07-29-2006, 07:10 AM
The reasons the sterotype exists dates back to the nineteen sixties. The Beetles were number one, blacks and asians had just begun to be treated better, barriers around sex were being torn down, and "free love" was being advocated by thousands of youths: politics really entered the lives of teenagers and young people. With Vietnam, they began to stand up and say "That's not right!" But, this opened the government, the establishment, the authority and social rules up for further questioning. "What's so bad about sex outside marrage? What's so wrong about putting things into your own body?"
And so, a culture of "Free Love" appeared. Homosexuals sat up and listened: "What's this? Freedom of Speach, Free Love? What're these?" Did they suddenly have the right to say "Yes, I love my own gender"? Did they suddenly have the right to hold hands in public?
They thought so. Suddenly, the world was open to them. They could do what they wanted, and centuries of sexual repression reared it's head: Free Love lead to promiscuity, simply on the basis that they were overjoyed at the possiblity of acceptence, and wanted to flaunt their freedom. This belief in Free Love values has also manifested itself in that rainbow banner. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite like that. Thus, they had to resport to their own pro-homosexuality movements, and they were scarred with the sterotype of pormiscuity. This sterotype carries on, because flaunting it enough will apparently lead to acceptance.
Your friend doesn't agree with this flaunting attitude, that's all. By seperating everyone into gays and streights, it's just like deviding oranges and lemons. That's what he meant by "other species". I think he just hadn't thought that through as clearly as he might've.
And so, a culture of "Free Love" appeared. Homosexuals sat up and listened: "What's this? Freedom of Speach, Free Love? What're these?" Did they suddenly have the right to say "Yes, I love my own gender"? Did they suddenly have the right to hold hands in public?
They thought so. Suddenly, the world was open to them. They could do what they wanted, and centuries of sexual repression reared it's head: Free Love lead to promiscuity, simply on the basis that they were overjoyed at the possiblity of acceptence, and wanted to flaunt their freedom. This belief in Free Love values has also manifested itself in that rainbow banner. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite like that. Thus, they had to resport to their own pro-homosexuality movements, and they were scarred with the sterotype of pormiscuity. This sterotype carries on, because flaunting it enough will apparently lead to acceptance.
Your friend doesn't agree with this flaunting attitude, that's all. By seperating everyone into gays and streights, it's just like deviding oranges and lemons. That's what he meant by "other species". I think he just hadn't thought that through as clearly as he might've.