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>But you never hear the same rhetoric about irresponsible promiscuous heteros. We did. Sort of. Heterosexuals weren't singled out for caution about promiscuous
by wsgeorge 6y ago
>But you never hear the same rhetoric about irresponsible promiscuous heteros.
We did. Sort of. Heterosexuals weren't singled out for caution about promiscuous sex, because most of the public messaging assumed heterosexual relations anyway. But the emphasis was always on promiscuity.
- foldr 6y agoNo, you did not see rhetoric accusing heterosexuals as a class of being prone to promiscuous behavior. Unfortunately, even in 2020, it seems to be necessary to spend paragraphs and paragraphs explaining what homophobia is until people get it. Here is an article from 1987 that does some of the work: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-20-me-2954-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-20-me-2954-s...