Same sex public signs of affection - Accepted, hated or a bit of both

[Taranis_tm]

Such things will most likely not be acceptable within this century, at least here in Poland (the backwater country it can be). Folks around here think that "if you won't do any ungodly things (two men hugging included) outside the four walls of your home, we won't burn you to the stake" = "being tolerant of non-heterosexual people". So a homosexual couple kissing outside a shop, would probably get them garroted with a rosary.

Earlier this month one of the archbishop issued an open letter in defense of "traditional family values" which stated that teaching boys to clean-up is against natural order of things and will be the death of civilization ... because "cleaning up is in girl's DNA". enough said

 

[Pyrian]

NOT sexual activities in public like fellatio, cunnilingus or full on intercourse.

I just want to say that I'm not particularly fond of finding out first hand that a park I'm randomly strolling through somewhere is the local hookup spot. >:[

 

[Rahkshi500]

Given that things are slowly changing, I think there might come a day in the future where public signs of affections from same-sex couples will be accepted, or at least be able to do it without having fear anything severe. Granted, I think that there will always be a number of people who won't take kindly to the idea of same-sex couples, and it would be wrong to force our views on them anyway, but if they are able to keep it to themselves, then I think that's all we can ever ask for.

 

[ExDeath730]

I don't mind most signs of affection...But there is a line. I'm talking about both same sex and heterossexual ones, walk holding hands? Cool, that's sweet, a kiss? Ok, nice.

Now, that type of kiss with gropping around? Yep, i don't like to being around when this happens, really, makes me uncomfortable, i actually remember one time that i was happy that a mall security intervened. It was a couple, first they started kissing, ok, no issue, i was waiting for a friend of mine to go watch a movie.

So i was waiting, and the kiss? Went on, and on...It was still just a kiss, but them he started gropping the girl and she was caressing him with...Hmmm, let's use the word more "wanting", i noticed people getting uncomfortable, and a security guard as well, so he asked nicely if they could find a more private place for that.

Now, culturally? I live in Brazil, so here, it would depend on the place and time. In a mall? Probably only hold hands, but you would still hear some people talking. A kiss could atract attention, but a same sex one would make people really uncomfortable, at least the older ones.

What i noticed here, is people from my generation don't have much problem with it, but older people may get pissed, etc..

 

[Parasondox]

NOT sexual activities in public like fellatio, cunnilingus or full on intercourse.

I just want to say that I'm not particularly fond of finding out first hand that a park I'm randomly strolling through somewhere is the local hookup spot. >:[

Yeah I don't like it either but some people have an outdoor, exhibitionist fetish/sexual urges. Parks are for fun but not that kind of fun.

 

[Michael Tabbut]

I honestly don't mind if same sex couples show affection in front of me, so long as they don't include me.

 

[Simonism451]

I honestly don't mind if same sex couples show affection in front of me, so long as they don't include me.

Or do it standing in a doorway I want to go through. Aside from that, I'm much more easily annoyed by people laughing loudly in public, since looking somewhere else is much easier to do than cutting out a specific noise in your surroundings.

 

[Foolery]

Mmmm, rubbing people the wrong way, bow-chicka-wow-wow. In all seriousness, I don't really care. As long as nothing explicit is going on, have at it, it's not my business.

 

[Silvanus]

My experience may be limited, but it was hardly promising. I put my arm around my boyfriend on a train once-- no kiss-- and a stranger went on a several-minute tirade about it, standing up and everything, raising his voice. It was pretty threatening.

There was another stranger in the same carriage. He didn't speak up during the incident, but told me afterwards that he thought I'd been brave in defending myself.

Another time, I kissed my boyfriend in the hallway of my university halls. Not exactly public; that's shared accommodation. A passing stranger called us "batty boys". Admittedly, that kind of attitude was pretty rare at my university, at least.

It's certainly far from accepted now, and I don't see it changing in the near future. It's still a very acceptable prejudice throughout most of the country.

 

[Reasonable Atheist]

I do not have any problem with homosexuals doing whatever it is they want to do, as far as I am concerned it is their life and they can do what they want with it. I would love to believe I am totally accepting.... but I cannot help it, I find it gross and it sends a shiver down my spine to see two men kissing. I would never speak out against them, Or try to get them to stop, I just avert my gaze and let them be so as not to make myself uncomfortable/upset my stomach. I have a feeling the effect it has on me would be lesser if it was more fem-type gay men, instead of the bears I have seen kissing each other. I do not think accepting something means you need to like it.

To contrast, my usual reaction to a hetero couple kissing is something along the lines of "awwww so cute" especially if the couple is elderly, not sure why.

 

[Belaam]

Pretty much anything short of a full on make out session, I'm fine with. Don't really care about the gender or number of people involved.

 

[MetalShadowChaos]

I react with disgust, and contempt for those involved, the disgusting people.

Basically how I react to all public signs of romantic affection.




But seriously, I don't care. I mean, a quick peck on the cheek or even a goodbye kiss on the lips is fine, but going into full on makeout mode in public will make me cringe weather it's a man and a woman, woman and a woman, man and a man or an antelope and a British politician. That level of intimacy always looks like the lead up to sex to me and sex is disgusting. Seriously, you don't know how awful you actually look during sex. It's not like porn. You look like two wrestlers having aneurisms. Sure you're not in WWE mode for real, but if I see racers lined up at a starting line I think 'there is going to be a race', and if I see two people making out I think 'there is going to be sex'.

Yup. I'm a moron. But it irks me anyway.