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[–]markiemarcus 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah this is nonsense.

I actually had a very revealing disagreement with a trans ally on Reddit earlier. He's a gay guy, but before I found that out I assumed he was just another woke homophobe. He was pushing this notion that gay males really wouldn't know the difference from trans men, were it not for the genitals. The entire concept of romantic, same-sex attraction was completely alien to him. He hadn't even considered it. I explained that it's actually more likely that I would have a romantic attraction to a trans woman, than a trans man, despite not being physically attracted; that sort of thing is inexplicable and impossible without Homosexuality. But how could I be romantically attracted to a "male brain"? These things transcend surgery and hormones; it's years of socialisation and a million little things that we just don't understand and probably never will.

I actually found it really sad. Imagine being gay and not knowing love like that. It was frustrating, but I actually left it feeling sorry for him.

Edit: I've just realised that this makes me sound like a schlocky romance novelist. What can I say? Some of these fuckers clearly watch way too much porn and could do with it.

[–]goatmeal 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

some gay men legitimately experience little to no romantic attraction. I wish they could but they don't.

[–]markiemarcus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

God really? I mean, I suppose that makes sense given that there are bound to be some heterosexual who don't. I don't know why I find that shocking...but I do. We're talking about otherwise good people, right? There's not some underlying personality disorder?