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Homosexuality and Manliness
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May 3, 2013, 11:26:09 PM5/3/13
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A lot of people equate homosexuality with effeminacy or not being a real man. Quite simply, they must not have known too many homosexuals.
Clearly there are people among the homosexual community who are in fact effeminate, or who feel closer to women than they do to men. However there are others who are not effeminate at all. I had a friend in the university, a homosexual named Doug, who was very manly - more so than most straight men.
This person knew martial arts, drove a motorcycle and wore a black leather jacket. He was brave enough to go by himself to rural Nigeria and to persist in his research even though he was almost beaten to death. He constantly took on corrupt interests that were bigger than him. And if you crossed him, it was bad for you.
There are some people who say that to every law there is an exception; but there's no exception to real laws such as gravity. A much more rightful claim is that to every false generalization there is an exception; and Doug is a refutation to the false generalization that homosexuals are not "real men." This person was more manly than most people who equate homosexuality with effeminacy. People like that shatter stereotypes and demand of people to see things more clearly. Doug is the proof that homosexuality does not equal effeminacy or weakness, and the more there are people like that in any stigmatized social group the better.
Thus, we see people in America equating black people with laziness, violence, drugs and leeching - that is, until a black person becomes US President. Or we see people equating women (particularly attractive women) with stupidity - until, that is, an attractive young blonde becomes the youngest professor in the world. We saw hippies being regarded as good-for-nothing bums, then a hippie named Steven Jobs invented the first marketable personal computer. The more stereotypes of this sort are shattered, the clearer are things seen, the more informed are the decisions, and the better it is for everyone.
Clearly there are people among the homosexual community who are in fact effeminate, or who feel closer to women than they do to men. However there are others who are not effeminate at all. I had a friend in the university, a homosexual named Doug, who was very manly - more so than most straight men.
This person knew martial arts, drove a motorcycle and wore a black leather jacket. He was brave enough to go by himself to rural Nigeria and to persist in his research even though he was almost beaten to death. He constantly took on corrupt interests that were bigger than him. And if you crossed him, it was bad for you.
There are some people who say that to every law there is an exception; but there's no exception to real laws such as gravity. A much more rightful claim is that to every false generalization there is an exception; and Doug is a refutation to the false generalization that homosexuals are not "real men." This person was more manly than most people who equate homosexuality with effeminacy. People like that shatter stereotypes and demand of people to see things more clearly. Doug is the proof that homosexuality does not equal effeminacy or weakness, and the more there are people like that in any stigmatized social group the better.
Thus, we see people in America equating black people with laziness, violence, drugs and leeching - that is, until a black person becomes US President. Or we see people equating women (particularly attractive women) with stupidity - until, that is, an attractive young blonde becomes the youngest professor in the world. We saw hippies being regarded as good-for-nothing bums, then a hippie named Steven Jobs invented the first marketable personal computer. The more stereotypes of this sort are shattered, the clearer are things seen, the more informed are the decisions, and the better it is for everyone.
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