There's this really hot guy down the hall. Jim is about 5'7" 190lbs, blondish hair, blue eyes, nicely built. He's smart, a fellow Craft practioner.
He says he's comfortable with his own sexuality and most of the time, I believe it. (We've performed a couple of rituals together, both skyclad.) We talk hockey, Craft, and deep life issues. No problems at all.
But if I mention anything about a guy who's attractive, he's suddenly has to make sure that his heterosexuality is asserted.
I've known many straight men like this.
If they are so comfortable in their sexuality, why do they need to constantly re-affirm their hetero status?
Are they just insecure about it? Insecure that a man might find them attractive? Insecure that they might be percieved as gay or *gasp* they are gay.
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did it ever cross your mind that most of the ones that do that probably -gasp- ARE?
it's our culture that they've been indoctrinated in...the same culture that puts a positive value on heterosexuality, raising a family, etc, and a negative value on the gay lifestyle. In most straight guy circles, even empathising with homosexuals is giving a big concession to one's own masculinity...
that's funny tho, the few straight guys I know who practice seem to be the most accepting of homosexuality. it's ironic, really, because the culture that has taught him that homosexuality is to be questioned is based on judeo-christian ethics, which, of course, view being gay as a sin...
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