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(Anonymous) 2024-08-29 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)You're talking about people with a degree of bisexuality, here. People aren't open about their enjoyment of sex with the opposite sex in those instances because of biphobia, not homophobia.
It's certainly possible to enjoy sex with someone you're not attracted to. But arousal, which predicts enjoyment, is linked to orientation, and we have studies that demonstrate that. Gay men do not get aroused by women; straight men do not get aroused by men; lesbians do not get aroused by men. Interestingly, the exception is nominally straight women, who appear to be more fluid in their arousal, but this does not take away from the overall point. Someone who is capable of being aroused by both sexes, to the point where sex with both is genuinely enjoyable, is neither fully gay nor fully straight, even if they generally prefer one sex over the other.
Now, a comment on this: because that's an opening for homophobes to say "See, you're not really gay, you just need to look harder"
Yes, there's a grain of truth in this, particularly when it comes to lesbians. The idea that a lesbian could actually really love the dick, even though she's a lesbian, contributes to the harassment that lesbians receive, and the pressure they're often under to accept sex that they don't want. That's the main reason why they're so defensive about not wanting dick, and why they're protective of the definition of lesbian. The fact is that the particular view of sexuality you've outlined is perceived by many to be part of the looming specter of compulsory heterosexuality.
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(Anonymous) 2024-08-29 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)