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General Public Busybody Theory
- wallflower 17y agoI remember reading that one reason homophobia is so difficult to address is because it may be rooted in misogyny (e.g. they hate women and because of that they hate men who act feminine, like women).
- RevRal 17y ago>In general, I mean. Not everyone seems to have this impulse to boss people around, but it does seem to be very common, and it seems like a majority of people have it to some degree, some more than others. Then the problem appears to be related to the problem of carseats: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/steven_levitt_on_child_carseats.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/steven_levitt_on_child_car... What else can we unify with this?
- eru 17y agoI do not know if you can put homophobia in the same pot as the carseats. There's no harm to children involved in homosexuality. The mechanisms for inciting legislations seem different.
- thwarted 17y agoWhile rationale people know that there is no harm to children involved in homosexuality, the unfounded association of homosexuals and pedophiles along with fear of homosexuality can often be found in the rhetoric for legislation and policy decisions (like not allowing teachers who are homosexual).
- eru 17y ago> (like not allowing teachers who are homosexual) Do you really have those kinds of laws? I heard that homosexuals weren't allowed in the military in the US, and that seemed bad enough. How backwards can it get?
- thwarted 17y agoIt may not be a matter a law but of policy (legal or not), as I said. Some interesting links: http://www.google.com/search?q=teacher+fired+for+being+gay http://www.google.com/search?q=teacher+fired+for+being+gay http://www.abanet.org/irr/hr/yared.html http://www.abanet.org/irr/hr/yared.html Kind of old: http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/gay-teacher-wrongfully-fired-aclu-charges http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/gay-teacher-wrongfu... So, to answer your question: it can get pretty backwards.
- richcollins 17y agoPersonally, I'm male and, sexually speaking, I like women. I'm glad we established that.
- kes 17y agoI think this statement is far more ingenious than you are giving it credit for. I think that you could interpret this to say "I like women sexually, but not socially or mentally". Now, I'm certainly not saying that this reflects his feelings, but that phrase certainly made me chuckle the first time I read it.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agofirst of all, the majority of people are inclined to be busybodies. this is one of the major roots of all problems anywhere.