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Originally Posted by Moniker42  Here's a question I'd be interested in hearing the answers to... Is homosexuality still regarded as weird and abnormal in the states? I know in the UK I don't think anyone would be caught dead "coming out" at school, they'd probably be bullied and laughed at, the word "gay" has an extremely negative connotation.
I'm 17, I've just left school, and i still know some people that say things like "don't be gay" (if you refuse to lend someone money or whatever) to mean something negative or "that's gay" (in reply to getting detention for being late). Is the word gay used in that context elsewhere or is that a Glasgow/UK thing? |
i think what happens in schools is a special situation that shouldn't reflect on society as a whole. a lot of the kids at that age are not (very) active and unsure about themselves. one of the only way they have to prove to themselves and others that they're on the 'right' team is by bashing the other team. once they'll have a boy/girlfriend to show and more experience they won't feel the need to prove themselves anymore and grow out of it.
if they still do it at 20 or 30, it's another story
