I'm not comfortable with the term "straight couples". It makes them sound "normal".
Can we not call them "mixed sex couples" or something??
Suggestions??
2007-01-24 16:05:59 · 14 answers · asked by Angelpaws 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Okay, hence forth, we shall replace every word with cookie!
....Delicious, delicious cookies.
2007-01-24 16:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by Gabrielle_Wills 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I am telling you people have been trying to come up with a new word for gay and lesbian couples for years.. I am sure someone will do it but for now we just have to settle for what we have
Now as for
denverlover90
Gay has more meaning than just a male that loves other males..
look at the first 3 entries from Websters for that.
Main Entry: 1gay
Pronunciation: 'gA
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French gai, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gAhi quick, sudden
1 a : happily excited : MERRY
2 a : BRIGHT, LIVELY
3 : given to social pleasures; also : LICENTIOUS
4 a : HOMOSEXUAL
Cookie... heh he heh
Cookie.. I love it
2007-01-24 17:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What, being in a relationship with someone of the opposite gender isn't normal? Only homosexual couples are normal?
Just messin' with ya!
It's just easier to say it that way. You really can carry being P.C too far. I don't equate straight with normal, just as I don't equate gay with abnormal.
Actually, it really bugs me to hear some say, "That's so gay," when they mean something is strange. It's a very weird expression besides being offensive.
2007-01-24 16:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by Brian W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, you could call them heterosexual...straight is more like a slang term. And I don't find it offensive, actually, I always figured it sounded more offensive to them. Like calling someone square...they are straight, lol!
The only way I could see it being offensive is if they started calling homosexuals squiggles...
2007-01-24 17:11:32 · answer #4 · answered by IamBatman 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hets or Het couples. It's short, descriptive and doesn't have the Ramrod & Righteous connotation of Straight.
2007-01-24 22:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about opposite-sex couples? Lol don't know what else you could name them except heterosexual couples, but that's too long.
2007-01-24 16:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by guitarherofairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
straight
male female
mal-fe's...new word..okay?
doesn't sound a bit normal
2007-01-24 16:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What would you prefer? (Since the world revolves around "natural" gays). If being gay was natural, why can't 2 men reproduce or 2 women? We were made for a man & a woman to be together. And "straight" means straight. "gay" means gay. look it up in a dictionary.
2007-01-24 16:33:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
What's wrong with heterosexual? It is the equivalent of homosexual and is linguistically neutral (if not culturally so).
2007-01-24 16:15:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like it.
2007-01-24 16:21:46 · answer #10 · answered by jennifer 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋