Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage and Adoption, 1st country in Latin America

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sapphi_snake said:

Khuutra said:

Slimebeast said:

Khuutra said:

Hold up. You can't equate heterosexuality with homophobia, that undermiens the meaning of the latter word. Attraction to the opposite sex is not the same thing as revulsion felt toward homosexuals.

I don't. Nowhere in that post did I refer to heterosexuality per se. Nothing about attraction whatsoever. Re-read the aversion part which is (partly) the root of homophobia.

"Attraction to the opposite sex (at the expense of attraction to the same sex)" should be undnerstood as heterosexuality, otherwise you are bisexual. Heterosexuality is by nature an attraction to the opposite sex and not the same sex. You are not describing homophobia with that qualifier. Not wanting to hav homosexual relations does not indicate any degree of homophobia, it just indicates heterosexuality.

The thimg about Slimebeast is that he equates "heterosxuality" with "repulsion towards homosexual acts" (for example he thinks that seeing two men kissing should automatically cause a heterosexual man to throw up).

For him the ideea of heterosexuals simply being indifferent towards homosexaul acts is inconcievable, because he equates "indifference towards homosexual acts" to "bisexuality". For him if you have to be repulsed by gays to be staright.

Repulsion in this case is aversion towards something, not the feeling of disgust by its own. It's different and I think he means the former.