Originally Posted by
Lyris:
“Have to agree with you actually. There are lots of things wrong with that article (for a start it seems to confuse homo- and bi-sexuality), and don't worry about going on - to a straight person such as yourself (i'm assuming) it must be a little annoying to be told that your sexual orientation is a social construct and that you're really something else - the same way it's offensive for bisexuals to be told they're either straight or gay. So yep, that blows my little theory apart!
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I am straight yes, and I am also painfully aware that sexuality and what is 'sexual' is a social construct - as a straight man it is very difficult for me to express love (non physical) for another man without it being frowned upon- which is why straight men can seem (to gay persons) rather repressed - it's cos we are!
Physically I only have eyes for the ladies, but that shouldn't mean I should not be allowed to express love for another man, yet society deems certain behaviour as 'sexual' and does not like it: notice the difference in English/Italian culture where men can kiss other men in one but not the other without raising eyebrows.
Er, I'm not sure what I'm being told that I am.