Steam Punk Adept
I don't understand how someone could possibly state they are not attracted or would not date someone of a the same sex.
It's real easy. I'm just not attracted to it.
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how they have tried to justify not being attracted to or refusing to date someone of the same gender - and on each and every occasion I've always, regardless of the person's sex, have always called bullshit.
Kay. Calling bullshit isn't going to make me attracted to boys.
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People always claim to have a good reason as to why they refuse to date someone of the same gender, and I've always found them to be far from there.
Not having any attraction to them sounds like a pretty damn good reason to me.
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The person's reasons are always rooted in type of form of sexism ( "I'm just not attracted to d**k." "I prefer someone with boobs." )
That's not sexism. That's heterosexuality.
You can't MAKE a gay person be attracted to anyone of the opposite gender, any more than you can make a straight attracted to the same.
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or sexual stereotypes ( "I don't like guys/girls because they are masculine/feminine." "Gay girls/boys are too aggressive. I would NEVER date one!" ).
Ok, THAT is sexism.
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How someone could possibly think that it's okay or "perfectly normal" to use these as reasons to not date someone is beyond me.
Dating isn't platonic. Attraction is a necessity.
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Moreover, a lot of homosexuals (mostly men) tend to avoid navigating outside of their gender circle because a) they are afraid of being rejected (whether people want to admit it or not, a lot of straight males have a habit of telling a gay man that he is "a disturbing queer" or "if you were a woman, I would totally date you." ) and b) being judged by people, mostly males.
I'm not going to pretend to be attracted to a gay guy to spare his feelings. Not only would he be devastated if he ever found out, but he'd be kept, until then, away from searching for someone who IS attracted to him.
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(I also challenged those that DO think in the way that I have stated above to think and reconsider their beliefs; believe or not, your "preferences" are hurtful and discriminatory. And yes, it is also a byproduct of subtle and embedded sexism (and, in the case of LGBT, internal sexism).
It seems to me that you want to lift bisexuality on a pedestal, as though it were the only sexuality free from sexism, which seems to me just a bit intolerant, of both heterosexuality, and homosexuality.