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| Graham Kennedy, Ismail Merchant and homophobia |
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The fluffiest of fluffy wuffies contend that there's no such thing as human nature; that everything's contextual; that society's to blame. That's such crap. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the persistent unease that most people feel about homosexuality. Even now, in the supposedly enlightened noughties, the subject of the recently deceased Graham Kennedy's sexuality remains extremely controversial. Here's another example: The recently deceased film legend Ismail Merchant's homosexuality has been airbrushed out in so many obits and columns about him in the mainstream media. I agree with the fluff's contention that the world would be a better place if there was no homphobia (although, being the puritanical reactionary bastard that I am, I don't believe that gaiety should be endorsed through the legalisation of gay marriage). Sadly, no amount of "attitudinal reconstruction" will solve this problem. You can't put a square peg in a round hole. (Probably not the best analogy to use here, but you get my drift.) It's kind of like all the alienation, mutual distrust and sheer exasperation that plagues The Chick/Bloke Thing. Gays and lesbians are "the other" for most of the population in the same way that women are "the other" for men (and vice versa). The main difference is that unlike men and women, straight and gay people don't want to jump each other's bones - by definition. This state of affairs certainly ain't pretty, but it's just the way it is unfortunately. |
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