tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post5137076223302674799..comments2024-03-13T16:33:53.563+00:00Comments on <b>Dr Tony Shaw</b><br>: Julien Green: Moïra (1951)Dr Tony Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-52715947342198115302010-03-15T10:54:21.877+00:002010-03-15T10:54:21.877+00:00Para 1: You mean Green's determination, or det...Para 1: You mean Green's determination, or determination in general?<br /><br />Para 2: I don't think I was making a direct correlation between homosexuality and early cock excision threats. :-)<br /><br />Para 3 (parenthesis): That's a bum excuse!<br /><br />Para 4: I think that's an open question.Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-28918441467187194482010-03-12T05:37:14.785+00:002010-03-12T05:37:14.785+00:00This is a very complicated story, but if Green fou...This is a very complicated story, but if Green found himself a homosexual, after having the very kind of upbringing which would turn a lot of us very odd indeed, what does this tell us about determination?<br /><br />Is someone going to be gay just because his mum brandishes a breadknife over his dick?<br /><br />Last night I saw a documentary about the actor Stephen Fry; (OK, there was nothing else on), and heard how his homosexuality was something which just appeared at the age of fourteen, and had nothing to do with the fact that another boy had inflicted a violation by force some while previously.<br /><br />Do experiences in adolescence have any influence on the formation of sexuality? Matthew Parris was interesting on this topic in an article some months ago; he suggested that while the vast majority of us are one thing or the other, there is some tiny minority who can be influenced. This is why the traditional parent had a horror of 'homos' when they packed their sons off to boarding school, and why there was eventually a Section 28; which was, again, by popular demand a defence against the homosexual influence on vulnerable children.<br /><br />For the time being, our lives have become broader and more understanding, but don't count on it when the going becomes rougher!Snatch51https://www.blogger.com/profile/10892372914963273478noreply@blogger.com