Gender Studies I

[WisconsinWildcard]

How are doctors licensed, could they lose professional credit/acceptance similar to lawyers and the Bar Association? It seems like this would fly in the face of their professional ethics.

By state. And most of the state boards are cowards that allow bull**** on this level to happen so I would not count on them to have a backbone. Most of the docs who would do something this unethical are likely part of fringe professional societies like the AAPS so its not like they would be sanctioned from that end either.

[LynahFan]

So I just found out a couple days ago that my cousin's husband is leaving her and their 5-year-old son after 15 years of marriage because he is bisexual, wants to have sex with men outside of the marriage, and that is a deal-breaker for her. I don't know if I can ever understand decisions like this.

I'm a heterosexual guy who, sure, has openly joked about my "hall pass list" with my wife, so it's not exactly a secret that I've at least thought about sex with other people. But it is comically easy for me to put those thoughts aside and choose to be faithful to my wife and children. I actively choose not to have sex with other women (ok, let's be honest - I choose not to pursue it. The choice not to have it would probably be *theirs*!). Is it somehow different, harder, for a bisexual person to choose not to have sex with other women and men? Is eschewing homosexual sex some sort of existential crisis for a bisexual person? Or is this actually the hedonistic, selfish decision that it appears to be to me?

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Really? Of all the people you could've picked to speak alongside VP Harris at an event about women...

[Kepler]

Really? Of all the people you could've picked to speak alongside VP Harris at an event about women...

Harvey Weinstein was not available.

[RaceBoarder]

So I just found out a couple days ago that my cousin's husband is leaving her and their 5-year-old son after 15 years of marriage because he is bisexual, wants to have sex with men outside of the marriage, and that is a deal-breaker for her. I don't know if I can ever understand decisions like this.

I'm a heterosexual guy who, sure, has openly joked about my "hall pass list" with my wife, so it's not exactly a secret that I've at least thought about sex with other people. But it is comically easy for me to put those thoughts aside and choose to be faithful to my wife and children. I actively choose not to have sex with other women (ok, let's be honest - I choose not to pursue it. The choice not to have it would probably be *theirs*!). Is it somehow different, harder, for a bisexual person to choose not to have sex with other women and men? Is eschewing homosexual sex some sort of existential crisis for a bisexual person? Or is this actually the hedonistic, selfish decision that it appears to be to me?

This is something I have sorta seen among some non-hetero people in that they use being non-hetero as an excuse to take part in hedonistic behaviors. I'll agree that your situation is no different from the guy leaving the 15 year marriage to be with another woman. It's EXACTLY the same and just as wrong, hurtful, and insensitive. Being LGBTQ is not a free pass to be an *******.

[Kepler]

So I just found out a couple days ago that my cousin's husband is leaving her and their 5-year-old son after 15 years of marriage because he is bisexual, wants to have sex with men outside of the marriage, and that is a deal-breaker for her. I don't know if I can ever understand decisions like this.

He's checked out of the marriage. Now, finding yourself suddenly as having a totally different sexual identity may do that, I can't judge. And we're long past the days of saying a marriage is irrevocable and you can never repent of it. It sucks but it certainly happens.

I'm not gonna throw stones here since I don't know the people, but I sympathize with everybody involved. It must be jarring and emotionally terrible for all of them. It sounds like each of the parents has agency and is exercising it, so, yay... I guess? We can all think of much worse outcomes (he stays and cheats, he bullies her into accepting it, she bullies him into suppressing it, they stay together in a loveless marriage "for the child," etc).

[MissThundercat]

The America I'd like to see:
"Dear Valued Customer:

This is your internet service provider. We recently noticed you made homophobic and transphobic comments, so we've blocked you from seeing gay, lesbian, and transgender porn.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for choosing Xfinity!"

[MissThundercat]

With anti-trans legislation sweeping across the South, I want to get the kids and their families out and visit bodily harm on the lawmakers that passed those bills.

[Jeb2020]

Let’s just leave the kids alone.

[LynahFan]

With the FSM as my witness, I do not understand how anyone could contemplate a transgender 14-year-old and have any other response than the deepest empathy, compassion, kindness, and love. 14 sucked for most *CIS* kids - I cannot fathom trying to navigate the sewers of adolescence with that burden around your neck.

Ah, but their Sky Master (whose greatest commandment was, "love everyone") apparently told them to hate certain people, so it's all good.

[Kepler]

Ah, but their Sky Master (whose greatest commandment was, "love everyone") apparently told them to hate certain people, so it's all good.

90% of Christians wouldn't know Jesus if he healed them.

Authoritarians are worshipping their own fear and anger. It's been that was since 10,000 BC. The label they put on it is meaningless.

The cruelty is the point.

[MissThundercat]

Wednesday was Day of Visibility.

I am perplexed as to why my community is labeled as supervillains by Red Pill Reddit and Evangelical right wingers. I just want to go home from work and play Animal Crossing in peace.

[Kepler]

Prima facie, this is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

[MissThundercat]

Prima facie, this is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

I don't know. I have a cat, name is Timcat, and I tell him he is a little baby and he is so cute and so damn annoying at the same time.

[MissThundercat]

The Arkansas governor vetoed the bill banning trans kids from receiving affirming care.

Not what I was expecting, but I will take it.