Unfair generalizationj by straight ally
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
Joy Behar Makes Unfair Generalization about Gay Relationships
Joy Behar of ABC's The View and her own show on HLN called The Joy Behar Show has been an ardent straight ally on behalf of the LGBT community but is coming under criticism for generalizations about gay male relationships.
In a segment on The View she argues that gays take monogamy less seriously, and that it is permissible for gay men to have affairs. She maintains that the straight world is more inclined to break up a relationship where one partner goes astray while the gay community is more accepting of such behavior.
The gay community much like the straight community has a variety of viewpoints when it comes to the issue of monogamy. There are gays and straights who are polyamorous and have multiple partners, and there are many who regard monogamy as right for them. To assert a blanket statement for the entire community is plain misinformation and wrong to those millions of LGBT people who do practice monogamy.
adamfoxie: Contact Joy Behar via Twitter and tell her generalizations are not fair and in this case like in many cases untrue. We are a diverse society, gays just like straights, but gays more so. A generalization of this type is use against us to keeps apart in civil laws.
Joy Behar Makes Unfair Generalization about Gay Relationships
Joy Behar of ABC's The View and her own show on HLN called The Joy Behar Show has been an ardent straight ally on behalf of the LGBT community but is coming under criticism for generalizations about gay male relationships.
In a segment on The View she argues that gays take monogamy less seriously, and that it is permissible for gay men to have affairs. She maintains that the straight world is more inclined to break up a relationship where one partner goes astray while the gay community is more accepting of such behavior.
The gay community much like the straight community has a variety of viewpoints when it comes to the issue of monogamy. There are gays and straights who are polyamorous and have multiple partners, and there are many who regard monogamy as right for them. To assert a blanket statement for the entire community is plain misinformation and wrong to those millions of LGBT people who do practice monogamy.
adamfoxie: Contact Joy Behar via Twitter and tell her generalizations are not fair and in this case like in many cases untrue. We are a diverse society, gays just like straights, but gays more so. A generalization of this type is use against us to keeps apart in civil laws.
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