Tom4784 |
03-01-2020 10:09 PM |
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Originally Posted by Kizzy
(Post 10746582)
I'm getting bored of all the things I can't have a view on...
Who's to say that any other sexualities can empathise?
Everyone's experience is unique to them from the particular people they are atracted to, their family, culture, age, religion, creed no two persons can fully identify.
It's over simplified to say oh you are bi you get me...
Obviously I'm not saying LT is anything but cringe worthy, however I don't think you should write all heterosexuals off fir being the norm, that language perpetuates division at a time when barriers should be coming down.
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I'm not saying you can't have a view on anything, that's not my style but you'll never truly understand the journey and the pain that non-straight people go through. You can empathise but how can someone understand what it's like growing up thinking that their parents will cast them out if anyone finds out something about themselves that heterosexuals don't even have to think about. You have to think about everything, consider everything you do and worry about whether or not you can 'pass' for straight.
Imagine making friends while thinking in the back of your mind 'would these people reject me or worse, cause me harm if they knew the truth?' and apply that to everyone, every social interaction is a trial and you fear everything and everyone. You don't ever let people close, you can't afford, you've got to be on guard at every waking second because you feel like if you breathe and take a moment, it'll all fall apart. That's just a little bit of what it's like growing up not straight.
LT disrespected the journey this woman has gone through to be at peace with herself and he did that because, as a hetero, he can never understand the pain of that journey. It is not something he would ever think about normally because his heterosexuality will likely ever cause him as much anguish as the sexuality of a non-straight person would cause them.
I'm a man, I'm never going to experience childbirth like you have but what you're essentially trying to argue for is essentially comparable to me mansplaining childbirth to you or anyone else that has physically gone through it. I can understand the process, I can understand the procedures involved, I will never understand what an expectant mother goes through, I can empathise from a distance, but I will never truly understand it from their perspective. It's the best comparison I can make to help you understand where I'm coming from.
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Originally Posted by Cherie
(Post 10746274)
Anyone who has been attracted to someone physically can understand sexuality, its not rocket science I am afraid, even little kids can follow stories about falling in love...lets not make it out to be some really difficult concept to follow...:joker:
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You can understand heterosexuality, you can't understand the journey for non-straight kids and how it runs deeper than love stories in a book or a film.
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