Poll: Is Everyone Homosexual? (At least a little...?)

[Asuka Soryu]

You cannot be a little homosexual.

That's like asking if you're a little necrophiliac.

Idk... the corpse of Zooey Deschanel would be pretty tempting...

I kid.

OT: I don't think everyone's a little homosexual, the idea of sex between any 2 people is an arousing idea, despite whether its 2 women, a woman and a man, or 2 men. Just the fact that it's "sex" is appealing enough (not that I would watch 2 men, but I wouldn't turn the channel jk lol).

I really think that falls under the category of lust. Not homosexuality.

 

[Sacman]

I thought not, then I was introduced to this man.

Have you ever seen the interview of Nirvana when they're all high?
...

 

[Jackalb]

No everyone is not a little homosexual.
Some of them are tall.

And some people are too much of a ****** to be able to pretend to be gay for comical effect.
I personally LOVE being a little camp because it makes people feel uncomfortable and there is no better feeling in the world then making someone squeamish.

 

[thahat]

You cannot be a little homosexual.

Are you saying that little people can't be homosexuals as well? That seems a bit ignorant.

I think it's a spectrum and people who are completely one way or the other are pretty rare. I've never personally felt any sort of attraction for women I hadn't mistaken for men.

lol i see what you did there >.> cunning little dags90 XD

but on topic: no, i dont think everyone is a 'little bit homosexual' i mean, homosexual is attracted to the other sex, right?, even in your example, thats not attraction, thats just the fact that you wont like to see tiny shrivel d up twig and berries.
that's either preference, or repulsion of tiny wheeners ( read, you wouldn't want to have one yourself.. )

TL:dnr > no, explanation why, just no.

 

[slackbheep]

I believe there are divides that people are ignoring here in attempts to justify the claim that everyone is to some degree homosexual. My love for my father, male relatives and friends is no different than for my mother, female relatives or friends. Hetero or Homosexual love is romantic, and we are what we are.
We all find Eros, Philia, Agape and Storge somewhere.

 

[sms_117b]

I've always thought everyone was bi-sexual with either a naturally and/or enviromentally influenced preferance.

 

[loremazd]

Alright, before the trolls and flamers tear this down let me make my point.
I'm not saying everyone is homesexual to the point of homosexual intercourse or making jokes/acting in that manner.
The point I'm making is that (almost) everyone is at least slightly SLIGHTLY homosexual.

I replied to a post with this quote and decided to make my own thread based on it.
Ron White: "It's not whether or not you are gay, it's about how gay you are."
Personally, I believe this to be true, because I had a very similar argument to the one he portrays in his comedy act.

My friend is very homophobic. He doesn't like homosexuality, and will freak at any jokes and has been known to yell at homosexuals, telling them to "Straighten Up".

Here's how the with him discussion went down:
He was freaking at me because I told him that I was totally fine with Homosexual Marriage, because I have a number of friends that are homosexual, two of which are engaged.
He says that he'll never support gays.
I say "Dude, we're all a little gay."
He replies "F*** you man. Don't even start that s*** with me."
"You know what, I'll prove it right here."
"Go ahead. Thrill me F*****."
"Do you watch porn?"
"Yeah I watch porn, you know that!"
"Alright. Do you only watch videos with girl on girl going on?"
"Hell no! I watch guys ramming their chicks more than anything!"
"Do you like it when the guy has a tiny, half-flaccid unit?"
"F*** no! Dude's gotta be pounding her with a big rock-solid sha..."
He looks at me with wide eyes, glares, and storms off.

Needless to say, I'm no longer on friendly terms with this guy.

So... Here goes nothing...

What are your thoughts?

***EDIT*** Yes, I know how much it sounds like Ron White, because I was basically quoting him to prove my point to this guy.

***EDIT #2*** Here's the video I drew my argument from. Thanks to the guys that either posted it or said it should be posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY711HJK7pg

***EDIT #3*** I PROMISE that this is the last edit. I wanna know if there have been situations like this that did not involve the use of pornography as an argument. Also, is it possible for bi-sexuality to lean more towards homo-or-heterosexuality?

I'm glad this is a post that isn't turning into a shouting match. Good opinions do far. =D

This conversation didn't happen, your friend doesn't exist. Not because you quoted Ron to prove a point, but because your friend responded in the same way as the comedian's friend.

1:If you're that tolerant I doubt you'd befriend this rather psycopathic seeming fellow

2:There's a lot of ways to get around that anecdote, in general males react to guy/girl porn by fantasizing that -they- are the porn star having sex with the woman, and most would likely argue that point.

3: Being gay is being attracted sexually to men if you're male. If you're not you're not.

 

[TimeLord]

I am not homosexual but would happily sleep with David Tennant!

Who wouldn't?!

 

[Astoria]

I think that its not so much that people are a little homosexual but more they're curious. When it comes to being bi I think it depends on the person. I'm bi but I prefer guys but I'm sure there'd be others out there who lean more towards being gay than straight.

Also, nice way to trap your friend

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

While I did derive much amusement from your story, your hypothesis is incorrect. You cannot be "a little homosexual." Homosexuality is not something one can categorized based upon structured pieces in comparison to a movie or video game. In the aforementioned, one can conclude fancying the characters yet have disdain for the storyline. Such is not a possibility with homosexual. You either are or you are not. Nevertheless, what is possible is being capable of having an opinion of the same gender, which is completely platonic, yet complimenting. Example, saying Johnny Depp or Matt Damon is sexy/good looking/whatever, is not inherently gay. It is simply acknowledging an opinion.

Of course, attempt to convince half the male population and their wanton lack of masculine security. And I am being generous, it is substantially more than half.

 

[JokerCrowe]

I agree with the person above me.îîî

I don't think everyone is homosexual in the way that they want to have sexual intercourse with people of the same gender at least a little bit. But I do like men, I like to hang out with them a lot, but my sexual preference is women. So personally I don't agree.
But that was a great "trick" you pulled on your friend. ^^ Unfortuantely I think he likes long and hard shafts because he puts himself in the position of the man, and he wants to feel like a big man.

 

[brunothepig]

You cannot be a little homosexual.

Are you saying that little people can't be homosexuals as well? That seems a bit ignorant.

You know what? That comment seemed to go so well with your avatar.

OT: I see what you're getting at, but I'm not sure I agree. Your pornography example may just be because of the fantasy of you being that guy, or some other reason.
In terms of attraction, people can be not at all homosexual. But I love my friends, uncles, father etc. In a non-romantic way. So if you look at it in terms of any form of love, all but the worst adjusted people are at least slightly homosexual.

 

[Megacherv]

-snip-

Fantastic story.

I think it's better to say that instead of everyone being a little homosexual, it's better to say that everyone's a little bisexual

 

[GLo Jones]

I'll be honest, I find any porn in which the presence of a guy is alerted to me in some way a major turn-off.

However, I have a fair few gay friends and I loathe the homophobic.

 

[Daniel Laeben-Rosen]

I'd say it's more possible that everyone's bi, but just haven't met that someone that made you ask the question. But that's up for debate as far as I'm concerned. After all, some people are asexual so that's out.
Homosexuality really is a binary question though. You are, you aren't. No inbetweens. Homo and hetero means you want ONE of either. Same way asexual means you want neither of anything and so on.

 

[heyheysg]

In the same way everyone has thoughts about killing someone, blowing up buildings, raping someone etc etc.

You might be right, but it might not be very relevant

 

[Sebenko]

I certaintly hope so, the couple I'm hanging out with are both pretty cute, and that would increase my chances a whole lot.

What?

Shut up.

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

Sexuality is no a simple binary of 1 = straight, 0 = gay. Is everyone a little homosexual? no. Bisexual, i'd say yes. And your friend is probably more homosexual than you think. Studies show that violently homophobic men are usually displacing homosexual thoughts and feelings.

 

[John the Gamer]

The ancient greeks were gay(ish) in sparta it was common practice for men to have sex with the boys they trained as compensation, and it was beleived that this would also harden the spirits of the boys, wich would later become spartan soldiers etc. So if the masters of reason and democracy(not sparta, aristocratic) were Ok with being gay then I don't see why we wouldn't be. Also it kindof strange that americans, who claim to live in a 'free country' are amongst the biggest enemies of same-sex-marriage. I blame religion.

Yes, pedophilia and prostitution as compensation with idiotic belief of sex making your spirit stronger is truely a sign of intelligence, and sophistication we lack now days.

I blame humans.

Oi, there's no reason to blame yourself. It's the aliens man. They're controlling us man. Totally wicked... XD

 

[Skoosh]

It occurred to me that sexuality is pretty poorly defined and sprouting random imprecise terms for stuff all over the place. The Kinsey scale tries to help a little with the classification, but it's rather inadequate. Asexuals have an undefined place on it, for example, and similarly, it takes no consideration of the strength other groups' desires, which I'd say is a pretty important factor.

I was just going to be lazy and suggest adding a strength of attraction scale to it, but a friend had a better idea (one that handles asexuals properly, for example). Split out the attraction to males and females (the Kinsey scale basically looks at the ratio of the two), and give them separate axes. The side benefit to this is that it removes the impression that it's one or the other. This way fewer people would be likely to think that being attracted to other girls makes you love your boyfriend less or some such nonsense. So, we agreed that just having two separate axes one for male, one for female would be best (and people, if you're attracted to some third gender, just say you like both females and males, 'cause your selection will be limited otherwise anyway =P). To top it all off, a gender identification axis was added. No one cares what gender you are, but it's nice to know which one you identify with or like to act.

I think this model works well for how people in the real world actually work and feel. Hell, you could even split the attraction into sexual attraction and romantic attraction because 3 dimensions is never enough.

So going off a model like this, yes, you could be "kind of" homosexual, having a sexual attraction to the same gender of around .5 or so (this being a percentage, to 1 is completely attracted, 0 completely unattracted). Also, you could hypothetically have 0 attraction to the same gender, although this seems unlikely unless you're asexual or have a psychological fear.

For example, being a fairly typical male I'd be about:
fs: 1
fr: 0.9
ms: 0.2
mr: 0.5
gi: 0.8

Bleh, perhaps 5 dimensions is a bit much, but you get the idea. Throw out romantic attraction if you want a sexy graph.