| that it is ridiculous and offensive to say that people "choose" to be gay, but it is equally ridiculous and offensive to say that the sexuality for the rest of your life is set in stone the second your dad's sperm finishes tunneling into your mom's egg | REGRET INDEX:
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permalink to this result commentsI kind of agree: But that's the difference between saying "oh, you well" and "oh, you may" and right now gay vs. childless carries more judgement?
Sorry I just walked in on this conversation and wasn't really paying attention: I guess this really doesn't make sense in context. I still stand by it, though.
I think what's really most offensive here is the assumption that people are either straight or gay as a rule.: In my experience, it's more of a slider? In which case this might be true for some people, but is less of an issue for others.
I also think it's a slider: But you can be on one of the far ends of it. The offensive thing, then, is the insistance by other people that your preference isn't your preference, like people who argue with your opinions as if they were facts.
But I still believe that, because of the social pressures surrounding the two issues: "oh, you'll be straight for the right person" is more offensive than "oh you'll have kids when the time is right"
It's really the same thing, when you put it that way.: 'Oh, you'll be straight for the right person' is the same thing as 'you can't possibly be in love with this [opposite-gendered person] because you're gay!' - and in the same way. Two sides of the same offensiveness.
That sentence was better semantics before I typed more of it than I could see: I apologize for the bit that doesn't make sense.
But sorry: I guess that discussion is going on in a different regret and I'm getting sidetracked.
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