More innocence. At conferences, the Europeans I know didn't mind sharing a bed with another male they didn't see anything problematic with it. North American males however were generally opposed to the same and would rather sleep on the floor.
There is a passage in the New Testament that talks about a late night visitor wanting something from his neighbor and the neighbor responding that he can't get up and give him anything because he is already in bed with his children. I think it would be strange to conclude from this that he is a pedophile. I sent a response yesterday which got somehow lost completely. In that I commented that the statement by five researchers wasn't at all surprising given the topic, and could have been predicted with total accuracy. I was curious though about this statement in the abstract of the report: "Even though the research and clinical literature demonstrate that same-sex sexual and romantic attractions, feelings, and behaviors are normal and positive variations of human sexuality." I wonder how research could show this? --Mike On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 Aug 2009 at 2:18, Allen Esterson wrote: > > > In our "sophisticated" modern times no doubt there are people who argue > > that Laurel and Hardy must have been gay -- after all they quite often > > slept in the same bed! But those were more innocent times > > And while we're on that topic, Abraham Lincoln seems to have gone in for > bed-sharing with male partners. Is this more innocence? Or has America > already had its first gay president, an illustrious one? > > http://tinyurl.com/der6bh > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
