jayleew said:Your research is flawed because you are assuming that the basic nature of men in your society is the same everywhere, and that you understand the basic nature of men.
I think you are having a difficulty in understanding things here. The probablity is you have a great mental block, and you don’t want to understand. You are only reading my posts so that you can find some thing to go against. That is against the spirit of a meaningful discussion.jayleew said:A correct conlcusion you can make with your evidence is that the basic nature of men in your society is not heterosexual. You must prove your hypothesis that it will only differ on the degree of pressures that men face.
Of course they cannot. But my society like yours forces them to mate with women and tries to suppress their need for other men. Only the degree of this pressure is different. But when I am talking about the basic need of men, I’ve already discounted for the social pressures – so they have no relevance here.jayleew said:The men in your society cannot escape their subjectivity and perception that your society has trained in them!.
jayleew said:You really need to do more research and have a control group. Your research is too incomplete, and not worthy of a sound conclusion.
They are from 16 to 23 years old --- mostly. Though I’ve conducted workshops with people above 40 too, however, my focus is youth and adolescents.jayleew said:Also, you mentioned talking to "boys". How old were they?
jayleew said:As I mentioned before, when I was a boy I experimented with homosexuality for a few months. No one knew anything about me, no one said it was wrong to me, I wasn't pressured by anyone to be any way, I had no internal conflict, I just enjoyed the sensations (which could explain why animals have heterosexual and homosexual relationships, and why dogs hump your leg when excited).
I fell into heterosexuality by nature.
spuriousmonkey said:Bloody hell...another thread on the same shit?
jayleew said:Media? Americans, did you hear that? The other countries, specifically Buddah1, depend on our media to paint an accurate picture. That is the funniest thing I've read in a long time! You are gullible if you do not critically analyze every word the media and movies say. A false article in Newsweek, one of our most respected periodicals, could be responsible for muslim riots that resulted in deaths.
Buddah1 said:You guys seem to be unnecessarily worried about my professional credentials, or the source of my information or my methodology.
Is that an escape route to avoid discussing my assertions? Or to distract? Few guys have cared to discuss the subject matter – but have talked about things right and left.
c20H25N3o said:I'll be frank. I just cannot read through all of that stuff. I know what I am, I am happy with what I am. I am happy for people to give themselves over to whatever they wish with whatever consenting individuals they wish.
Please, if you are going to make points, then make them in a more succint fashion. If you are just making statements, I for one am going to go 'Oh well he is entitled to his opinion.' and move on. Nothing personal.
peace
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jayleew said:You need to get over hear and study at least 25,000 men here and elsewhere around the world. Your studies are obviously biased to your culture.
justagirl said:In your earlier threads you made some good points and raised some good questions, but, this thread is just as narrow-minded as the religious right claiming that homosexuality is abomination to God.
Despite the fact that it is satire, I suspect some of the people that you may have influenced with your earlier threads are going to take issues with this thread, in effect, wiping out any good you may have done for your cause.
Bhudda1 said:I'm also human, and need to be shown my place when I falter.
Buddha1 said:And in anycase I'll gladly retract my statement if I am shown how I'm wrong.
justagirl said:You don't need to be a heterosexual to love women, nor do you need to be a homosexual to love a man. And that is my point.
jayleew said:Buddah1, but you cannot overgeneralize like you are and expect to have any credibility.
If you can't see that, you are fooling yourself.
justagirl said:In your earlier threads you made some good points and raised some good questions, but, this thread is just as narrow-minded as the religious right claiming that homosexuality is abomination to God.
Despite the fact that it is satire, I suspect some of the people that you may have influenced with your earlier threads are going to take issues with this thread, in effect, wiping out any good you may have done for your cause.
jayleew said:So what is the person's name that you asked if they are happy, so I can call him up and confirm your speculation?
I am not stating they are not any different, but you have not proven that they are. Goodness...Buddha1 said:May I ask, on what basis do you say that basic nature and need of men are different in different societies.
Buddah1, I considered the evidence in your first thread and once battled you and conceded. That should be enough evidence for you that I have an open mind to your evidence, but I don't see any provided from other cultures, so I cannot take an assumption as easily as you.Buddah1 said:I think you are having a difficulty in understanding things here. The probablity is you have a great mental block, and you don’t want to understand. You are only reading my posts so that you can find some thing to go against. That is against the spirit of a meaningful discussion.
"Them" being the men in your culture, you cannot say anything about the males anywhere else in the world. Is all you have is a hypothesis that is substantiated by your research, that is fine, maybe that is where I'm getting hung up.Buddah1 said:The outward behaviour of men in our society is definitely very similar to heterosexuals. They only have more freedom behind the scenes. My analysis of the basic nature of men is not based on their outward or claimed behaviour. Like I told earlier, you ask them and they will all claim to be interested only in girls and never in boys. It is based on what lies beneath what they say and do. I don’t know what is so difficult to understand in there.
Buddah1 said:I don’t give a hoot for formal research. I am interested in finding the simple truths of life. I leave it to other people to take it from here and conduct their own researches. My job in life is to expose a long suppressed aspect of human oppression.
I am just offering myself as an example which contradicts your conlcusion, thereby making some of your arguments false.Buddah1 said:I will leave the analysis of your personal life to yourself. I know enough not to take men for their words in these matters. I would request you not to make this a personalised discussion.
Just last quote you were saying you know enough not to take men for their words in these matters, and now you expect me to take your word? That's a double-standard.Buddah1 said:I can assure you I have not based my conclusions on mere superficial observations of people. You have to take my word for it. You are a sincere guy. Only you need to examine my statements with an open mind. Then only you can help me broaden my horizons.
Buddha1 said:You caught me there.....
I realised I could be pulled up for that one when I was writing that. See, when you know what I'm saying can be challenged you do it right away. I would like you to take up my contentions one by one and show me how I am not completely right in my analysis.
That is a statment from my heart. I believe anyone who lives close to nature will be much much more happy and content that those who live in highly artificial, controlled environment, spend their lives running after careers and stuff.
Buddah1 said:I had a chance to live in a small mountainous town. The life there was so slow and different from the big city that I live in. In the city we keep rushing from morining till evening without really getting anywhere and the time passes by like this. Up there, life was so laid back. Not having a T.V. set helped a lot because in my house whenever I've nothing else to do I just sit in front of the T.V. set. There is always so much to choose from amongst the channels. our problem actually is that we are living amongst plenty. I have never been so happy in my life as I was in that small town. I had so much time for myself. I made lots of friends, loitered around a lot and did all sorts of things I could never find time for. People cared for each other. Almost everyone knew each other and you could not pass the market without saying hello to people you kept meeting on the way.
jayleew said:Buddah1, you have the evidence of many scientists around the world who can confirm that there is no evidence of heterosexuality in nature. I've looked myself at zoologists and research journals like National Geographic. But, where is your scientific evidence supporting your hypothesis that all countries male population think the same as the males in your society?
jayleew said:Just last quote you were saying you know enough not to take men for their words in these matters, and now you expect me to take your word? That's a double-standard.
I don't know.Buddha1 said:O.K. let's forget other countries. Let's take up America.
Let's forget my hypothesis. Then are you saying that the American male population is naturally heterosexual, that is, most of the men (90% according to your society's estimates!)? Which means these guys are unable to respond positively to any kind of sexual eroticism from men. It is just not in their nature. Right?
Buddah1 said:you are saying that since Americans are by nature divided into heterosexual and homosexual, 90 out of these 100 Americans, inspite of the boundary less culture they have grown in, grow up to be heterosexuals, hate any kind of erotic experience with other boys, think of themselvs as different from the locals who are much more fluid in the choice of their sexual partners, and relate with other 'heterosexually identified male in the group, and see the 'homosexuals' as different? ?
What do you mean supposed to be?Buddah1 said:Would the 10 Americans who would grow up to be homosexuals be as limp wristed and 'gaity' as homosexuals in America are supposed to be?
Buddah1 said:How about if these Americans grew in a Greek like society, where almost every youth is expected to choose a male lover before he could go on to marry a woman? Would 90 Americans hate this practise with all of their guts?