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Originally Posted by Willravel
If I may interject for a second, have you ever spent even a moment considering whether or not you may be bisexual? I don't think that's abnormal for a heterosexual and doesn't necessarily make you bisexual or even bi-curoious. I asked myself that question when I was maybe 16 or 17 because I had my first friend that happened to by gay. After I honestly considered it, I reaffirmed my heterosexuality and moved on. I've never been sexually attracted to a man and I'm consistently sexually attracted to women. If, however, upon consideration I realized that I might be attracted to men, I would have probably been happier in the long run.
Maybe Strange, and everyone else for that matter, should in the most honest way possible ask that difficult question of him or herself. Just in case. The last thing you want to do is live a lie. Hopefully.
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I think everyone has considered their sexuality, whether consciously or subconsciously. I don't think we simply "default" to purely heterosexual or purely homosexual and be done with it, only to have the picture muddled as we experience life.
I think it's difficult, however, to end up living against your sexual orientation based on cultural conditioning. Gay parents don't make gay children. You can't catch gay, and all that. So how could one become straight if they were already gay? Homosexuality occurs in children. It's not simply something that pops up in puberty and beyond.
There are, of course, cases where people hide their sexuality. Closeted gays, I imagine, could find themselves in a position where they are fooling not only others, but themselves.
The way Strange framed the issue seemed to imply that gays can simply consider switching teams based on peer pressure or other cultural pressures. But it's not like they chose to be gay.