(02-25-2022, 11:51 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ] (02-25-2022, 11:41 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure what you're talking about. If a guy came up to me and said, "Hey, you're kind of cute, let's go get it on." I would probably respond with something like, "I'm flattered, but I'm straight. Have a nice day." Would I think I was being "pressured" into having a same-sex relationship? No, not really, but I don't know what your definition of "pressured" is.
Give me a scenario, and I'll give you my opinion of its plausibility.
Very myopic view.
Now imagine every single member of a sport telling you to at least try being gay. Every single person. C'mon, if you haven't TRIED, you don't really KNOW... c'mon, don't be a homophobe, at least try it. C'mon. Try.
Here's a good way to understand it... ya know those [BLEEP] guys that keep harassing women to sleep with them? That's basically it. Except you're the victim for a change.
Okay, so what does sexual harassment have to do with whether or not someone can choose their sexual orientation? I don't get the connection there. What point are you making about whether someone can choose to be gay?
(02-25-2022, 12:15 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ] (02-25-2022, 11:51 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]Very myopic view.
Now imagine every single member of a sport telling you to at least try being gay. Every single person. C'mon, if you haven't TRIED, you don't really KNOW... c'mon, don't be a homophobe, at least try it. C'mon. Try.
Here's a good way to understand it... ya know those [BLEEP] guys that keep harassing women to sleep with them? That's basically it. Except you're the victim for a change.
Okay, so what does sexual harassment have to do with whether or not someone can choose their sexual orientation? I don't get the connection there. What point are you making about whether someone can choose to be gay?
When you harass 4 year olds that way it's just preschool curriculum.
(02-25-2022, 02:27 AM)captivating Wrote: [ -> ] (02-25-2022, 01:54 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]My husband has two co-workers whose daughters (who go to different schools) pulled out of their respective high school basketball and soccer teams due to being pressured by their teammates to "try the lesbian life" and when both girls said they weren't interested they were bullied for being homophobic. The pressure is there and it's real.
That's awful. Private or public schools?
Did the parent approach the school?
Public schools. I'm not sure of the outcome. It was something they were talking about at length and my husband wanted to go home since his shift was over so he didn't hear the rest of the conversation. I think the girls didn't want the parents to say anything because even though they're not on the teams anymore they still see the girls who harassed them around campus and in classes and don't want anymore confrontation. It's a bad situation.
I was bullied in school for a variety of reasons. I was tall for a girl, I was skinny and I was shy. It sucked to be made fun of for no reason other than I was "different". That was in the 80s when people in general were still civil to each other and those who weren't civil were considered pariahs. I can't imagine how it is now when common courtesy seems to be the exception, not the rule.
Marty, here's about 4 hours' worth of history on the history of neo-Marxism and sexual education. You probably won't actually watch this, because it requires time and effort, but there's plenty here if you are willing to challenge your own world view on this topic.
People like you get duped into thinking parents are wrong for wanting to influence the sexual norms for children, while institutions get weaponized for progressive groups to enforce their own sexual norms. You get fed the lie that people are born into their sexual preference, but not gender. They get you repeating talking points without even questioning the consistency of the logic. If you actually understood the ideology of progressive, it would be obvious to yu that they don't even believe sexual orientation is static. They think it's fluid.
You need to wake up. The sexualization of children is intentional, and it's happening all around you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDEP0JGW3c8&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQL1Jja3p4