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Hetero gross?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Cass, Apr 26, 2014.

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  1. Cass

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    Sometimes I hear/read things that gay/lesbian people say about heterosexuals being "gross". Is this for real? I mean don't we get mad of heterosexuals call us gross?
    In my opinion heterosexuals, bisexuals, pansexuals, homosexuals ECT are all equal. None of them are "gross" maybe the idea of YOU being straight is gross, but heterosexuality itself is not "gross".
    What do you guys think? Maybe you can eloborate more and help me understand why it's gross if you think so. Just so I get it

    ( gross dosent sound like a word anymore)
     
  2. FireSmoke

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    If a straight person find a gay person gross is homophobia.

    If a gay person find a straight person gross is understandable.
     
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    I don't find heterosexuality itself gross. I just find the idea of me being in a typical hetero relationship kind of gross.
     
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    That I understand.
     
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    Being bi I find it strange ether way. We are all different and if you put someone down its for being different it's discrimination regardless
     
  6. Fallingdown7

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    I find heterosexual sexual relations gross, just like someone might be grossed out thinking of their parents having sex. I also don't think that a straight person being grossed out by homosexual activity is a "homophobe", nor would I care if they would be repulsed by what I do in bed.

    I don't hate straight people, but I admit- I'm not interested in hetero couples. In fiction, I never ship them unless they're extremely non-heteronormative.
     
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    Is it gross? Nah. Does it give me a kind of odd/foreign feeling? Yes, mainly because it isn't something I can relate to obviously.

    Then again...why am I not surprised to see lgbt monos being put in the spotlight again...
     
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    It's because people are don't realizing the commonality of their experiences, like those who say "Women are from Venus; Men are from Mars." The gay person who says heterosexuality is gross is being just as ignorant as a straight person saying the same thing about gays. "Gross" implies something is repulsive and thus a judgment, which is unfortunate. I personally don't get grossed out with straight people because I think our sexual attractions are equally valid.
     
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    I like to use it to point out the absurdity of looking down on same-sex relationships because they're "gross."


    They typically still don't get it. :lol:
     
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    Unfortunately, it is a real and unpleasant aspect that I've seen people outright state. I've been treated cruelly, too, but I've never let it make me turn my nose up at men, women, heterosexuals, bisexuals, homosexuals, etc, as if the problem is the label and not people within the label who have much bigger problems. It's childish oversimplification.
     
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    No homosexual is repulsed by the opposite sex. The same way that no heterosexual is repulsed by the same sex.

    You don't go outside and wonder "Oh geez, I hope I don't see a penis today". "Omg... I'm so scared. What if I see someone's butt? I'll be scarred for life!!!". "This is bad. I'm going to the locker room. I might see a penis. Omg I'm so worried!"

    That's just not how it is. I would not mind seeing heterosexual porn. I'm not repulsed by it, but I'm also not quite attracted to it.

    If for some reason I'm in a position where I'm forced to date a girl because who knows why, I'll find it boring, but not gross.

    Like, a few weeks ago. I accidentally made contact with a girl's boob. I wasn't repulsed, nor was I aroused.

    Understand what I mean?
     
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    Its hypocritical in my opinion
     
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    Straights as people are not gross.

    Straight sex itself is something I sometimes would honestly feel on a gut level is gross. BUT--and this is the important BUT--I don't let my feelings influence me to discriminate, or act in a hateful fashion. I would not arrange to have a straight coworker fired because he gives his girlfriend oral sex once a night six days and three times Saturday. I would not spray paint "Pussy Fucker!!!!" down the side of a straight man's car. I would not contribute to an WA state Initiative to eliminate straight marriage. (Well...maybe I would support such a thing as "teaching experience." But for real, no, I wouldn't.)
     
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    When I see a straight couple make out in public, it grosses me out, and any kind of straight sexual activity makes me want to puke just thinking about it.

    I don't really understand how someone could be straight to begin with. I don't know how someone could be attracted to people who aren't like them. How can someone of the opposite sex possibly understand your romantic or sexual needs? It's been scientifically proven that men and women think much more differently in bed, not to mention the 50% divorce rate.

    Being around anyone who is straight puts me on edge. I have to constantly live in fear of people finding out who I am. I'm 'out' to my parents and they poke fun at me about it all the time. The only people I've willingly come out to are my god-mom, god-cousin and step-cousin. I had to tell my god-mom to out myself to my god-cousin for me. I came out to my step-cousin just because he's not too judgmental and I wanted to feel somewhat liberated.

    All three of my parents (mom, step-dad, birth-dad) found out by pressuring me to come out. Just saying the words "I'm a lesbian" or "I'm gay" makes me feel extremely off edge. My god-mom and god-cousin are pretty much the only people who truly accept me. They keep saying I need to accept myself, and I should be proud to say the word 'lesbian', but I just can't.

    As for the rest of my family... I've had nightmares of my conservative aunt and uncle kidnapping me in the middle of the night and waking up in an ex-gay camp...
    so that's a HELL to the NO.

    I'm guessing my 'hetrophobia' has to do with the alienation, internalized homophobia and shame that our hetrosexist society has put me through.

    Ironically, I don't feel uncomfortable around bisexuals, pansexuals or trans* straight people at all. It's probably because they also face oppression for who they are.
     
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    Hetero sex is gross to me yeah thats kinda why im gay

    I'm not really sure what's being seen as offensive here +o
     
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    Note the difference between "hetero sex" and "heterosexuals".

    one is an act, the other is a person. What is being seen as offensive is when people say "heterosexuals are gross", by nature of their sexual orientation.
     
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    Exactly, I dont think I've seen anyone say 'heterosexuals are gross' and it's kinda common sense gay people would be anywhere between totally neutral to completely turned of by what they do in bed.

    I remember i commented something like 'straightness is gross' in another thread the other day, which I may as well clarify was just 30% me using gross as shorthand for unattractive (to me) and 70% not being serious at all ;-;

    so if i unintentionally offended any1 by that I apologize
     
  18. drwinchester

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    Nah. But not that I'm one to judge though, lol, considering my orientation... There's a good chance my next relationships will be with women, so I'll have heterosexual relationships if I don't die alone, lol.
     
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    Yes, Heterosexuals are gross and shouldn't be able to marry.
     
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    I have to say I'm shocked and surprised by some of the answers here. Saying you are grossed out or think heterosexual activity is gross, is a bizarre position to take.

    I can totally understand it not being ones taste, but to say it's gross seems a little silly. I mean, like it or not, heterosexual sex is the fundamental process of human procreation and to say it's gross, is pretty much saying the way in which our species perpetuates is gross.

    Of course, heterosexual relationships and intercourse are not the only valid form of intimate human expression as anyone on this site will attest, but it's still a natural function of human biology and regardless of how you may have been treated by straight people, being grossed out by what they do behind closed doors seems a little asinine.

    Happy days :slight_smile:
     
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