NEWS: University of Utah One Step Closer to "Fixing" Gay People?

I think that's the type of thing that suggests outside interference with someones personal freedom. I miss the days when someones sexual orientation was a thing shrouded in mystery.

If it helps, I hear that women are, like, naturally more bisexual than men anyway, or something.[URL]

I'm a little confused after Jennifer claimed in the Islamofacism thread to have a Iranian boyfriend and a future lesbian life partner.
Has she also made up her own definition of bisexual ?

Eh, you do that then you'll kill the fun for some people :-p...those being the ones that enjoy torturing such ones...but do as you will *sighs*.

I think even more importantly, if they prove homosexuality IS genetic then they may also be able to prove that pedeophelia is genetic and erase that shit from the human gene pool. Maybe the catholic church will fund the research...

At the very least, they could provide a plethora of test subjects.

Considering the size of most worms' orifices, that'd say something, uh...uncomplimentary about the size of one's dick. Either that or one is also a necrophiliac.

The 'lesbian life partner' comment was meant as a joke. Of all the women I know, she's the one that most makes me wish I was gay. You know when you see someone, and you think 'man I wish I was gay so I could civil partnership with you'?
Maybe that's just me, but I am so calling her when they figure out how to make this work for humans. A few months back she showed me a NuSci article on how they thought they could make people get teh gay, and we both got very excited. (but not in that way. Yet)

I Included that "just about" bit specifically thinking of Singapore... That country has some messed up laws concerning sex in all forms.

I think the reason that homosexuality has become a gray area for some is because they allow other factors to influence them.

This discovery will not lead to instant change (hardly anything ever does). It will help however. Right now many people still see sexual orientation as a choice someone makes. With scientific evidence stating the opposite that argument can (under rational circumstances at least) be dismissed. Now by their nature homophobes are indeed irrational and stomping out that behavior is as difficult, if not impossible, as stomping out racism. I however do hold out the hope/belief that most civilized nations are rational in their courts of law. That homophobia will one day be treated with as much contempt and severity as any act of racism.

If you like this girl so much that you would like to be her lesbian love partner, thats gay.

You aren't real good at that joke thing are you ?

Duh, worms that, well - fuck themselves!

Um...sounds like you are already bisexual?

I like her personality, but not her booty. Not that there's anything objectionable about her booty, but it doesn't have that certain je ne sais quois that male booty has. But if I was gay, her booty would then have the je ne sais quois, which would make life more fun.
Surprisingly, this actually makes sense to us. And yes, its an unusual in-joke, but hey, we have fun with it.

But hasn't anyone ever wondered what it would be like to be attracted to another gender in a way that you aren't currently? Surely its not just me.

It sounds to me like you are as confused about your sexuality as you are your politics.

Good luck with all of that.

I'm not particuarly confused about either. Just because you don't understand something, doesn't mean the other person is confused or inventing it.

Though it is amazing you can't understand why a straight person would wish they could be bisexual so they could have new experiences. I tried to be polite in my last post, but really dude, its not that complicated.

You don't have to be bisexual to try new experiences. You just try them. If you fuck a chick, I don't think the cops are going to bust in and arrest you for having gay sex without being the correct orientation.

Um, that's not asexual, IIUC. That's being hermaphrodite. Asexual would be like bacteria or aphids, reproducing without having sex.

I mean, see above.

There needs to be more than one person involved for an inside joke to work.

When they can test for homosexuality in the womb (or any other desireable/undesireable trait) they will, and mothers will decide what to do with the fetus at that time.

IIRC, they already can test for Cystic Fibrosis in the womb, and many women are already terminating pregnancies based on this.

Personally, i'm pro-genetic engineering. There is a lot of potential to make some positive change in the world

I was under the impression that worms are hermaphrodites. Or are they not referring to run-of-the-mill earthworms, here?

sex with worms = wow. my dick isn't huge, but it's WAY too big for that shit. and any references to turning the worms into paste is not only gross, its masturbation. not sex.

Jennifer = the girl was just trying to express a bit of sentiment. get over it and let her be.

the actual article = i'm not even gonna touch that in any kind of seriousness...

Actually, I think I know exactly what you mean....

First of all, I'm fiercely appreciative of my sexuality, as I think most people are. But more precisely, I'm very aware that I would be missing out if I didn't appreciate the feminine form as I do. So aware, in fact, that I sometimes wonder what I'm missing out on.

I've often thought that were I lucky enough to have been born bisexual, I would appreciate both sexes more fully. And sometimes, I truly lament over my inability to admire men the way I do women.

It's not that I'm denying myself some deep, dark desire to kiss boys, it's simply acknowledging my own unfortunate limits.

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I'm just glad that girls are so pretty.

Don't Ask + Don't Tell = If you do tell, I will bash your head in?

Actually, excepting 377A, it doesn't particularly.