The New Girl’s Best Friend
My wife recently remarked that Rosie O'Donnell isn't gay. She explained that Rosie simply hates men to such a degree that the only remaining gender left with whom to have relationships are women.
I thought this was interesting because I read an article a few weeks ago that stated a trend among young women. More and more women are breaking out of the traditional categories of heterosexual and homosexual. This usually happens during their college years where they find the freedom to experiment with their sexuality. These women are engaging in sexual activity with other women, but they maintain a long term desire to eventually marry a man and have children. So, they go through a period of lesbian activity, but they then are able to enter into a long-term monogamous heterosexual relationship.
So, are these women temporarily lesbians? Can a person have a shifting sexual orientation? I have long thought that a person was either homosexual or heterosexual, but it seems that some people go through different periods of how they express their sexuality. They are not bisexual because they are able to eventually have a long term heterosexual relationship. However, are these women simply hiding their attraction to other women, or are they able to truly pass through a "lesbian phase" and no longer desire such activity?
As a father to two young boys with a baby girl on the way, I am keen to understand the various views of sexuality that exist in our society. My moral values can only support heterosexuality, but I need to stay on top of the sexuality changes through which our culture is going.
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Anjuan
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Nelson Webber