Well, arriving here before some of the people on this thread have, and probably being around the same age as most, I did not fall off a turnip truck 3 years ago and found all knowledge of the world around me through MTV and People Mag.
I went to one of the most screwed up City Universities in the world--George Washington Univ. in D.C. More neurotic brainpower and overworked/over amped students than the mind can imagine.
The queer thing simply was not. It just didn't appear to exist. I actually met one guy who brought it up, a really darling guy who was 21 and all he did was get drunk and babble about the professor who had seduced him and now was he queer or not. His point was he was drunk and the guy made all the moves, but also he felt that if he wasn't that way he would have stopped it. He was almost a complete mental depressed suicidal wreck. I have never forgotten it. He was destroyed by this old predator.
I was so oblivious to same sex stuff going on that I wonder how it could have been around and me never notice or hear of it. Obviosly it was very, very rare. I worked part time for Kelly Girls and was in a lot of social situations. Some girl kept encouraging me to meet her female roommate, and maybe we "could all go out". She kept telling me how pretty her roommate was. For me that was the most ideal situation imaginable, to have pretty women to go and sit around and look at guys with, since that's what the guys were out for too, so sit around and look at the girls, so I was very open to the idea. I remember the afternoon when we were standing outside the office, and I was waiting for a bus back to the university. She said, would I be offended to know that her roommate liked other girls, and more or less was trying to set up a blind date, I guess.
Being hit by a car would have been equally stunning. I was literally hanging on the tlelphone pole in shock, and I remember her saying, "are you alright? Are you alright? I'm sorry."
That to me was a horrifying and embarrassing situation, and I was never so embarrassed in my life. The thought that she would even vaguely consider me interested in such a thing seemed like the worst insult I had ever been given, and I was almost nausiated physically and could hardly stand up. I'm not kidding about that.
So, I would say they have made a lot of inroads since, eh?
And I made a vow to my Lord and man not to discuss this unpleasant reality again on SI. I seem to be unable to shut up this morning, though.
:) |
