| The future of sexuality; What do you think it will be like 50 years from now? | |
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| Topic Started: May 30 2012, 03:29 AM (2,665 Views) | |
| Guest | May 30 2012, 03:29 AM Post #1 |
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50 years from now, what do you think the state of sexuality will be like? How do you think society will view things? Do you think there will be more gay people? Do you think there will be more bisexual people? Do you think labels will matter more or less? Do you think there will be any new labels? Do you think the same types of people will be gay or will it change? Basically when you picture the world 50-100 years from now, what changes do you foresee, what do you think the world will be like in regards to homosexuality? (My thoughts in the next post) |
 
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 03:31 AM Post #2 |
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Robot vaginas. There, I said it. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 03:32 AM Post #3 |
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I think that sexuality rests on a continuum, with lots of people concentrated on the straight end. Perhaps if it was a graph, with straight on the left and gay on the right, it would look like a diagonal line going down \ but not as steep. I think as being gay becomes more accepted, you will see more people who's sexuality lies in the middle of the graph (bisexual people) choosing to date and marry the same sex. Therefore you will see a lot more gay couples. As I see it now, anyone who is bisexual chooses to date the opposite sex because it is easier. If they do date the same sex, usually they choose not to make them their life partner, because of how difficult it is to live as a gay person in this day in age. So you get a lot of people who might actually like their own sex better never pursuing that. Right now only people who cannot possibly be with the opposite sex date their own. These tend to be people who are more like the opposite gender; masculine girls and feminine guys (please don't be offended by that, it's the truth). That's why mainstream society's view of lesbians is that they are butch and not feminine. But I don't think that the truth. I think that there are lots and lots of stereotypically feminine girls who would prefer their own sex if there was no stigma or taboo attached to it. As time passes and prejudice gets less and less, more of these girls will choose to date their own sex, and therefore the view of what a lesbian is will change. Lesbians won't be viewed as unfeminine and not pretty anymore. When people think of a lesbian, they won't picture an exclusively masculine girl. I think 50 years from now, or maybe it will take longer than 50 years, people won't assume a girl is straight upon meeting her. There will be so many more gay people, and so many more people that date both sexes, that sexuality won't be totally assumed. I also hope that the use of labels gets less, but I don't know if it will. Hopefully, people will start to say "I only date girls" or "I'm only interested in girls" instead of "I am gay". |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 03:38 AM Post #4 |
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mos will be asexual. all men will have sex with each other and the human race will cease. there i said it. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 03:55 AM Post #5 |
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i think 50% of the population will be bisexual, 25% straight, 25% gay |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 03:58 AM Post #6 |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:02 AM Post #7 |
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I think more people in most metropolitan cities will be open, to the point where you actually believe that we are 10-15% of the population. I hope in 20 years teens and adults won't need to watch shitty shows with ugly gay characters and love them just because that's all we got. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:04 AM Post #8 |
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Interesting. Do you think that will be the same for males and females? If I had to break it down I'd say maybe 20 percent gay, 30 percent bi and 50 percent straight. I don't know about men though. I really think their sexuality is different than women's. Tbh, and this may be hypocritical, I don't even know if male bisexuality exists. It's just I've never met a bisexual guy and I can't really imagine it so much. Male sexuality is a mystery to me, I only understand female. So I don't know what that will be like. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:06 AM Post #9 |
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It's already like that in a lot of cities. Well at least at my college. I go to school in boston and it seems half the guys at my school are gay. Not many lesbians though. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:09 AM Post #10 |
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I thought Boston was one of the meccas for lesbianism. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:09 AM Post #11 |
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Male bisexuality definitely exists, it just has a greater stigma attached to it among men than it does among women. They'll identify as gay or straight even when their actual sexual behaviour doesn't quite align with either label. 20-30-50 sounds roughly right to me though. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:10 AM Post #12 |
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I don't think the actual proportional breakdown of heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual orientations will change all that much at all. Most people will still be straight, with a smaller minority of bisexuals and gays. BUT, I think the acceptance of different sexualities/gender expressions will become fully normalized. Discrimination as we know it today, will be largely non-existent; at least in the Western world. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:11 AM Post #13 |
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Not so much. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:12 AM Post #14 |
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With the spreading and enforcement of the Islamic Sharia Law, I say the future of sexuality is pretty damn bleak. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:13 AM Post #15 |
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I honestly believe that women have more potential for bisexuality then men do. I think maybe in a 100 years, homosexuality won't even be an issue but 50 years...? There are still fundamentalists left and right. It'll take a while. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:17 AM Post #16 |
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But they did that study where they tested arousal of men to gay and straight porn and the bi men's arousal was the same as gay men's, they only responded to gay porn even though they said they were bi. Obviously this study isn't the be all end all, but I donno... And I've changed my breakdown. I still think majority will be straight. I think it will be more like 15, 25, 60. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:19 AM Post #17 |
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The Middle East is a hell hole. That entire region is going nowhere fast. Any area that holds fast to antiquated religious beliefs and refuses to get with the times is just going to keep regressing. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:20 AM Post #18 |
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And hopefully the dating pool for lesbians will be much bigger. Because it *should* be all the bisexual girls, but most lesbians (at least on this site) don't want to date bi girls because they don't stick with lesbians. I think that if you are 50/50 in attraction and there's nothing taboo about being gay (it's considered totally normal) then it's almost better to be with your own sex, because the emotional connection is deeper imo. The only downside is really that it's harder to have babies. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:22 AM Post #19 |
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Fixed |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 04:26 AM Post #20 |
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lmao. You know what I meant. You have to use a turkey baster or adopt. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 05:41 AM Post #21 |
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Lol I was gonna do the exact same smiley! |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 06:47 AM Post #22 |
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Misogynistic scum. 
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 06:49 AM Post #23 |
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So typical for bisexuals to show their true colors and spew their propaganda in this thread, it's sad that they live in such a delusional state. 'bisexuals' are such a joke. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 06:51 AM Post #24 |
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Why do bi haters nitpick every fucking thing? Shut the fuck up already. Bisexuals are BAD. We believe you. Now fuck off. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 06:51 AM Post #25 |
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Typical bisexual likes to live in a fantasy, where they are the biggest majority instead of the smallest minority. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 06:51 AM Post #26 |
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Why do 'bisexuals' refuse to live in reality? |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 06:54 AM Post #27 |
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You must be the same person who was trolling around the movie+book threads and making shit up about bisexuals in lesbian literature. Your shtick is boring. Enough already. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 07:04 AM Post #28 |
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These kind of propaganda posts don't belong here, you should all go to AE and Autostraddle with the rest of the fluids where you can happily post in your bubble of delusion. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 08:25 AM Post #29 |
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I think it would be the same only there would be more out and proud lesbians/bisexuals/gays. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 10:06 AM Post #30 |
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It will be the same. The vast majority of people will always be straight, with no more than 10% who aren't. That's just the way it is. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 10:26 AM Post #31 |
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We will all screw robots. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 10:34 AM Post #32 |
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woah woah woah. i'm the op and i'm gay. we live in a world where straights are the majority. everything else (LGBT) is a minority. i just think (in MY opinion) more of them will be "open" to the idea kinda like in the '70s where there were a lot of people would hook up with the opposite sex/same sex and it wasn't a big deal. (like freddie mercury/michael jackson/etc...) |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 10:49 AM Post #33 |
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I kind of see it like bi-racial relationships. 20 years ago seeing a black man with a white woman was  but NOW no-one really cares or notices. It will be the same with same-sex couples |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 10:58 AM Post #34 |
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Interesting question op. For women: I do think the proportion of out lesbians, especially feminine lesbians will grow because female income independence, understanding, empowerment etc. is growing in society in general. Women are getting used to having what they WANT and not what society tells them they should want or put up with. Thus, women who would have previously stayed in the closet or repressed their true sexuality for the safety (i.e. money) and acceptance of hetero family life will be more proactive about actually living a fulfilling life and finding someone they love and are attracted to. Also the image of lesbianism is changing. Before it was assumed that women only turned to other women because they a) were hurt by a man b) were scared of men c) wanted to be a man i.e. all lesbians are really confused, flaky bisexuals or ftm. The lesbian community in and of itself perpetuated these views because heck, 50 years ago no one knew ANYTHING about how female sexuality itself worked or what being a lesbian meant. Women weren't even seen as having a sexuality separate from men. We were all still trying to figure out what the heck was going on. While these views still exist they are not as widespread and the lesbian community as a whole is beginning to reject them. The bisexual community is also taking some preliminary steps towards promoting understanding for their sexuality as a separate entity from mens' 'two girls together is hot' reaction. Primarily, some are trying to buck trends where all bisexuals end up with or only have serious relationships with men. I see more and more bisexuals admitting to being primarily attracted to women too. As these things change we will see more out feminine lesbians and more bisexuals who settle down with women. We will also see less flip-flopping between being lesbian-bisexual-straight every 5 minutes as people will be less scared to label themselves honestly rather than politically or due to convenience of the moment. For men: Two big things here will start changing. As gay marriage becomes legal in more and more countries and gets more visibility, the myth that gay men should, by their nature, be promiscuous sluts who take drugs to open up their assholes for sex will start to be quashed. Many of my gay male friends are hoping for this to happen because it is a destructive circle to introduce young gay men to under the guise of it being natural. Being gay is natural sure but being so promiscuous and addicted to drugs that you can't form meaningful romantic relationships with others is not. The myth that men only need sex and not long-lasting relationships to be happy is just that - a myth. And this has been proven in some studies, I'll see if I can find them, which of course have gone unnoticed in the mainstream. The other big thing is of course there will be more out male bisexuals. There has in fact been a recent study that proves that male bisexuals exists, which is far more advanced and unbiased than that other study another poster cited. I personally know quite a few male bisexuals who identify as gay. They do this because it's easier to get sex from men and they prefer the gay male community but they have been and are attracted sexually and romantically to women too. They also sleep with them from time to time (this behaviour is not all that uncommon it's just that for some reason mainstream media only wants to focus on the few uncommon instances of lesbians sleeping with men and not gay men sleeping with women. Who knows why? ) Also, many bisexual men will call themselves straight because if you call yourself a male bisexual most women will no longer touch you. Even bisexual women. Straight people: don't really care how they turn out. They do have to fix their gender relations though. The amount of disrespect between men and women is disturbing. |
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| Guest | May 30 2012, 11:07 AM Post #35 |
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I'm a femme lesbian and I don't "prefer" women, I'm only attacted to women so no being with a man is not an option for me any more than it would be for a stone butch. Your post is quite offensive to be honest. |
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