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[–][deleted] 20 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Reminds me of getting into an argument with a guy the other day who insisted that the basis for sexual orientation was clothing and used Bacha bazi from Afghanistan as evidence of this since the pedophiles make the boys dress like girls.

He completely denied that biology played any role in attraction and it was entirely based on clothing and other social things.

[–]julesburm1891 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I’ve never been able to fathom how anyone entertains that argument. Different cultures have different ideas of what constitutes feminine and masculine attire. For example, traditional Saudi menswear is pretty feminine by Western standards. Oddly enough, I’ve yet to encounter a straight Western man or a lesbian Westerner who looks at Saudi men and goes, “aww hell yes, that is what I want in my bed.” Maybe, just maybe, it’s because it’s readily apparent that they’re males who just happen to wear clothing our culture generally doesn’t associate with men.

[–]hufflepuff-poet 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If anything Bacha Bazi and other unhealthy examples of forced sexuality show how dangerous it is to view sexuality through the lens of gender. It's all stereotypes that force people to deny or hide their attraction and seek out exploitative ways to fulfill their desires. If homosexuality was normalized and accepted, men could date and have sex with other men openly and not rape young boys and force them to dress as girls because "it's not gay if he's underage"(?!??)

[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If homosexuality was normalized and accepted, men could date and have sex with other men openly and not rape young boys and force them to dress as girls because "it's not gay if he's underage"(?!??)

It's interesting how societies known to be extremely homophobic seem to have no problem with pederasty.

Two adult men fucking each other? Haram.

An adult men fucking a male kid? Sacred.

Does not compute...