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Originally Posted by Jellin Pico  Why does all this matter? Why can't she JUST be having sex with someone she likes having sex with and that's where it ends? |
Fixed it.
No seriously, though, the reason it's a bit of an issue is that sexuality is often seen as a collection of choices and not something naturally inclined. IE if you're gay now you can change back later or that you're simply CHOSING to be gay.
As I understand that's a bit problematic because people who are at the extremes of the Kinsey Scale are not able to just 'switch'. And seeing celebrities do just that, dance across the sexual spectrum, puts a lot of pressure on them to 'chose to go back' as it where.
I don't think this guy is totally off base, though his execution is very off. If I were a bona fide lesibian, and my family wasn't accepting of me, I can see how they might turn around and say "look at that girl Ellen dated; she got better. Why can't you?" And I see that as very emotionally distressing. Or as a teen trying to figure out who I am, the mixed messages from people that are supposed to be like me (and lets' face it, to most teens they ARE celebrities) can also create issues. After all, if Lohan is just turning on her 'gayness' for fun, why can't I turn mine off?
A big part of the problem is as you noted: few things in sexuality are clear cut black and white. Gay/ Straight is much more a continum than it is a pair of discrete settings.
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