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From: HUXTABLE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Kathryn Huxtable)
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Subject: Re: rumor or truth--lesbian relationships
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Date: 23 Oct 90 15:58:00 GMT
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In article <3193@yang.earlham.edu>, davej@yang.earlham.edu (David A. Jeroslow) writes:
> "Gay male relationships are more likely to be based on a genuine love and 
> sexual attraction, whereas gay female relationships are often based on a 
> mutual anger toward men."

The statement is funny.  It's a reversal of the description I usually
see which goes something like

"Lesbian relationships are more likely to be based on a genuine love
and commitment, whereas gay male relationships are often based only
on sexual attraction."

Note that it isn't really inverted, though it kind of looks like it.
Both of those statements contain multiple hidden value judgments, e.g.
that anger towards men is bad, that sexual attraction is shallow, etc.

Since I know gay male and lesbian couples who fit all manner of
descriptions, I wonder what we gain by stereotyping?

-- 
Kathryn Huxtable
huxtable@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu