Katatawnic
Well-Known Member
Well, your post stated that you'd never heard the word come from anyone's mouth but a gay man's, not that you'd only been CALLED such a gay man. I replied to what your words stated. Further, I don't personally find cunt any more insulting than bitch, slut, whore, etc.; nor any less, mind you. If a word is said with malicious intent, the intent is there.Well Kat, your situation at hand is yours.....mine is what has been dealt. I have NEVER EVER been called a cunt by any single person "other than" a gay man----has nothing to do with being raised in a sheltered life.....this I can honestly ASSURE you. That is a very derrogatory word used to express hatred towards a woman. Your typical heterosexual man will use terms such as "bitch, slut, whore".........NOT CUNT. I grew up with a gay brother Kat, and along with that, his gay friends......very much a derrogatory statement via the gay man........I have noted it all too many times. AGAIN, NEVER heard it from ANY man other than a gay man......and again, positively nothing to do with a sheltered life........anything but.
And I do mean, ANYTHING but.
I see how it is so easy to misread, yet at the same time, I can't argue your choice of words here---"trying on homosexuality"....it's REAL Kat. There is an enormous growth with that expermental factor...I have PERSONALLY witnessed it all too many times for it to NOT be noted. I have had SO many female "friends" or "aquantenaces" who were otherwise straight just suddenly try on being a lesbian for size......often for the sake of pleasing their male partner................sometimes for shock value among family members.........but RARELY, if EVER, because it was their INATE belief that the same sex was FOR THEM.
Experimentation is also not a new thing, nor is it growing; at least not by much. Again, it's simply being admitted to a lot more now. There is a tremendous difference. People are less afraid to admit to their desires and/or actions, because, as I stated before, homosexuality (sexuality, period) is a bit more socially acceptable as of late. Now, experimenting for the sake of shock value or pleasing one's partner, etc., isn't about being trendy; it's simply acting out in the hopes of gaining attention due to low self esteem. It's still not a "trendy" thing, though; just sad.
I don't often tell people that I'm bisexual and polyamorous because I quickly got tired of being told by others that I'm "only" experimenting and/or trying to be trendy, etc. The fact that I've been in a monogamous relationship for the last five years would make many think that their arguments are bolstered, their points proven. People make assumptions based on their personal preferences, lifestyle choices, and what they're told. That doesn't mean they are correct.
I've been told by people who have no idea what they're talking about that I can not be bisexual nor polyamorous because I don't want to screw every person I meet, and don't cheat on my partner. They don't understand that one doesn't have to be in a polyamorous relationship in order to be polyamorous, and that one doesn't have to be juggling many male and female partners simultaneously in order to be bisexual. I've been in monogamous relationships with men, monogamous relationships with women, and polyamorous relationships with both. (Please don't mistake polyamory for the "swinging" lifestyle, as they are completely different.) None of it was experimenting; I knew exactly what I wanted and how I felt, and I acted accordingly each time. Nor was it for shock value, nor to please anyone but myself and those whom I've loved.
I happen to be a bisexual, polyamorous woman who is in a heterosexual, monogamous relationship that is (generally, lol) secure, stable, and loving. Although the main reason my relationship is monogamous is because of how my partner feels about it, I don't feel like I'm "missing out" because I have only one partner, male or female. I guess I just don't feel so confined to "just" men, or women, or how many people I love.
Now, all that said on a very tired Sunday evening (meaning yes, I know I'm rambling and have likely repeated myself in this post), I can say with confidence that, aside from heterosexuality (as of course that is the norm), there will likely be some "experimenting" in the beginning, simply because as "sure" as so many people are about their sexuality, they likely aren't 100% sure until they've been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. I'll gladly admit that there was "tentative experimentation" with my first girlfriend, because it was the first time I'd not only admitted my feelings out loud, but more importantly acted on them. I could indeed have been "wrong" about being bisexual, and instead have only been curious, hence feeling "experimental" at first. But trust me, the only thing that subsided was my not being 100% sure that I was truly bisexual until I first experimented, and continued with that relationship for over a year.
Yes, I absolutely have. How many straight men have you met that don't have issues with their mothers and/or fathers? Straight women? People, period? Having issues with one's parents is the norm, not the exception. And it's certainly not a sexual orientation related thing.BTW, ever met a gay man that didn't have embedded issues with their mother? Dig deep. I don't make references to my growing up with ONE gay brother, but by speaking with NUMEROUS gay men.