's brains that could be caused by that. \n\nI tend to think there is probably more than one thing going into causing sexual preference... that's just me. Other than knowing that I was born bisexual and didn't choose it somehow, I don't really think about it much. But I like that you put heterosexuality in your question as well as being gay and lesbian. Many people ask what causes homosexuality, which prompts me to ask them the question, what causes heterosexuality? But you seem to know what whatever causes one causes the other, which is good. The important thing is to keep in mind that both of them are equally normal, whatever they may be caused by.
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Makes no difference at all. I've worked with some gays that I did not get along with, and some that I did. Just the same with straight people. Sexual preference has nothing to do with it. The biggest thing is whether or not they can do the job.
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It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.  I supposed it's possible that there is some sort of stigma against gay men because it is assumed that all gay men have anal sex.  Some straight people have a harder time with that image in their heads, than of women performing oral sex on each other.  \n\nWhatever the case is, it's a crazy thought.
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the difference between gay and straight has not been officially figured out... or else they would offer a "cure" or something-- like for people who think it is a sin or for those who don't want to be gay.
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Looking at your last few questions, you seem very concerned with putting people into categories. I'm sorry, but life isn't like that. We're all individuals, and we have different tastes, different experiences, different perspectives. Some gay men are body-conscious, some aren't, exactly the same as straight men, or women.
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i think just as the first person, that we as homosexuals are attracted to the same sex as heterosexuals are attracted to the opposite sex.\n\nhave heterosexuals chosen their lifestyle or are they born that way?  most will say that they are born that way.  as a straight man is inherently attracted to women. they probably can find another man good looking, but does not go further with any action of sex with him. Why? because he is not Sexually attracted to him.  \n\nSame as a gay man, we can find a women absolutely gorgeous but does not want to have sex with her. \n\nWe as humans can recognize beauty that can surround us (as with other people) but to be sexually turned on is something that is a biological feature within us. Any person can physically have sex with anyone we choose. for example,  a straight man can physically have sex with another man but is he gay? or a gay man can physically have sex with a women is he straight? I think that sexuality is a very deep subject that has a ton of variables that can not be simply categorized in to it is this because of that.\n\nhistory has shown that homosexuality has been around for as long as sex has been around.  knowing this i have come to the conclusion that homosexuality is a biologic thing.
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The same as us heterosexuals.. Not that we all fell the same all the time either. They're not different from heterosexuals in any other way than that they are attracted to people of the same sex. That is the only difference. Maybe you should specify your question, or get some gay friends :)
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Some people are threatened by other people unlike themselves.  I used to be a lot more intolerant toward homosexuality than I am today.  While I still don't condone it, I am much more tolerant of it because I have met a number of people who are gay, and they are as human as I am.  Today, I believe that a person's orientation is his or her own business, and as long as they're not bothering me, or flaunting themselves indiscriminately, I say live and let live.  Incidentally, I would say the same thing about heterosexuals too.\n     Frankly, I'm not sure why these posts are being taken down.  I haven't noticed.  But I have noticed a lot of other questions on here that are very sexually derogetory, so I hope they're being consistent and removing those too.
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the line between homosexuality and heterosexuality is not a point a to b thing. its a continuum, and yes, id oes  change over time.\nSome people really are not attracted to the same sex, even with all the booze in the world. But I would say that as a species we are curious, so it is in our nature to experiment.\nI live in a same sex union and i was previously married to a man, before i came to terms with my orientation. I was in denial. Like many are who will likely blast you for asking this question ;)
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You recognize a bit of yourself (if youre gay) in others, you can relate to what they are doing.  Straight folks relate to what there gay friends are like, so they might not always be as accurate.\n\nIts not just mannerisms and stereotyped behavior, its presence.
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There are some break through research that homophobes would like to keep under wraps.  It,s looking like homosexuality is more in genetics and brain chemistry.  People can't really turn gay, or at least not for the right reasons.  You can't choose who you are attracted to.