I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised by the majority of the comments here. Turns out our Louisiana ECCIE guys are, by and large, pretty accepting!
It is not a male or female issue but a masculine or feminine issue. I am turned on by all things feminine which makes me heterosexual. While it seems some here wish to label people based on who they are with and not what they do, I think that is a complete cop out.
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I find no turn on by anything masculine, and 100% turn on by all things feminine.
Originally Posted by muny4huny
You know, Muny...despite the...uh...explicitness of your post, I think we're in agreement. If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that, as a heterosexual guy, you would much prefer say,
Bailey Jay, a woman who has a penis, to
Buck Angel, a man who has a vagina (though he also has a phallus as a result of hormone therapy). **Don't worry, those are just Wikipedia links. Not that ECCIE is safe for work or anything, lol.
However, I would disagree with your assertion that taking a strap-on from a girl makes a man gay. When I strap on a bright purple phallus, it doesn't automatically make me a man! I'm still a girl, which means the guy who's taking that phallus like a champ is still hetero.
I think Muny just endorsed the topic of the thread in a positive way. I think.
Originally Posted by rex111999
LOL I think so! I was kind of surprised. But then again, I don't really know Muny...
The fact that we participate in the hobby already puts us on the fringe of society, so its not like any of us have any room to cast stones. Just sayin.
Originally Posted by causewaycommuter
Right. And I think we should be supporting each other on principle--no matter what you like, we're all doing something that makes us "outsiders" to the mainstream. The media, lots of religious groups, and most non-hobbying folk make us out to be evil degenerates, and they blame us for tons of problems that we have nothing to do with. We get enough judgement and hate from outsiders; we don't need it from each other.
I'm kinda curious how you can not like something you have never tried? I believe someone not too far above me just made that statement. You know the saying, "If you don't have something good to say, don't say anything at all." In the case of reviews such as these, that would be excellent advice to follow. I do find it interesting how some will jump in and have to express their masculinity and how they are not and never will be gay or bi when it has absolutely nothing to do with the review at all. What is the motivation to have to tell the world that information? You are not gay or bi, so? Does shouting out the fact that you are strictly hetero make you more attractive, feel better about yourself? One thing is for sure, and that is that it is obvious some people do not understand transsexuality and, rather than educate themselves about it, would rather make fun of it or profess to let others know how much it disgusts them. I guess those people are considered absolutely flawless to the rest of the world and they want to be sure that everyone knows it. Human sexuality is complex. I believe it was Kristi who mentioned black and white and how a gray world must confuse the hell out of some people (not those exact words) but you get the point. I guess the bottom line is, to me, live and let live. No one is forcing anyone to do anything they don't want to and to make snide and nasty remarks because someone doesn't fit into your idea of the perfect person is just sad. And FYI, their are people out there who don't believe you are perfect either.
Originally Posted by here4now
You know, I tried to pick out something in here to respond to specifically, but I can't, because I agree with every damn word.
A homosexual experience has NEVER been defined by an "oriface". Many Gay men do not engage in anal sex. "Who's on top" is irrelvent.
Originally Posted by Arverni
YES! Exactly!
I base my opinions on science - not feelings. I will not "redefine" established scientific concepts simply because those established concepts hurt people's feelings.
Originally Posted by Arverni
Well then, you probably shouldn't be using Wikipedia to support your point, since it's not exactly known for its accuracy re: science, lol.
I understand your point, though. But I think your premise is faulty.
Gender does not necessarily correspond with genitalia. Gender is a pretty complicated concept, actually, and it encompasses social/cultural factors just as much as biological ones. I mean, if you like Wikipedia (and even though it has its faults, I do), check out the
Wikipedia article for Gender. If it were as simple as "Boys have penises and girls have vaginas, end of story," that article would be much, much shorter.
Nor does sex, for that matter. If we're talking strictly in biological distinctions, XX is Female and XY is male. But sometimes genotype (the actual genetic sex) and phenotype (the physical, observable characteristics of the body that we read as "female" and "male") don't match up the way we expect them to. So, sometimes people who have XX chromosomes don't have vaginas. And sometimes people who have XY chromosomes don't have penises. And then there are people who are born with an extra chromosome, like people who are XXY or XYY. So that complicates matters even further. Mother Nature is not known for her reliability or simplicity, haha.
Usually, a person's gender is determined by phenotype (what their body looks like) at birth, but sometimes that doesn't match up with other aspects of who they are, either biologically or physically or mentally. And that doesn't mean that someone who has a penis and XY chromosomes can't be a woman mentally--and that's not unscientific. Remember, the human brain isn't just a mushy mass of feelings; it's perhaps the most complex thing science has discovered so far.
I have a general rule I use to make sense of this stuff that (I think) makes it pretty easy:
It's not the parts; it's the person. It hasn't steered me wrong yet
Also, I need to add that the only person here (in this thread) who's really an expert on this stuff is TSKrystiKakes, so when in doubt, we should probably just listen to what she says and take her word for it, since she's, ya know, living it and all.