The perverts need to get back in the closet! I had to explain to my 10 yr old twins last week what homosexuality is; they'd seen the gay marriage coverage on the news. I'm glad to report they were immediately disgusted.
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I'm disgusted by homosexuality too, but I've no interest in prohibiting those who think otherwise in partaking.
Cash, I'd bet ten bucks you described homosexuality in the most disgusting and abhorrent manner possible. And you were probably drooling as you got into the details of gay sex, as well. Yeah, most kids would be disgusted by that.
How you should explain homosexuality to kids: You see, sometimes men want to be with men, and sometimes women want to be with women.
@Julian
A further $50 says that child molestation was at least peripherally mentioned.
@Dana
If they don't turn out gay, I bet one ends up being a father by the age of 18.
Yeah, for a lot of people there is the "Ick!" factor. To a kid, the idea of sex can just be basically disgusting. When I was ten the idea of heterosexual sex kind of disgusted me. I'd assume most ten-year-olds were like me and essentially disgusted by sex in general.
When my little brother first heard about homosexuality (he was a good bit younger than ten -- I don't remember how old. It would have been eight, maximum), he was disgusted, mostly because the idea of romance between to people from the same gender was completely foreign to him. I don't doubt that you described homosexuality to your son in the worst possible light. My parents just told my brother "Some women fall in love with other women and some men fall in love with other men, the same way most men fall in love with women and women fall in love with men," and he was immediately disgusted. But you know what? My little brother got over that initial disgust rather quickly. A lot of my parents' friends are gay. My little brother knew and liked some of those friends and realized that being gay didn't make them bad people. My little brother had this thing called empathy, you see, and could place himself in their shoes. Today, he'd be one of the first to say that gays should be allowed to marry and have equal rights.
All you've done is show that you find it harder to empathize with other people, to place yourself in other people's shoes, to show compassion, and to have an open mind than an eight-year-old.
$10 says your twins will be checking each other out within 3 years. If they don't turn out to be full-fledged gay they will most likely experiment, if only to find out what all the shouting is about. I find myself almost hoping you discover your twins in flagre delecto when they are about 15 - coronary is optional.
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