Today, during a discussion in my History of Sexuality in the U.S. class, there was an observation made that really stuck out to me.

Speaking very generally, one of the girls in my class said that people in the queer community are more open and willing to talk about the explicit details of their sex lives because their sexuality has become their identity. Their sex lives are their conversations, whereas in the hetero-community people are less likely to be so explicit about their sex lives. Initially, I had one reaction to this: as unfair as it is, it's pretty much true. But then I got to thinking about what AA said in her post about the stigma of "sex".

There are pros and cons to both sides of this sexual street. I think there is something terribly liberating behind the idea of being reduced to your sexuality. Humans, as we have established in class discussions, are sexual beings but the discomfort that comes with actually talking about it makes us think otherwise. I think therein lies the hetero's problem; we're afraid to be sexual. As a heterosexual, one does not necessarily "advertise" their sexuality in such a way that it is one of the first characteristics people notice.

I'm not sure how anyone else feels on the subject, so please let me know!

-Stephanie Kate