If you were straight, would you be homophobic???

[fed1983]

I think I wouldn't, though I wouldn't be as open minded of course. But I know some friends that defend gay rights because they're gay, but I know they would be terribly homophobic if they were straight

 

[SilverWolf]

If I were straight, I would still be open minded. Before I relaized I like guys I was supportive of gay rights and one of my friends was openly gay. I honestly think that if you were raised to be open minded you are almost always going to be open minded regardless of sexual orientation.

 

[gsdx]

An impossible question to answer, but I like to think that my morals would be the same no matter what my orientation might be.

 

[Bi-Angel]

No, I imagine all my morals would be the same still.

I do wish everyone was bisexual (or gay) though! ^_^

 

[fed1983]

Well, there are lots of homophobic gay guys too.

But come on, sometimes you see racist gays (in a subtle way of course), or gays that discriminate others very subtly (maybe because of other guys appearences, etc).

So I assume many of those who support gay rights do it only cos they're gay themselves, not because they are really open minded.

 

[gsdx]

^ Why did you throw 'racism' into the pot? It has nothing whatsoever to do with being homophobic.

 

[fed1983]

^ Why did you throw 'racism' into the pot? It has nothing whatsoever to do with being homophobic.

Yeah, I know it's different, it was just an example. I was just thinking of people who pretend to be very open minded just because they support gay issues, but in many other aspects of life they are not open at all.

 

[CudDULL]

I possibly do think I might have been homophobic or against it, not hardcore but slightly. Growing up my mom was always very judgmental and negative about homosexuals so if I were straight that would of probably stuck with me.

 

[giftart]

I think I'd be the same as now. accepting. But I wouldnt know. lol.

 

[Deandbn]

I think that if i was typically straight (and narrow minded), I would have a great fear of the unknown and therefore homophobic.

 

[Ram]

I would be homophobic. Being a straight guy and thinking about all the hot cock I'm missing out on, I'm sure to hate gay men.

 

[voyager1994]

No, but this is purely hypothetical as I've never experienced being straight.

 

[Adrock-JD]

If I were straight...

hmm....

I love men too much, so

the only way for that to be imaginable would be if I had been born a female.

So, no, I probably wouldn't be homophobic. What would be the point?

 

[kallipolis]

No!

The insecurities of the homophobic person (as evidenced in their hate speech) is so often the repressed, expression of homosexual desires.

Scientific research over the years has confirmed that homophobic people, are fearful of their repressed, homosexual feelings, that in turn leads them to create an image that is the contrary of their true self.

Never be alone with a self confessed homophobic person.
For they so often, queerer, than queer.

http://www.petertatchell.net/homophobia/bigots are buggers.htm

Research by US psychologists suggests that 80 percent of men who are homophobic have secret homosexual feelings. This finding lends scientific support to the long-standing speculation that those who shout the loudest against homosexuality have something to hide.

 

[Swellegant]

I have a feeling I might be... well, not rabidly homophobic, but I would probably have fallen into that mild disdainful homophobia that so many straights display.

I mean, I assume that if I was straight I wouldn't be effeminate, so I wouldn't have been ostracized as a child, and wouldn't have developed my suspicion and distrust of groupthink. I certainly never would have had a reason to question the religion I was raised in, and while it's not rabidly anti-gay it still considers homosexuality a sin and not something one ought to support. I probably wouldn't loathe my bigot mother so strenuously, and might have then adopted her bigoted worldview.

On the other hand, I might still have been an oddball who was ostracized, just a different kind; I might have found other reasons to abandon Christianity and its sexophobic views; I might very well have found some other reason to loathe my mother, she's so endlessly loathesome.

It's hard to tell. My sexuality is so much a part of who I am as a person that it's really difficult to imagine my person without it.

 

[moniker]

If I was 100% straight I wouldn't be homophobic (have an irrational fear) but if I had a erotic inclinations towards certain guys I probably would be.

 

[Adrock-JD]

I have a feeling I might be... well, not rabidly homophobic, but I would probably have fallen into that mild disdainful homophobia that so many straights display.

I mean, I assume that if I was straight I wouldn't be effeminate, so I wouldn't have been ostracized as a child, and wouldn't have developed my suspicion and distrust of groupthink. I certainly never would have had a reason to question the religion I was raised in, and while it's not rabidly anti-gay it still considers homosexuality a sin and not something one ought to support. I probably wouldn't loathe my bigot mother so strenuously, and might have then adopted her bigoted worldview.

On the other hand, I might still have been an oddball who was ostracized, just a different kind; I might have found other reasons to abandon Christianity and its sexophobic views; I might very well have found some other reason to loathe my mother, she's so endlessly loathesome.

It's hard to tell. My sexuality is so much a part of who I am as a person that it's really difficult to imagine my person without it.

That's a wonderfully insightful post.

I do wonder sometimes how altered my life would be had that one thing (sexuality) been different. I don't think I would even be recognizable to myself today.

Although, so many things mold our thinking patterns that any number of altered personality traits would have made an enormous difference. Not necessarily for the better.

 

[kevbo]

I would not. My family is very liberal and open minded, and they always have been. I would have still been raised in the same environment, so I would still have the same ideals I have now.

 

[boiseboy]

I definitely would. The only reason why i strayed from my parents beliefs is because of being gay. If I was straight, I would be right there with them saying homosexuals are disgusting and choosing to live a life of sexual deviancy.

 

[morgaes]

I had very strong pro-gay views long before I realised that I was gay myself. I remember just not being able to wrap my head around why on earth some people take issue with other people's sexuality. I still am not able to, to be honest.