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I love you, man. But, dude, so not in a gay way
Globe and Mail ^ | July 17, 2009 | Dave McGinn

Posted on 07/17/2009 5:38:24 AM PDT by Loyalist

Ask any straight woman how many of her female friends she's kissed and the answer is likely to be “one or two” if not “all of them.” Ask any straight guy how many of his dude buddies he's kissed and the answer is probably going to be, “Are you out of your mind?”

Katy Perry can sing “I kissed a girl and I liked it” without throwing her sexual identity into question. But as shown by the new movie Humpday , about two schlubby straight friends in their 30s who decide to sleep together for an art project, the same isn't true for men.

“There's no question female sexuality is much more malleable,” says Roy Baumeister, a professor of psychology at Florida State University. “The evidence for why is not nearly as clear cut.”

While women kiss other women for curiosity or fun, with men, well, not so much. Why don't boys experiment?

Experts remain divided over whether we should be pointing to nature or nurture. But there is a growing body of research suggesting men and women are fundamentally different when it comes to sex, one that explains why Ms. Perry is a make-out bandit and the characters in Humpday feel the need to assure each other, “You're pretty solidly not gay.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: gaythread; homosexualagenda; psychology
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Why don't boys experiment?

The homosexual agenda rears its ugly head. The queers will not be happy until they can force boys to engage in homosexuality with each other.

And to answer the obvious question: because, dude, it's so gay. Gross, man!

1 posted on 07/17/2009 5:38:24 AM PDT by Loyalist
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But there is a growing body of research suggesting men and women are fundamentally different when it comes to sex

I'm shocked. SHOCKED!

2 posted on 07/17/2009 5:40:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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As a female, I can honestly say I have never kissed one of my female friends. Ever. I am not from a culture that kisses on greeting, so I can say this without doubt.


3 posted on 07/17/2009 5:43:35 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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I read about this film this morning at breakfast, not the best time for information like this.

It’s about two theoretically straight guys who decide to be videotaped having sex with each other so they can make a gay porn film. The genre is called “mumble core,” apparently, and refers to films about 20-somethings (usually slackers) who sit around and mumble their profound observations to each other.

Sadly, I think you’re going to see a lot of films like this suddenly emerge, precisely as part of the gay agenda.


4 posted on 07/17/2009 5:46:16 AM PDT by livius
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They always reveal themselves in some way.

Living in a homophobic society may prevent boys from experimenting or, at the very least, talking publicly about experimenting. Still, differences between men and women can't all be culture, some researchers say.

So, ALL of society is "homophobic" and of course, we have to work on that.

It can't be that non-homosexual men are simply heterosexual. We have to be "homophobic" because we are not willing become an aberration of nature - if only for a day.

5 posted on 07/17/2009 5:46:55 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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As a female, I can honestly say I have never kissed one of my female friends. Ever. I am not from a culture that kisses on greeting, so I can say this without doubt.

My father and I used to kiss all the time. It was an accepted greeting in Poland where he lived as a child.

6 posted on 07/17/2009 5:47:52 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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7 posted on 07/17/2009 5:50:18 AM PDT by Dysart (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong--Voltaire)
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Boys do experiment....that’s why thare’s more than one position.


8 posted on 07/17/2009 5:51:42 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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Straight girls kiss like I kiss my grandmother.
There is a difference between a greeting kiss and a passionate kiss. My wife has kissed all her girl friends. Thats just what they do. They hug, they kiss, they giggle.

I ain't never kissed one of my bros and they ain't never kissed me. They will quickly get you five across the eyes. We haven't ever got together to go shopping for doilies either.

...and the women have never got together for all-night catfishing.

9 posted on 07/17/2009 5:52:29 AM PDT by envisio (Sexual Beer & BBQ Ribs)
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I wonder why they made this movie. All movies are made with some “save the world” or “social justice” agenda. Probably an invitation to normal men to sleep together and try it out, or some such thing.


10 posted on 07/17/2009 5:53:27 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: raybbr

I don’t really care if someone calls me a homophobe.
My coworkers call me that. I say: “Yeah.... and?”


11 posted on 07/17/2009 5:55:33 AM PDT by envisio (Sexual Beer & BBQ Ribs)
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"Why don't boys experiment?
The homosexual agenda rears its ugly head." Interesting choice of words.
12 posted on 07/17/2009 5:55:50 AM PDT by brownsfan (The public schools and the SRM, they are killing us.)
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I wonder why they made this movie.

To make money.

13 posted on 07/17/2009 5:56:16 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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“Why don’t boys experiment?
“The homosexual agenda rears its ugly HEAD.”

Yet another interesting choice of words.


14 posted on 07/17/2009 6:05:57 AM PDT by chippewaman
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Ask any straight woman how many of her female friends she’s kissed and the answer is likely to be “one or two” if not “all of them.”

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What an idiot! I am a woman, and have kissed all sorts of people as a greeting that carries no sexual connotation whatsoever. I guess in this perv’s circle such kissing is sexual.


15 posted on 07/17/2009 6:07:01 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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Why don't boys experiment?

I did. Blondes, brunettes, redheads, white, black, asian and latino. The fact that they were women...does that make me any less adventurous?

I know, I know. I'm a "homophobe" because I didn't provide "equal access".

LMAO...

16 posted on 07/17/2009 6:11:44 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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I don’t really care if someone calls me a homophobe.

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An answer to this “accusation” is to say that you are not a homophobe, as such a term suggests you are afraid of homosexuality. I am not afraid of homosexuality; I am repulsed by it, just as I would be repulsed — not frightened — by a pile of feces on the table.


17 posted on 07/17/2009 6:12:19 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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To: Loyalist

Is everyone in Hollywood gay?


18 posted on 07/17/2009 6:17:48 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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Not too long ago, gay meant something like happy, elated, euphoric, or one having a lighthearted experience. Then came the homosexuals with dysfunctional mindsets stealing the word pretending to describe hedonism as gay. I see homosexuals as anything but happy. I see them is one of four states - angry against the non homosexual world, depresxsed, angry among themselves, or in an aroused predatory state connected to hedonistic activities. They are not happy. they are not gay.


19 posted on 07/17/2009 6:18:45 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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“My father and I used to kiss all the time...”

As did my father and I. My grandfather came from a culture where it was acceptable for 2 male friends to hold hands - not in a sexual way, but as a gesture of sentiment and love for a dear friend. He would often grab my hand as we walked and talked, and as a teenager I would be embarrassed. I wish he was here now so I could kiss his cheek - and hold his hand. Sometimes I feel really disgusted at our society. We take something perverted and celebrate it’s merits, and we ridicule the good and pure. For some reason, your post reminded me of my PaPa - and how much I have missed him since he has been gone. Thanks and God Bless-—JM


20 posted on 07/17/2009 6:19:16 AM PDT by Jubal Madison (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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