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I try so hard not to, but catch myself out every time. If they are a distance away I can have a good peek without giving it away. Wearing sunglasses helps, but I usually don't. Once they get up close I do the eye contact and masculin handshake thingy and then, as soon as they look away, what do I do? Of course, I try to be quick and discrete, but I know they catch me (almost) every time. Dang!
Now, Jeff, I wholeheartedly agree with your comment regarding the judaic religions. There is no need to differentiate between christianists and christians. The judaic religions are primarily responsible for the global cultural cringe regarding human sexuality and, in particular, homosexuality. By and large they are hostile to us and any form of sexual expression that deviates from their perceived norm of heterosexuality. One can not ignore that fact even if there are break-away denominatoins that are seemingly more accepting on the surface. Though, I suspect that even there, if one were to scratch the surface and push the issue hard enough, true acceptance would vanish very quickly. It is easy to bestow collective pity and charity on a 'minority' of poor unfortunates. Especially when this is dispensed from the lofty hights of judaic morality.
Let us briefly look at Papua New Guinea. Ritualized and general homosexuality have always been part of the many tribes that live there. Whilst heterosexual and procreative sexual relations were always the norm, men would freely and commonly engage in ritualized and regular homosexual sex and relations. Pre the introduction of Western values there was no social stigma attached to homosexuality there. A couple of studies were done on this some time back and it has been observed that, over the last twenty years, there has been a significant increase in negative attitudes towards homosexuality amongst non-urban and, particularly, young tribal people. It is thought that the increased spread of and exposure to Western social norms and the strong presence of christian missionaries, in remote parts of that country, are responsible. Twenty years isn't a long time, when one considers and assumes that for most of Papua's human history, homosexuality was an accepted part of regular life. Homosexuality is illegal in Papua New Guinea. How long that has been the case I don't know, but suspect that this is fundamentally due to Western (christian) influences, education and socialization of the ruling elite.
I wanted to say more on this, but something has come up and will have to get back later.
The linked article is very interesting and touches on a whole range of important issues. Thanks for posting!
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