Is this statement homophobic?

Not homophobic, but certainly hyperbolic.

Straight female. I voted not homophobic.

Male, not at all homophobic.

I would watch who I said it around, however.

Do you mean if you said it around some gay men, you would then watch them? :wink:

Well, that’s a bunch of additional information, isn’t it?

It’s something that the gay community has pretty regular complaints about-- straight individuals hear or think of a person as ‘gay’ and then picture that person in a sex act with a same sex partner.

I do not think of, let’s say, my male coworker and his wife “doing it.” It’s boring and mostly it’s a waste of my time and energy. Although, I do admit that my mind might wander if he said he had a husband.

In my opinion, the gay community can’t play totally ignorant of this imaginative pathology/affinity. I am a gay woman and I probably do let my mind wander about my lgbt friends in more sexual scenarios than my straight friends. Therefore, how I can expect that a heterosexual person could do any less than myself? Do I consider myself so enlightened that I do not see the intrigue of something ‘other’ being done under the sheets? Do I think of myself as some kind of sexual revolutionary?

Nope. In fact, I can guarantee that there are some freaky kinky things straight people do that I wouldn’t, but it wouldn’t make me puke to see let alone just think about.

I hope that I see the day that our descendants understand that love and the search for it is more than sex and sex organs.

I’m male and gay, and I don’t consider it at all homophobic. If the idea of cunnilingus is so gross that it makes me want to puke . . . does that make me heterophobic?

(And I wish the poll had asked for our sexual orientation.)

And hydrophobia can mean something totally different than fear of water.

A good case can be made for it, yes.

How about a straight man who finds cunnilingus gross? Or a straight person of either sex who finds anal or oral sex gross or who says they find anything other than standard penis-to vagina penetration gross? What sort of -phobic are they?

To clarify, I guess what I am asking is, what differentiates finding something gross enough to make one puke (and saying so) some sort of phobic or bigoted reaction from a statement of strong dislike?

Genophobic.:o

Drawing exact lines remains meaningless in my opinion. A statement of mild dislike can be phobic; for instance “Jews know each other” is a debatably dislike-free statement but very anti-Semitic, and conversely the statement “You’re such a fucking fag, (darling)” can be perfectly good-natured even though it’s suggestive of hatred.

True. Again, I guess it all comes down to context.

I’m not trying to be argumentative, by the way; just curious what others think because I can’t answer my own question.

Is it Wednesday already?

In that respect you are in good company with Socrates at your side.

No, misogynistic. There’s nothing *inherent *in (healthy) vulvas and vaginas that would induce this reaction.

I voted ‘‘not at all homophobic.’’

I’ve heard similar sentiments expressed by gay people with regard to heterosexual sex. Some people are really rigid in their sexual orientation and I think that’s fine.

I agree there is a certain context where this statement could come off as homophobic. But I don’t think there’s anything inherently homophobic about it.

Well, I hate to bang this drum again, but frankly it’s painfully obvious. A straight person expressing disgust over gay sex is inherently different from a gay person expressing the opposite due to, and say this with me now friends, straight privilege. Society is getting better, but still by and large backs up those sentiments that gay sex is less than straight sex. (can we figure out now why the original statement is homophobic or is that still too difficult?) “Heterophobic” is just a stupid, stupid term to be throwing around in this discussion because there’s no societally backed notion that straight sex is gross or unnatural. Particular sex acts, maybe, but not as a whole. (Mr. Dibble’s point about misogyny, though? Dead on.)

And yes, because of my first post in this thread I am aware that right now I am being an asshole and a hypocrit here but holy fuck someone needs to say it.

There’s nothing wrong with saying you don’t want to do it. There’s everything wrong with saying you don’t want other people to do it. It’s amazing how many people want to live their lives the way they want to, but don’t want to give other people the same right.

As I phrase all talk about sex: As long as you stay out of my boudoir, I don’t give a fuck who you’re fucking.

I do not think it is homophobic by itself. I think this phrasing is more likely to be used by a homophobic person. It is basically how I feel, but I have no reason to say it, and several reasons to NOT say it.