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idonmatrix

Name that Subtext - Correction

Jul 21, 2006 02:04

Correction - The dialogue is from S2 211 - Need2Know. My apologies for the confusion.

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lucinda_of_stan September 24 2006, 00:32:25 UTC

Hi! I was just replying to a comment you left me (RE: House/Wilson) that seems to have been deleted ( ... )

idonmatrix September 24 2006, 00:53:24 UTC

I like your hand writing metaphor - very nice. Sexual gender, identity, orientation, and behavior are non-linear constructs. They do not necessarily flow one from the other. The mediating factors are poltical, emotional, and social. Unfortunately because of our prejudices toward gay folk, they often have to make a conscious decision to choose. Staight folk don't have to because everything inb our society supports a hetero progression. Having said that I believe that people sort of stumble and fumble on their way to "discovering" their sexuality. I also believe that some people's sexual orientation is grounded in their politics - like many lesbian women who have been battered by men and "choose" to love women, linking their gendered political struggle with their sexual behavior. Then there are some people who choose to love whoever they love at the time - male or female "bi". My point is sexuality is complex and cannot be explained solely by nature or nurture. There are a multiplicity of factors that influence our sexual choices at ( ... )