09-19-2011, 08:09 PM
I friend asked me a wee while ago why tend to say "gay" for homosexual and "heterosexual" (or "hetero") for straight people.
Although I wasn't aware of it until he pointed it out I had a wee think and I came up with this possible reasoning. "Straight" is the opposite of "bent" and I don't like that term. And the only other non-scientific term I can think of is "breeder" and that was designed to be derogatory from the start (so I don't want to use that)
So, are there any neutral or affirming words to describe a "heterosexual"?
Although I wasn't aware of it until he pointed it out I had a wee think and I came up with this possible reasoning. "Straight" is the opposite of "bent" and I don't like that term. And the only other non-scientific term I can think of is "breeder" and that was designed to be derogatory from the start (so I don't want to use that)
So, are there any neutral or affirming words to describe a "heterosexual"?
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