lkk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) (05/28/84)
I'm told by a number of gay friends that bisexuality is frowned upon by both Straights and Gays. Is this true? If so I find it really ironic that a group that is so ostracized by society for its "deviant" lifestyle can then turn around and label another lifestyle to be so. Comments? (Don't flame at me, this is a truly Naive question (a possible first for netnews)). -- Larry Kolodney (The Devil's Advocate) (USE) ..decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!lkk (ARPA) lkk@mit-mc
dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer) (05/30/84)
>I'm told by a number of gay friends that bisexuality is frowned upon by >both Straights and Gays. Is this true? I think it depends on whom you talk to. I have heard of women getting heat from their lesbian friends when they profess attraction to men as well. But I don't know of any women personally like that, so chalk it up to popular mythology. Among men, I've never perceived any such feeling. Of course, there will always be the separatist fringes who don't want to have anything to do with the opposite sex, but they certainly don't speak for any group but their own. I will admit that having a bisexual mate can induce a kind of insecurity in some susceptible people, be they straight or gay. People are always looking for labels, and the lack of a fixed "reference point" can be a problem if the other partner has trouble with this. But this reflects only on the couple. >If so I find it really ironic that a group that is so ostracized by >society for its "deviant" lifestyle can then turn around and label >another lifestyle to be so. Why would you insist on consistency for gay people when no one else measures up either? :-?) -- /Steve Dyer decvax!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca.ARPA