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Denying One's Desires Tied to Homophobia
New studies suggest those who express virulent dislike of homosexuals may have an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex. Researchers also discovered homophobia is more pronounced in individuals who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires.
The study is the first to document the role that both parenting and sexual orientation play in the formation of intense and visceral fear of homosexuals, including self-reported homophobic attitudes, discriminatory bias, implicit hostility towards gays, and endorsement of anti-gay policies.
“Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves,"
Top 5 homophobes who turned out to be gay
5. Ted Haggard
4. George Rekers
3. California State Sen. Roy Ashburn
2. Republican Florida state Rep. Bob Allen
1. Larry Craig
An interesting take on the causes of homophobia
Here's one list of haters who were outed
This makes perfect sense to me and it doesn't apply only to homosexuality. It's like someone who's out there accusing pretty much everyone, regardless of actual circumstances, of racism (for example), are projecting their true feelings onto someone else to mask that it's them that really think that way.
To be clear, I'm not saying that's the case in every instance, anymore than the assertions made in the OP are true in every case, just sometimes it is.
I guess I must not be homophobic, because frankly, I just don't give a damn about peoples' sexuality, and get tired of hearing about it as if it's a world-changing phenomenon.
Then don't read the front page news, and don't post in topics like this one that talk about it if you really don't care.I don't give a **** either, and i certainly have no sexual attraction to other men... and i'm bit tired of other peoples sexuality being front page news every goddamn day.
I don't give a **** either, and i certainly have no sexual attraction to other men... and i'm bit tired of other peoples sexuality being front page news every goddamn day.
An interesting take on the causes of homophobia
Denying One's Desires Tied to Homophobia
New studies suggest those who express virulent dislike of homosexuals may have an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex. Researchers also discovered homophobia is more pronounced in individuals who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires.
The study is the first to document the role that both parenting and sexual orientation play in the formation of intense and visceral fear of homosexuals, including self-reported homophobic attitudes, discriminatory bias, implicit hostility towards gays, and endorsement of anti-gay policies.
“Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves,"
Meaningless articles about the relationship status of heterosexual celebrities has been pushed to the front page your entire life, wonder why that never seemed to bother you.
They might as well be ramming it in your face while repeatedly shouting "ACCCEEEEPPPT MEEEE!!!" at the top of their lungs.
Don't worry, Gath. No one actually cares about you accepting them. Your opinion has no bearing on how people live their lives. They'd appreciate it if you'd stop trying to take away their rights, though.
Don't worry, Gath. No one actually cares about you accepting them. Your opinion has no bearing on how people live their lives. They'd appreciate it if you'd stop trying to take away their rights, though.
Because heterosexual coupling is the default norm of human behavior, homosexual coupling is not. :roll:
It's roughly the equivalent of having something like extreme BDS&M or Scientology shoved in your face day in and day out. Even if you don't actively "hate" either phenomena, it is still annoying to have something which bears absolutely no relevance whatsoever to your own, or roughly 95% of the population's, day-to-day life or common frame of reference constantly rammed down your throat.
The other problem is just how inherently forced the whole thing happens to be. It isn't the kind of story that one would naturally expect to hear about in the course of their daily life. It is usually deliberately forced upon the casual viewing audience in the most unabashedly awkward and self-conscious manner possible.
They might as well be smacking you in face with it while repeatedly shouting "ACCCEEEEPPPT MEEEE!!!" at the top of their lungs.
It honestly comes off as being blatant attention whoring more than anything else most of the time.
Because heterosexual coupling is the default norm of human behavior, homosexual coupling is not. :roll:
It's roughly the equivalent of having something like extreme BDS&M or Scientology shoved in your face day in and day out. Even if you don't actively "hate" either phenomena, it is still annoying to have something which bears absolutely no relevance whatsoever to your own, or roughly 95% of the population's, day-to-day life or common frame of reference constantly rammed down your throat.
The other problem is just how inherently forced the whole thing happens to be. It isn't the kind of story that one would naturally expect to hear about in the course of their daily life. It is usually deliberately forced upon the casual viewing audience in the most unabashedly awkward and self-conscious manner possible.
They might as well be smacking you in face with it while repeatedly shouting "ACCCEEEEPPPT MEEEE!!!" at the top of their lungs.
It honestly comes off as being blatant attention whoring more than anything else most of the time.
Yet isn't it ironic how such a large number of homosexually-themed threads on DP are created by self-professed heterosexuals? NavyPride, Texmex, Hicup, cpwill, ontologuy and trfjr are always sniffing around the topic while professing either disgust or lack of interest in it. Suspicious no?
Are they? Yourstar, CriticalThought, and several other self-professed homosexuals start more than their share of threads on here as well, if I'm not mistaken.
You could've fooled me. If acceptance wasn't the goal, there'd be no need for the media to constantly force the issue into public conscious.
Um...yes it does. That's why everyone wants to shove a microphone, a camera, or a Twitter account in front of a potential gay man's face.
To say that this is just about "rights" is ridiculously disingenuous. This is about social acceptance, by and large.
They do too, no doubt, but it's quite personal for them. What makes those I listed, and you for that matter, so interested in a sexual orientation that you claim not to be obsessed with?
They do too, no doubt, but it's quite personal for them. What makes those I listed, and you for that matter, so interested in a sexual orientation that you claim not to be obsessed with?
Social acceptance has already been achieved. The only holdouts are a small but vocal group of bigots.
But it was never your acceptance that anyone was after, either of you. It's the unaffiliated middle, who aren't passionate about discriminating against anyone or in political causes. It was their acceptance that had to be obtained, and it has been. Very few, if any, of folks like that show up on a political debate forum like this one. It was their changing opinion that turned this country to protect gays, and it is their approval that public discussions are geared towards. Yours was never part of the equation. No one expects it, and no one really wants it.
And what makes them so certain that they are being constantly bombarded with demands that they accept homosexuals and homosexuality?
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