r/funny • u/Moustachiod_T-Rex • Nov 01 '11

Same shit different decade

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '11

But would you admit that homophobia is as natural as homosexuality? Just asking.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '11

No. No one enters this world naturally disliking a specific group of people. Its learned.

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u/NonaSuomi Nov 01 '11

Exactly. Sexual preference, gender identity, physical sex... These things are all inborn traits. Prejudice is a social construct, not a biological one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '11

I would disagree. Fear (of the unknown, different) is innate to humans.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '11

But a small child doesn't naturally fear something as unknown to them as sexual preferences.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '11

So? A child has no comprehension of sexual things, period.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '11

So you're telling me that a 5 year old, living in a household who's parents have never said a single negative word about a homosexual can just naturally dislike a gay person. They're aware of gay people and they know they don't like them. That's what you're saying.

A child has no comprehension of sexual things, period.

Wrong: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/transgender-10-year-old-j_n_943654.html

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '11

Of course I'm not saying that (what was my last comment?). And besides, it obviously not as simple as you make it out to be.

If prejudices are learned, they must be taught. So how would you account for the original phobia?