I would like to know why are people homophobic?

Question

If u don't like me that's ok i'm bi and i'm just wonderin why are people homophobic? If you don't want us to like u we won't at least that's my view on it and if someone isn't bi or gay why would we like u like that ??????????

Answer 1

people are ignorant, and uneducated, so that's why we have homophobes.. as long as you are happy the way you are, nothing else should matter.... you seem like a good person, with a good head on their shoulders, so don't even worry about those homophobes..... they will get what's coming to them...

Answer 2

Largely as a result of having been raised that way. The Christian church condemns all sexuality except for purposes of reproduction, Freud and Kraft-Ebbing then turned alternate sexualities in forms a mental illness. Freud went so far as to define the capacity for a woman to orgasm a mental illness. When generation after generation of people have been raised being told that being gay is sick, un-natural, and against God, they are going to believe it. It is not a value judgment they made for themselves, and such justifications as they come up with are largely after-the-fact. What I used to notice in the navy was that the big objection most guys had to gays in the service, an absurdity since they have always been there and always will be, is that they were afraid they would be subject to the same kind of unwanted male attention to which they, themselves, subjected women.

Answer 3

I'm a straight male, and I'll give you my thoughts on homosexuality. First of all, I couldn't care less what folks do in their bedrooms. We are free citizens, and should be allowed to do as we please so long as it doesn't harm others. However, I don't approve of homosexuality. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's unnatural, but I would describe it as an anomaly. I resent the fact that homosexuality is being pushed so hard toward being described as soley biological. It reeks of agenda. I believe that some people are born as homosexuals, but not all. However, the "gay agenda" depends heavily on the fact that it is biologically induced, so as to justify it. I feel that since homosexuality has become so politicized, that any studies into it are going to be biased, whether it is for or against it.

As far as not approving of homosexuality, I see it as a personal flaw, whether it is by choice or biological. Even for heterosexuals that defend homosexuality, I'd wager that most if not all of them would be disappointed if one of their children turned out to be a homosexual. That's not to say that the child wouldn't be loved, but I believe that there would be disappointment. If for nothing else, a parent hopes to become a grandparent one day.

As far as people using the bible to condemn homosexuality, I think that it has gone overboard. Fine, homosexuality may be a sin, but it certainly doesn't rank very high on the list. With every other misdeed a person can commit, homosexuality should rank pretty low. To be fair though, many homosexuals bash Christianity whether it is justified or not. They become just as bigotted in my opinion. It's much like the person that denounces racism, and then makes a snide remark about a Southern Baptist racist redneck. Isn't that just as bigotted?

My biggest issue against homosexuality is that I have to hear about it day in, day out. I understand that most homosexuals are regular Joes that just want to live life, but it's the vocal ones that get the attention. It's thrown into our faces without even an ounce of tact. When there are Gay Pride marches in which men are wearing dresses and looking every part the "fairy" how am I supposed to take it seriously? I realize that most gay men are not like that, but those are the ones that get the most attention and make the group look bad.

Well, I could go on, but I'll leave it at that.

BTW, quick joke: My half-sister turned out to be a lesbian and moved to Australia with her girlfriend. My father was certainly disappointed, but he took it well. I told him that it brought a whole new meaning to "going down under."

Answer 4

Hang on, Dearest and have a nice cup of tea. People are homophobic usually because they fear. Fear comes from not being able to or not wanting to understand. In homophobia the fear comes from both religion (a huge factor) and also because people fear that gay men will prey on their children (which they don't...that's straight pedophiles) Silly isn't it; but for people who experience it it's a very real thing and most of them choose NOT to get over it. Most straight males think that gay men are constantly fantasizing about them and lusting after them, the same for straight women and lesbians. I have a long term mongamous partnership of 27 years. I copnsider myself married while the state doesn't.
Hope I've helped. Blessings.

Answer 5

i think people are homophobic out of fear and self loathing.

in many cases they have issues with their own sexuality which they don't understand, and their repression and inability to deal with these issues causes them to vent their self hatred towards others.

when people quote the bible and call homosexuality a sin i find it ridiculous. the bible is a book written by men, not by God, and all religions are created as control mechanisms for the masses ... perhaps with altruistic tendencies. as a general rule, for guidance, religion rails against homosexuality primarily because it's pro-family ... and homosexual reproduction is not possible ... however homosexuals can still make good parents by adopting.

religious concepts of homosexuality are outdated. we don't stone people for working on sunday any more, do we? things change, get over it.

personally i'd far rather spend time with homo/bi sexual people that straight homophobes ... people of mixed sexuality are far happier more well balanced people because they've discovered who they are and aren't repressing their true selves.

Answer 6

people are homophobic because they always believe that 1+1=2. it's not that they can't accept but they just can't deal with the fact that such nature is going against what they have always believed in, and that they are scared to accept or even acknowledge that it exists. it's always easier for human beings to reject unfamiliar information and stick to their principles.

Answer 7

Because their parents told them to be!!!

Answer 8

most people are narrow minded and simple

Answer 9

Because God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve or Eve and Barbra we are not supposed to like yall that stuff ain't normal girls are supposed to like boys and visa versa not girls and girls and guys and guys yall are sinning.