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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "Why be gay ...?"
Message-ID: <1037@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 12:52:49 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  8 12:52:49 1984
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>                        Mike Musing* (ihuxi!cher)

>It might not be a legitimate "net.singles" topic, but there is an aspect
>of homosexuality other then FUN. Homosexuality appears to be a perversion
>(no negative or any other connotation here) of one of the basic human
>instincts. Object of the sexual drive (and its ultimate purpose) differs
>from original.

Let's get picky here. If we want to talk about perversion of the sexual
drive, ANY sex that is not based on reproduction is a perversion of the
intent of its existence. If you look into the field studies of animal
behavior (such as Goodall and the primates) you will find that
homosexuality exists throughout the animal kingdom. 

I think we are forgetting that there are different forms of being gay.
There is a 'natural' form where the person happens to be gay, happens to be
happy, and happens to enjoy it. There is also a 'clinical' form of gay
which is caused by someone's sexuality being so screwed up that they don't
know what is happening. These are the ones that need help and guidance
because they aren't really gay, they're just mixed up. By trying to lump
these two (very disparate) groups together we do both a disservice.

>I am *not* discussing need for love (communication), just the sex aspect.
>Since the original nature of a basic impulse is superceded, the phenomenon
>in question seems to be similar to some eating deviations (anorexia, bulimia,
>overall reverse direction of digestive tract movements).

You are lumping the two groups again. In the case of the natural gay it
isn't deviant, it is a lifestyle. In the case of the others it needs to be
treated as a symptom just like the others. The problem gays have had in
society is that us 'normal' people tend to lump them all in the clinical
category simply because we don't think (or feel) like they do. 

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From the ledge of the seventh cornice:			Chuq Von Rospach
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If you let a smile be your umbrella you will get rain up your nose.