Elisabella
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ORIGINAL: Elisabella -fr- No I would not date a man who was bisexual. I don't think bisexuality would make him less dominant (unless he was the 'receiving' partner with his male partners) but I don't find male-male sex appealing and I would be turned off if I knew he was into that. I don't think that's prejudiced or homophobic, I'd never date a guy who was really into having a "puppy slave" either. As to why, there are several reasons I can think of, I'm sure there are more reasons that are subconscious: - I would feel threatened/less special as a woman if he were also attracted to men. - I would wonder if he would be able to go the rest of his life without any sexual contact/flirting with men, as I am the type of person who is interested solely in monogamous relationships with the potential for marriage. - Watching my guy flirt with women is kind of hot, but I would be utterly turned off if I saw him flirt with a man, and it would be unfair of me to ask him to repress this part of his personality. - My partner's sexual past does matter to me. Past sexual experiences with men (aside from the whole boarding-school-experimentation that happens but nobody admits to it) would be a deal-breaker. Again, not homophobic, because sleeping with 100 women would also be a deal breaker. And honestly, if there was some random casual prepubescent experimentation, I would not want to know. I don't think it's appropriate to tell your girlfriend that you fooled around with a guy once a long time ago if she thinks its squicky..."honesty" has a limit, and I wouldn't want to hear about the time you got diarrhea on the train either. Bottom line: if it's something I would find distasteful, and it isn't terribly important, why tell me? The prejudice and hypocrisy drips from your post. You thinking you are neither has nothing to do with this. Once again: one can not dictate others who to consider hypocrite. 1. I fully admit I'm prejudiced in who I will have a relationship with. I am prejudiced based on gender, sexual orientation, age, and a whole buncha other things that would be illegal if I were looking for a job applicant or tenant rather than a life partner. However I'm not homophobic, any more than the fact that I wouldn't date a 70 year old means I hate the elderly, or that I wouldn't commit to a woman means that I hate women. 2. Hypocrisy is defined as saying one thing but doing another. How am I a hypocrite? Hypocrisy is not simply defined as saying one thing but doing another. Assuming a bisexual partner would be a threat in relation to marriage because of the fact he would be interested in men while you condone him flirting with females is also hypocryte next to biased and makes no sense furthermore. This is one example of the hypocrisy in your post. I think you misunderstood me. I'm not saying him flirting with men would threaten our marriage because I think he'd cheat, but rather it would threaten our marriage because of how I would respond to it. IE whether it would turn me on or turn me off. To give a parallel - my fiance initiating a rape fantasy with me would turn me on. My fiance tying me up would turn me on. Both of those fall under the general umbrella of "bdsm" the same way you can give the general umbrella of "flirting with others" - but the devil's in the details. If my partner were to ask me to eat naked out of a dog bowl on the floor, it would threaten our relationship. I would be turned off and disgusted and I would find it hard if not impossible to be with someone who had that sexual preference. That doesn't make me a hypocrite because I enjoy other forms of bdsm but not this one, just like it doesn't make me a hypocrite to enjoy my fiance fliritng with some people but not others. TBH if he started flirting with a genuinely butt ugly woman (ugly's in the eye of the beholder, in this case me) I would be turned off and if he did it repeatedly I'd try to find out if he were attracted to her and if so, I think that would affect how I saw him. Once you take the loaded words (straight, bi, gay) out of the equation there's really nothing to get offended about. Personal preference is personal preference. It's kind of like if someone says "I've never been attracted to black men" people freak out and cry racist, but if she says "I've never been attracted to redheaded men" the response is either "oh me neither" or "oh that's weird, I love redheads, but I've never dated a blonde." But both of those statements are saying the same thing - "these physical characteristics do not attract me." I realize certain subjects are sensitive, but presuming offense when none was intended isn't the way to increase tolerance.
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