[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by hot2go

Biggins is not attacking bisexual people or inciting hate towards them....he just doesn't believe that they are all honest and he's dead right, a lot of em aren't...I think his views are more about men than women ...it's rare a gay man suddenly becomes bisexual, it's usually straight ones who do....which shows the pressure society used to put men under to be a certain way and still does today to some extent ...Biggins comes from a time when bisexual men were mostly gay guys in the closet or in denial so I can understand why he holds on to his views about them.....he's not totally accurate in his generalisation of bisexuals but he's allowed his view point. My grandmother didn't like Germans and she had every right to her opinion because her experiences of them justified her prejudice. Biggins experience of bisexual men will be what's behind his assessment of them and that's a shame for him because things are different today but I understand why he thinks the way he does even if I don't agree with him.

It just seems a bit silly to believe that some people are attracted to the opposite sex and some people are attracted to the same sex but that it's completely impossible for some people to be attracted to both

[hot2go]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It just seems a bit silly to believe that some people are attracted to the opposite sex and some people are attracted to the same sex but that it's completely impossible for some people to be attracted to both

Of course it's silly....everything about him is silly....he's a silly old man....I don't like him....I just can understand why he may have that point of view....in a way I would struggle to understand if he was a young person ...I wouldn't defend him if I thought his prejudice had no reason behind it, he's the last person I would defend...as soon as he said it I asked myself why and I realised its because of the era he's from.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by hot2go

Of course it's silly....everything about him is silly....he's a silly old man....I don't like him....I just can understand why he may have that point of view....in a way I would struggle to understand if he was a young person ...I wouldn't defend him if I thought his prejudice had no reason behind it, he's the last person I would defend...as soon as he said it I asked myself why and I realised its because of the era he's from.

I can understand why he thinks that some men come out as bisexual before they come out as being gay, i get why he thinks that and have no doubt that happens sometimes (probably alot more in the past when he was younger) but to say that it's totally impossible for anyone to be Bisexual is just a bit illogical really, if you can be attracted to one or the other why couldn't a person be attracted to both?

[hot2go]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I can understand why he thinks that some men come out as bisexual before they come out as being gay, i get why he thinks that and have no doubt that happens sometimes (probably alot more in the past when he was younger) but to say that it's totally impossible for anyone to be Bisexual is just a bit illogical really, if you can be attracted to one or the other why couldn't a person be attracted to both?

It is illogical....It's intolerance but it comes from somewhere, it's not just mindless prejudice like racism....I think his views are formed because of a few reasons, none of which really exist today, which is why I think it's an age thing....I know when I was young bisexual was often thought of as another word for greedy it wasn't really taken serously like it is today and it wasn't part of everyday life. But mostly bisexuals High tailed it back into the closet when the AIDS epidemic came along and that's where a lot of stigma towards them comes from in the older gay community. They were bisexual when it suited them to be but not when the gay community needed them the most. Even today loads of guys call themselves straight but have sex with gay guys and that annoys people.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It just seems a bit silly to believe that some people are attracted to the opposite sex and some people are attracted to the same sex but that it's completely impossible for some people to be attracted to both

This.

It would be kind of like saying you accept that one man has a penchant for blonde women and another man prefers brunettes but it's completely inconceivable for a man to be attracted to both. It's just ridiculous.