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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I have nothing against gay men, but having to read about all the ... details ... is certainly not my cup of tea.
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Or reading about them could make you more sensitive to the fact that gay people have to read/see/overhear the explicit details of heterosexual sex on a regular basis. Getting dosed with "the details" of gay sex should make you better able to understand the alienation that might be experienced by people whose sexual tastes are different from your own -- especially when their senses are flooded with
your tastes every day.
One of my writing teachers was not only gay but wrote about it explicitly. In reading and savoring his novels and short stories, I was never disgusted, repelled or incensed. I merely had the feeling, while reading the sex scenes, of observing the habits of a person who was different. The descriptions seemed clinical, but only because I'm not the target audience (for a change). As I said, the writing was excellent and I've never regretted reading him -- or the stories of other gay writers who wrote about their sexuality -- for a moment.
And to the person who spoke about the teaching of gay literature violating "religious freedoms" -- what about the freedom of a parent who wishes to avoid exposing their preschooler to violence and takes exception to the rather grisly representations of the crucifixion on display nearly everywhere? Why exactly is that expression of outrage less worthy of legislation than objections to a high school teen being taught J.D. Salinger?