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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
in my judgment it is the opinion of a human being. Sex to me is not some purely mechanical unthinking reaction.
It has an emotional basis based on lust, attraction, affection - a whole number of human emotions and conditions.
The same nerve endings may have the same mechanical reaction if you stroke your pet dog, or you strole an animal corpse - but do we suppose we cannot tell the difference? Our reaction to any physical stimulation happens in the context of our feelings and pyshcological view.
Again, I am not saying there is anything morally wrong with a male finding pleasure in being anally penetrated, but I say again that such a state would normally mean that the person had some homosexual feelings.
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You're right, sex is more than just a mechanical reaction, but what I'm saying is that there is a natural reaction there. To outright dismiss it is naive at best.
Of course there's context, that happens with every sense. If we were to blindfold you and have you smell some food cooked up, and it smelled really good, if you knew it was your pet puppy, you'd react very differently than finding out it was chicken. But if you weren't told, you'd probably have no problem eating it because you wouldn't have that mental block from that stigma getting in the way. If you view something with enough of a negative stigma attached to it in your own mind, of course you won't enjoy it. Not to say that you would enjoy it otherwise, but adding baggage to it will definitely make it impossible to enjoy.
All I'm saying is don't bullshit about it. You have a stigma attached to it so it won't work for you. That's fine. I have no interest in it either and know (or at least have a really good idea) that I probably wouldn't enjoy it, but I'm not going to sit here and automatically lump everyone that would into being gay or bi so that I feel better about that.
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Now, to me - the fact that I am called homophobic for saying a particular thing is homosexual is in fact an indication of an underlying cultural homophobia that that person at least accepts as colouring their world view. The assumption is made that if I call something homosexual I am making a negative or insulting judgment.
In fact I am not prejudiced, and I do not in my world view see any moral difference between homosexual and heterosexual actions - and a great many people are capable of both.
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So you're saying because people felt that your post was homophobic, it makes them homophobes automatically?
*YOU* were the one who implied that anyone who engaged in prostate massage was automatically gay or bi. The "I'm rubber, your glue" defense doesn't work so well in this sort of conversation.