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stereotypesFrom: Steven
Subject: Philosophy
Date/Time 2010-02-08 00:46:37
Remote IP: 76.247.142.48
Message>>>I'm not gay but i know a few gay people
>>>and i must admit they are the least
>>>agressive people i know.
The small sample size of "a few people I know"
doesn't mean much. That's not a very big sample size.
The "few people I know" all have advanced degrees in math,
which is hardly representative of the population!
First the article talks about some gay males having less
male sex hormone, then also talks about "aggressive"
gay males having too much male sex hormone. What does
this mean? It means that male sex hormone and aggression
has nothing to do whatsoever with homosexuality. It's
trying to attribute a pattern to something that has no
pattern. There's inherent variability between and across
the board, just as there is inherent variability between
all people. Saying anything else is just an attempt
to stereotype, classify, and judge others as a group, rather
than treat people as individuals. To my ears, hearing
what the author said sounds as reasonable as hearing someone
tell me that "black people like chicken and watermelon", i.e.
an opinion coming from ignorance.
I've taught university classes for over 10 years now, and
the one thing I've discovered is, is that no one is a
stereotype, no one fits "a pattern", no one tends to
be "this way, or that way" because of some label put on
them. Everyone is a UNIQUE individual. Any other approach
is not a heart-centered approach.
>>>I think it's normally the others that are
>>>aggressive to the gay people.
Again, a stereotype.
But if you want to talk about those that *are* aggressive
to gay people, then the reason for this is because
of their OWN INSECURITY and because they see something
in someone else they are afraid to acknowledge in themselves.
Those who are secure in themselves do not feel the need
to subdue others.
This was the source of my comment that those who
promote sexual judgements are lacking in spiritual
maturity. Spiritually mature people have very little
to be insecure about, having left that behind for trust and love.
S
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