007: I thought I was gay

ThisIsLondon.com ^ | Aug 29, 2002 | Hugh Dougherty

[ArGee]

Note that his father walked out on his mother when he was young - a common cause of gender identity confusion.

Note also that he has been able to resolve his confusion - probably because he was not encouraged to explore it.

Shalom.

[ArGee]

SASU ping.

Shalom.

[SouthernFreebird]

I could care less.

[paulklenk]

Good points, both of them.

[Minutes]

Note also that he has been able to resolve his confusion - probably because he was not encouraged to explore it.

I couldn't agree more. The way they shove gay-ness down everyone's throat (no pun) these days... it's amazing that more guys don't become gay. I figure that if it were left alone or discouraged it would 'go away,' for a lot of people. Only the few that really had a problem would remain gay. (the problem being, among other things, the lack of natural desire to reproduce.)

It's not until you encourage it, that guys (and girls) make their not so smart youthful choices. When their wrong choice is seen as ok and in fact celebrated, these people don't even bother trying to get 'straight.'

[1Old Pro]

Aren't there supposed to be pictures of Halle Berry?

[DeweyCA]

Kids, especially boys, often have confusion about their sexual roles when their fathers are absent either physically or emotionally. If he had grown up in present-day CA, he would be encouraged to "explore" those feelings, and act upon them. Many kids today experiment in ways which they will regret for years to come. It is so sad. Remember this story about 007 the next time that you talk to somebody about our public education sex-ed and diversity classes.

[elcaudillo]

....this is the successor to Sean Connery?

[monkapotamus]

"In the new Bond film out later this year, Die Another Day, 007 beds the first black Bond girl, Oscar-winner Halle Berry."

Just off the top of my head, I can think of two black girls 007 has boinked.

Live And Let Die:

And Grace Jones in A View To A Kill.

And Remington Steele wasn't a spy he was a P.I.

monkapotamus

[RckyRaCoCo]

Aren't there supposed to be pictures of Halle Berry?

[1Old Pro]

I believe you are correct.

[EdReform]

BTTT for later

[theophilusscribe]

I've always preferred . . .

[ArGee]

Aren't there supposed to be pictures of Halle Berry?

Feel free to provide some.

BTW: That part is factually incorrect. Bond bedded a black woman in 'Live and Let Die.' I can still remember my Father-in-law reacting strongly to how gross that was.

Shalom.

[ArGee]

....this is the successor to Sean Connery?

No, he's the successor to Timothy Dalton, who is the successor to Roger Moore, who is the successor to Sean Connery.

Sean was the best, followed by Pierce, IMHO.

Shalom.

[Khepera]

If he was like me he once thought Gay meant happy. We have all made this little mistake. I think it does not make him less of a man. We all think we are happy at some point.

[ArGee]

I caught the 'Live and Let Die' error but I'm not sure Bond ever bedded Jones in 'A View to A Kill'. Jones was a bad guy. This lady in LaLD was a good guy. (I may have to watch 'View' again to be sure.)

[ArGee]

I'm not sure that was his confusion, if he really did attend some event in tights and a tutu.

However, by not 'exploring' his homosexual confusion he gave himself time to get over the hurt caused by his father and re-establish his self-identified manhood. One can argue whether he had to become more masculine to do it. AFAIK, Brosnan is still fairly artsy and I've never heard any suggestion that he does his own stunts.

Shalom.

[twigs]

able to resolve his confusion - probably because he was not encouraged to explore it.

My thought exactly. In fact, the teenage years are years of confusion while kids explore who they are. He didn't even have to be from an unstable background to experience this. The difference is, as you noted, that he was not encouraged to explore his "alternatives." Rather, he learned to develop his self-identity around publicly accepted norms.

A few years ago, I went with my then middle-school-age daughter to a cast party after a play at her school. One of the boys of the group, to my consternation, made some comments to the waiter that made me wonder about his sexual orientation. As I got to know the young man, I realized that he was normal--he was just trying to find what response he would get. And this was a Christian school. Fortunately, had he exhibited a homosexual tendency, he would have received a lot of help--and prayer--from the teachers and workers who care very much for the kids there. Different from the situation in the public school, huh?

[joesnuffy]

Luckily he had no encounter with a NAMBLA or other homo adult who would have turned him to the dark side...