Heterosexual questionnaire

[Christa]

1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?
2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?
3. Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase that you will grow out of?
4. Is it possible that your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of people of the same sex? Maybe you just need a positive gay experience?
5. Heterosexuals have histories of failures in gay relationships. Do you think you may have turned heterosexual out of fear of rejection?
6. If you never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn’t prefer that?
7. If heterosexuality is normal, why are disproportionate numbers of mental patients heterosexual?
8. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react?
9. Your heterosexuality doesn’t offend me as long as you leave me alone, but why do so many heterosexuals try to seduce others into that orientation?
10. If you should choose to nurture children, would you want them to be heterosexual, knowing the problems they would face?

- from OUT/LOOK 1991 issue.



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[Burma Jones]

1. I'll bite.....

1. Peer Pressure
2. It was a dream I had about a girl and a Cello
3. Nah, it would be too hard to change the monograms on the towels.
4. Could be.....I played Football in High School and was not that good.....
5. No.
6. Not Applicable.
7. I blame children
8. Friends, they warned me of creeping bourgeois attitude
9. Free T-Shirts
10. Whatever they decide, I wish them a healthy relationship with someone who loves and respects them.

[Gregorian]

2. Mimsies (yes). Glitter (no).

That's my explanation for being hetero.

edited to remove any ambiguity.

[Hepburn]

3. Certainly puts things in perspective! KNR...n/t

[Th1onein]

4. There's an argument that heterosexuality is genetic.

The old nature/nurture argument. Surely, it can't be genetic!

[Better Today]

5. As honestly as I can...

1. I haven't got a clue.

2. I didn't decide I just didn't have any other offers on the table except from the opposite sex.

3. Sure, I've ofter wondered if I should try homosexuality since heterosexuality leads ultimately to divorce after having been "owned" or "dominated" by a man. Instead for now I'm asexual.

4. Yes, could be. I look forward to a positive sexual experience, gay or otherwise.

5. Perhaps.

6. I don't

7. Because sexuality of either type is a damn tricky road to roam.

8. I have not disclosed my sexuality to anyone that wasn't participating in it with me, and for them, I'm figuring they didn't need a disclosure statement.

9. Some do, some don't; sexual forwardness is a personal trait not found in all persons, hetero or homo

10. Yes, but I would also want them to be naturally slender, naturally devoid of serious ailments, taller than most, and lovely than most because of proof that these things assist their futures. . . however I would totally love them if they were short, dumpy, and dull.

[tbyg52]

6. A good analogy is priceless.

At least for those who practice thought. Some, unfortunately, will never get it. Hopefully their numbers are growing smaller.

[ThomCat]

7. I remember a whole lot of straight people being very defensive

when asked these questions back in 1991. :P

I also remember walking around with copies of this, sharing this with a hell of a lot of people, and having a lot of fun with it. :)

A few variations on this were floating around for a while too, and there were some very good additional questions added to one or two of those. Does anyone have any old copies of the variants, with any of the other really good questions?

[offog]

8. Funneee!

And it makes a very serious point at the same time. A lot of people still think that sexual orientation is a choice, the way people choose a career. Back around 1988, I was at a debate for candidates running for a party nomination in my Federal riding. When the topic of gay rights came up, one candidate said "No one willingly chooses to belong to a group that is so despised."

BTW,Christa, are you familiar with the Soulforce website? It's a site that supports GLBT people and their allies. It's one of my favorite sites because the people are so nice. If you've never visited Soulforce, you should check it out and maybe consider setting up this post there as well, or setting up a link. (I'd ask if I could set up a link, but I don't know how.) A lot of people there would love this.

Best wishes!

[Jamastiene]

9. Good one.

I have often wanted to ask some of those same questions to homophobes.

[vixengrl]

10. Here's my answers--

1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?

Tradition and a generalized attraction for male business only somewhat more imperative than my appreciation of the female ....erm....business.

2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?

Marrying my first husband hammered home my preference--but I divorced him. Girls are a distinct possibility, but I married another guy. I depressingly tend hetero.

3. Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase that you will grow out of?
Yes, I actually think it is. I like women most of the time---and could even bed them--but my long-term prospects are invariably male.

4. Is it possible that your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of people of the same sex? Maybe you just need a positive gay experience? Yeah--I think this is true--I had a fellow poet who I totally should have shagged proposition me during a poetry reading, and she was everything, really, curvacious, talented, and had this wonderful dark curly hair--I should have bid the guy who brought me to sod off, and let her take me home--I didn't, and this is like my saddest regret, because he knew the least thing about poetry and she really was someone with whom I could speak. I broke up with him and still wondered if I should try to search her out.


5. Heterosexuals have histories of failures in gay relationships. Do you think you may have turned heterosexual out of fear of rejection?

Yeah. No comment necessary--is it? I flirted with the girlfriends of guys I was friends with sometimes, and sometimes they even seemed interested, but nothin'. Dudes always were easier to pull.

6. If you never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn’t prefer that?
I don't know--I might like it, but I never tried. I kind of wish I took my opportunities. If I was single, I'd try again.

7. If heterosexuality is normal, why are disproportionate numbers of mental patients heterosexual? I don't think this applies, sorry.


8. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react? I admitted my bisexuality to my very best friend when I was fourteen. I've been out about it more or less ever since, although in practice I only sometimes hook-up with females--my Long-term relationships are with males.


9. Your heterosexuality doesn’t offend me as long as you leave me alone, but why do so many heterosexuals try to seduce others into that orientation?

I dunno--although I sometimes do think gay males are attractive--I know they don't want me and don't try. It's weirder to figure out how supposedly straight females stand, though.


10. If you should choose to nurture children, would you want them to be heterosexual, knowing the problems they would face?

I'd love my babies whatever they expressed. I'm mostly straight except when I'm not--not narrow.

[readmoreoften]

11. Oldie but goodie!!!

I, for one, pride myself on my tolerance towards people who are heterosexuals. They can't help it, poor dears. They were born that way.

[TexasObserver]

12. Recommend. (But too late to be counted.)

I've always liked the retort: "When did you choose to be heterosexual?"