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- From: rowe@engin.umich.edu (Steven Rowe)
- Subject: Re: Oprah 11/19
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 03:46:28 EST
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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- In article <1992Nov20.040700.26375@col.hp.com> smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >(This is from my wife, using my account...it's her first time using
- >USENET, so cut her some slack...)
- > [...]
- >1) I believe that whether a person is gay or straight depends on genetics.
- >Therefore, when a person is born, it has already been determined...being
- >gay is not "learned behavior that one can change" as the religious fanatics
- >would have us believe. Is this belief correct?
-
- That depends on who you ask, I think. Proof by example: my friend Jeff,
- who is gay, believes that he was born gay. I, on the other hand, chose
- to persue men (in addition to women) when I was around 22. My reason for
- that was that I like sex, and wasn't getting it at the time, so I looked
- for an additional source (and found it!)
-
- > 2) During the Oprah episode,
- >several "straight" individuals accused a couple of lesbians on the show of
- >really wanting to be men since they chose to dress or "act" like most people
- >think men should behave. My question then is: Like a heterosexual relation-
- >ship, do homosexual relationships generally have male and female roles...the
- >more dominant individual portraying a male role?
-
- I don't know about "generally" (dangerous word when used to describe people
- or their relationships), but I know that I enjoy taking a passive role with
- men. Hell, I enjoy taking a passive role with women; nothin' like being
- actively jumped, as far as I'm concerned. But some snarks are boojums.
-
- Happy de-muffining, by the way. Hugs to all!
-
-
- --
- Steve Rowe: B0 f- w- c g+ k+ s- e+ r-
- These folks who don't believe in evolution
- are the ones who look the most like they could use some.
- -Frank Allison
-