Submitted by Seth Tisue on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 18:45.
“Homophobia isn’t there to keep homosexuals in line. It’s there to keep everyone else in line.” — Joanna Russ
The article is interesting, but the race analogy seems much more confusing than enlightening.
And I agree, the hypothetical isn’t preposterous. The author writes: “the idea of a ‘miscegenosexual’ never even occurs to anyone...” If he really thinks this a funny concept, and not just a funny word for a totally normal concept, then he needs to get out more (or read more). Lots of people have a sexual interest or preference, whether mild or exclusive, for partners of a different race. (Or the same race, for that matter.)
I don't have more than a mild interest in Asians as a sexual category, but once I asked John if it would bother him if I did. He shrugged and said “Everybody’s into something.”
In other words: equal rights for miscegenosexuals now! Maybe in 500 years...
“Homophobia isn’t there
“Homophobia isn’t there to keep homosexuals in line. It’s there to keep everyone else in line.” — Joanna Russ
The article is interesting, but the race analogy seems much more confusing than enlightening.
And I agree, the hypothetical isn’t preposterous. The author writes: “the idea of a ‘miscegenosexual’ never even occurs to anyone...” If he really thinks this a funny concept, and not just a funny word for a totally normal concept, then he needs to get out more (or read more). Lots of people have a sexual interest or preference, whether mild or exclusive, for partners of a different race. (Or the same race, for that matter.)
I don't have more than a mild interest in Asians as a sexual category, but once I asked John if it would bother him if I did. He shrugged and said “Everybody’s into something.”
In other words: equal rights for miscegenosexuals now! Maybe in 500 years...