Bisexual or Not
...e Will from Will and Grace, he is a joke. Every comment towards him is degrading with a humorist twist. It may seem as if we are accepting gays in the media, but truthfully it is not enough to get the message across. Comic books and Marvel heroes all have one thing in common, muscular males. Superman was the strongest man on earth. He had biceps bigger than his head and every muscle is his body was clearly defined. We all admired superman’s muscles and would have loved to be as strong as he was but why didn’t Superman like men? This is a silly question because of course he liked women, in fact he only saved women. Basically, if he liked men, Superman would not be a successful comic book character. End of story. We do not accept men attracted to other men and it has become such an extreme that we cannot even appreciate the same sex without being questioned about being homosexual. Do you ever hear a straight male say, “Oh he’s cute. I like his shirt.” Unless it is in a joking manner, you never hear that. Men are afraid to admit that another man is good looking. It is an insecurity that has subconsciously developed in many people, mostly males. Where are these subconscious thoughts coming from? The answer is Television and children’s books, but it doesn’t stop there. Mom and Dad are married, that in itself is an influence already. A man and a woman together is what grow to love and accept. They teach us lessons in life, and hope that we are normal. What is normal? A normal child is healthy and heterosexual. Of course there are people out there who would not mind if their child was gay, but they would prefer their child to be straight. Even though an individual may believe that they accept homosexuals, there is an underlying truth that is; to be different is to be wrong. In high school I read “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson and I remembered this quote, “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure.” My parents have conformed to the American culture and by doing so, they are considered normal people. They want to protect my sister and me from harms way, so they teach us to be normal kids. They do not want their children to be struck down with displeasure from the world, no loving parents do. So they teach us to conform to our society’s culture. Our parents control what we do when we are young. They sign us up for sports, they choose the presents we get to play with, and they even chose what we wear. An interesting observation is that most baby boys are identified with blue clothes, and baby girls with pink. It is strange how we are already influenced by the colors we wear when we do not even understand the concept of clothes. As a kid, I played numerous sports such as soccer, baseball, basketball and football. My sister took gymnastics, ballet, and soccer. It is interesting how our parents make our decisions when we are young and it develops into our interests today. My life revolved around sports and now I prefer to watch ESPN over Oprah. I love sports because I can relate to them; I know the rules and the idea of the game. Girls on the other hand can struggle with the interest of sports because they have never played the game or do not understand the rules. Parents have the power to influence us as we develop from infants to children and even teenagers to young adults. Most of the influences come when we depend on our parents, because as we get older we become more responsible for our own thoughts and develop our own beliefs with a hint of what we already know. So why don’t parents teach their children to appreciate males as well as females? Why must males be masculine and females feminine? It has to do with the fear of being something different. Metro sexual is different from homosexual, but to be metro means you are comfortable with your sexuality. You appreciate feminine things without losing your masculinity. To be metro is to be bisexual because you can appreciate both men and women. A metro man could tell you which women he found attractive, and which men he thinks women would find attractive. He himself does not find the man sexually attractive, but can understand why women are sexually attracted to this man. Ideally, we as men are all metro sexual. We all make decisions about what we will wear, and what we buy to make ourselves look better. Of course there are extremes to the metro sexual concept because some men are more comfortable with themselves than others, but whether w...