LadyEllen
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Joined: 6/30/2006 From: Stourport-England Status: offline
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Michael - speaking from the vantage point of being a freak of nature, I understand what youre saying. You are speaking those words from the perspective of who you are - a heterosexual male of 44 years who has had 44 years to find out who you are. 44 years of a male hormonal balance, a heterosexual orientation and societal influence. You are probably in the enviable position of knowing who you are, and what you want; a privilege many struggle to achieve, and one which I myself have struggled with and still to some extent struggle with today. There is no evidence, despite the infamous Dr John Money's protestations to the contrary, that anything much could change your gender identity and sexuality, or could have changed it even if raised from birth as a female, plied with female hormones and pressured with societal influences. (Google Dr John Money to find out about the well intentioned, but disastrous study he carried out). It would seem that such things as gender identity and sexuality are hardwired into us in utero, and thereafter impossible to change. But thats not to say that we cannot discover facets of our hardwired identity and sexuality as we go through this life. Facets which we may have inwardly suppressed due to societal pressures, facets we may be aware of but are afraid to express because of suppression from outside. That someone might carry out a bisexual act, does not imply that they have developed ex nihilo, a bisexual nature, for the evidence would suggest that this is not possible. That the force applied by a dominant might induce them to perform the act, would rather suggest that the nature was there already, and only required permission from a figure in authority for it to be expressed. This can work out well for those consciously suppressing I'm sure, but perhaps not so well for those inwardly suppressing and not conciously aware of their nature. For those who dont have this nature, I'm sure they would refuse to perform such an act, unless under serious duress which in my opinion would cross the line anyway. E
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In a test against the leading brand, 9 out of 10 participants couldnt tell the difference. Dumbasses.
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