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- From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
- Subject: Re: Education Regarding Alternative Family Units (Re: The Analogy Betwixt Gays & Blacks (Re: Children in Same-gender Families))
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.152403.14397@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:24:03 GMT
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- In article <1hv22dINN4ie@hp-col.col.hp.com> smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >> Once again - "Practice" has nothing to do with bisexuality.
- >> Bisexuality is a sexual identity just like heterosexuality is.
- >> You can be a celibate bisexual.
- >
- >maybe what we need is a better set of terms, that differentiate
- >better between orientation and practice. I know myself, and probobly
- >a lot of 'straight' people, are lacking in understanding in that
- >area...
-
- Actually, I think Phil stated it about as clearly as it can be. In
- fact, your own terms "orientation" and "practice" also are perfectly
- descriptive.
- You are het by orientation, so, if you have sex, it will probably be
- with the opposite sex. A bi is oriented toward either sex. Acting on the
- orientation is the way it's expressed, so acting in a manner contrary to
- one's orientation feels unnatural because it is.
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- Howard Black cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
- Department of Chemistry Eastern Illinois Univ.
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