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- From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Subject: Re: Conversions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.044653.9551@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Sender: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
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- Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
- References: <1993Jan6.060143.19761@udel.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:46:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.060143.19761@udel.edu>
- litterst@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Stephen Litterst) writes:
- >As I looked around at the bifolk that I was hanging around with
- >that weekend I heard (what I assumed) to be good-natured joking around about
- >various people's attempts to "convert" other people. Im my limited experience
- >outside of this group, I tend to notice females doing this more often than
- >males. Is this normal? Is this ethical? Or am I just being a prude?
-
- I would agree with the general sentiment that (seriously speaking) everyone
- has a right to work out their own sexual identity free from coercion, and
- that nobody knows better that yourself what your answers should be.
-
- At the same time, I would not be shocked by joking about it, so long
- as it was not taken too seriously. Bi and gay folk have been accused of
- "recruiting" so long that it is a change to have a little fun with
- the idea. While it's not true that *everyone* is bisexual (at least
- by my lights), it can be humorous to imagine the possibilities ;)
-
- As some one else said, ethics depend on issues like consent,
- coercion, and communication. I would keep a long ways away from
- someone who tryed to "hard sell" me on anything, but I don't have
- a problem with gentle encouragement, so long as people make their
- positions and biases reasonably clear.
-
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