Dangit I'm working hard today but I want to be in on the bi discussion!! There is desfinitely abhuge "bi now gay later" feeling for guys, and a "it's just a phase" feeling for girls. I think it's a social thing as much as anything--men are much more willing to date bi women ("that's hot!") than women are to date bi men ("I'm not your beard!"--though I think that's changing), thus it bwcoems a self fulfilling prophecy. And like Kate P said, at least for women, you meet more straight men than you do queer women. (for men, you can meet as many gay men as women open to datiing a man who's slept with men, I expect).
That all said--teppy, your thing with queer made me smile remembering a convo had with a friend re another friend who is a transguy, dating a girl who IDs as straight. And we were all "yes, not to invalidate his male identity, but there's something fairly queer about being willing to date a trans guy".
Has there ever been a supervillian called The Master of Sock-puppets or somesuch? If not, there should be.
Well, there was a villain on the Tick (animated version) where a big, dumb goon was wearing a puppet, and the puppet was the brains of the operation. I can't remember the characters' name, though.
"Read a BOOK!!!!"
I think maybe the ability to go out on the Internet (and radio and TV to a certain extent) and find support for your position, no matter how ignorant it is, has insulated people against facts and actual experts.
ignorance is bliss?
eta: in response to Allyson
Also, I see this more and more: "Everyone has a right to their opinion."
Yeah. The inability of people to agree on
facts
is really fucking this country up politically.
I think it's that you work at JPL, Allyson. You don't spend a lot of face time with the "Don't make me think!" crowd.
Apparently my straight FTM cousin doesn't tell his dates early on that he's trans. I have no idea how I'd deal. I think the whiplash of expectations would be a big deal--is it easier to come to terms with that up front, or to already fall for someone and then process it later?
Then again, I think he's a fairly religious Jew (and, obviously, black), so the whole dating thing is massively complicated.
Also I think the media (in least in this country) has gotten lax about trying to report actual facts, preferring to cover the debate instead.
Also I think the media (in least in this country) has gotten lax about trying to report actual facts, preferring to cover the debate instead.
Yeah, that's a definite problem. Especially when you have two sides to an issue, where one side is mostly right and the other side is insane.
Paul Krugman once wrote that if Republicans came out saying the world is flat and Democrats said it was round, the headlines would read: "Shape of the World: Two Opposing Views"
