>At 11:18 PM 3/2/98, Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu wrote:
>>Hi Diane,
>>
>>That's a facinating theme of discussion, study, research... I'd like to
>>know more about your thoughts over that issue. Had you any book or
>>article published about it?
to which
At 10:44 AM 3/3/98 -0800, Diane wrote:
>I've written a novel about lesbian relations,
> but I haven't pursued a scholarly work in this area...although I admit
>I've often wondered "why" I don't...
Ricardo:
>>Some people think that beeing "gay" is an option. You choose a social
>>mask/character and consequenytly a "gay way of life". Someone can have
>>homossexual sexual relationship although this fact doesn't make him a
>>"gay": Because "gay" is a way of life, a choice, a social behavior. In
>>thesis, as Freud had said, everyone is bissexual.
Diane:
>Personally, i think it is more likely that everyone is sexual. Even the
>notion of "bisexuality" supposes a duality, where there isn't one, really,
>in practice. Many bisexual theorists are now talking about
>poly-sexualities, which is interesting, in terms of pluralities, and
>certainly congruent with the relations you describe.(SNIP tsbw)
In prowling the web (the usenet) one frequently encounters exponents of the
discourse of "choice" as regards homosexuality. As in "Why should we care
about (fill in the blank)? They made their choice, and now must suffer the
consequences." Usually they are seeking cover for homophobia--or, now that I
think of it, "homo"phobia. I find it invariably entertaining to inquire at
what point, and after which experiences, in their lives that they "chose"
heterosexuality. I ask them to be explicit, for it seems to me that thir
discourse is empty without knowledge of the alternatives among which they
posit "gays" as opposed to straights as having made a choice. I just love to
watch'em squirm on that little hook.
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