Wednesday, October 28, 2015
That's gay
I was thinking back to country concert 2 years ago and remembered a story that relates to our first weeks after exam 1. This story pertains directly with gender differences when it comes to sexuality, specifically a man's comfort vs. a woman's with their sexuality. I was at country concert in Ft. Laromie, Ohio, its 500 acres of field where people camp for up to 4 days with 3 days of concerts and is pretty much a drunken fest. It is country music but I assure you these people party as hard as any other genre's crowd with a crazy hillbilly twang. You party and do wild things all day and through the concert, when you wake up feeling like crap, the atmosphere somehow snaps you back to life and you start over. During one of these afternoons before the concert some European dudes came over to say hello. Campsites seem to mix together throughout the area so this was nothing new. I see these men talking with a couple girls from the camp when I ponder upon the girls making out. I thought, "these guys are some sort of masterminds." Then the two dudes make out a also which isn't a big deal, they're gay, no wonder they are so good with the ladies. I found out a little later on these guys we're actually straight as they just casual stated they are that comfortable with their sexuality. I've never heard such a thing. This ties into gender norms and double-standards especially "becoming 100 percent straight" where being straight is almost like something you have to check and assure yourself of in our society but these European guys were so comfortable with their sexuality its never questioned to the point they kissed like nothing. If two men make out, not one person would think of them as straight but straight girls making out seems to happen way more often and can just be between friends who are usually drunk and want to express their loving friendship.
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Initially, when reading this post I had to go back and read it over again because I was shocked and did not know how to respond. This is exactly the reaction that the writer was trying to make. This is a perfect example of the article "becoming 100 percent straight". It can be said without saying, that when girls make out no matter their sexuality no one really blinks an eye and this is because of societies double- standard. Hearing that two guys made out, my first reaction was that there was no possible way that they were actually straight. But honestly, what does "actually straight" mean? Does it mean that you only touch and think about the opposite sex or does it mean that you are so comfortable with your sexuality that no matter what you do it wont effect your beliefs? This brings up a topic that is not talked about a lot when dealing with men. I am very fast to categorizing two guys as gay especially when they are showing affection. Maybe this is because I would never act this way or never would imagine my friends doing something similar, however there is nothing wrong with it and society should understand that.
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