Re: Big gay essay
Posted by Bill S
on 7/27/2006, 5:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Big gay essay"
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Sexuality (from the basic hetero/homo to a taste for backrooms) is composed of a mixture of biological and sociological factors that become so blended that I think it's problematic to call it "inherently" anything except human. The homo/heterosexual divide is in itself man-made (in the 19th century, I believe), and so, according to your definition, political anyway. I think any factor that differentiates people or groups of people from one another, especially when it creates a power gap, is political. --Previous Message--
: Law, etchics, discourse, morality,
: etc., all of which are man-made
: concepts and all of which may
: somehow be related to sexual
: orientation are inheretly
: political. Anything that can be
: argued is inherently political.
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: Sexuality cannot be argued. It's
: just there. It's biolgical and
: instinctive. The only thing that
: can be argued is our REACTION to
: sexuality, which is a different
: thing entirely.
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: Thus, again, my point that having
: a specific sexuality does not
: equate to having a specific
: political viewpoint.
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: --Previous Message--
: What issues are "inherently
: political"?
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: --Previous Message--
: Sexual orientation has been
: POLITICIZED, to be sure, just as
: race, ethnicity, and dietary
: preference. These things, however,
: are not INHERENTLY political,
: which is what I was pointing out.
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: Once again, the fact that two
: inidividuals share a sexual
: orientation (or a skin color) does
: not mean that they share a
: political philosophy. You and I
: are proof of that.
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: While there may be cases where it
: might be politically expedient for
: all homosexuals to speak with one
: political voice, it clearly isn't
: going to happen, what with that
: pesky free will and all.
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: --Previous Message--
: I had lots of reactions to your
: essay, most of which I think I'd
: better address at my own site
: someday. One question for now,
: though: how can sexual orientation
: be politically neutral when
: discrimination based on that
: factor is alive and well? Doesn't
: the fact of that discrimination,
: and that "enemies of sexual
: freedom must be fought off,"
: make sexuality political?
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