[quote=Russell]Correction:
I did know of one blanket party. The straights and gays were beating up someone who wouldn’t shower….I pressume it was because he was stinky.[/quote]
@CAR
2 points:
1:
My reference to gender segregation (which I obviously failed to make) was to point out that gender is a relatively easier line of cleavage than preference.
I was not speaking to the motivation but to the feasibility.
Its pretty easy to determine who is a man and who is a woman.
There is a very, very tiny percentage whose category is unclear.
That is not the case with sex-preference.
The percentage who self-identify as gay is less than 10%.
The total percentage of people who self-identify as straight that have had (or are curious about) some same-sex sexual experience is much larger.
The percentage of people who have had some level of attraction to members of the same gender is larger still (like every single boy who ever watched “Labyrinth”).
It is unclear where you would draw the line here.
Do you ban every cast member of “girls gone wild”?
The point is that unlike gender segregation, there is far more gray area and far less true black or white.
Point 2:
I think that the concern over harassment is a somewhat hypocritical.
We don’t ban gays from gyms in nominally “straight” neighborhoods.
We don’t keep lesbians off the nude beaches (thank god).
All of these situations are voluntary.
No soldiers are forced into service anymore.
Further, how is banishment ever a solution for harassment?
If, as you seem to imply, the solutions should be modeled on current gender segregation practices, would you then be in favor of separate gay-only units or housing?
Note: Sorry for not addressing AFX, Rustico, or Brian. I agree with AFX, am embarrassed by Brian, and find Rustico more nuanced and thoughtful (though I still disagree).
