Or rather, his gut often prods him in the common-sense direction, but he never listens to it unless he understands its reasons, and since it cannot explain them (not being the brain and all), it has started giving up.
a gay queer homosexual of the inverted, man-fancying variety
I love this phrase XD
You see, you see, the thing is -- this Stephen believes that being gay, like being straight, is having a standard based on gender for a role in which gender is not related to skill. Therefore, if you're not omnisexual? You're sexist.
(I pulled this whole idea out of thin air, but there was literally a guy on Dan Savage's podcast recently who said he felt guilty for only being attracted to men - and really masculine ones, at that - because he was worried he wasn't being accepting enough. To which Savage explained, very patiently, that you're not obligated to sleep with a group of people to respect them.)
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THIS.
Or rather, his gut often prods him in the common-sense direction, but he never listens to it unless he understands its reasons, and since it cannot explain them (not being the brain and all), it has started giving up.
a gay queer homosexual of the inverted, man-fancying variety
I love this phrase XD
You see, you see, the thing is -- this Stephen believes that being gay, like being straight, is having a standard based on gender for a role in which gender is not related to skill. Therefore, if you're not omnisexual? You're sexist.
(I pulled this whole idea out of thin air, but there was literally a guy on Dan Savage's podcast recently who said he felt guilty for only being attracted to men - and really masculine ones, at that - because he was worried he wasn't being accepting enough. To which Savage explained, very patiently, that you're not obligated to sleep with a group of people to respect them.)