Can a straight woman be in love with Rachel Maddow?

[GiaGiovanni]

My friends and I were having this discussion last night. We're all straight, with guys. But some of us were like, "She's really cute." The others said that they'd go out with her brother.

I'll admit there was a bottle of Clos du Bois involved.

[Brickbat]

1. WTF is this?

[BenzoDia]

2. Gay/Straight is not a binary thing. One's sexual preference is fluid. So the answer is yes.

[GiaGiovanni]

5. That's interesting.

I was always under the impression that it was kind of a binary thing. Actually, that leads to more possibilities, doesn't it.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

63. I don't know if that's true for every person, but I think it's true for many. And would be for many

more if not for indoctrination and bigotry.

[eShirl]

3. Can anyone be in love w/ a stranger on TV?

1-way infatuation, maybe

[GiaGiovanni]

7. Yeah, I know, it's kind of a silly thing really

But she really comes across on television. There's something very genuine about her.

[libertypirate]

46. I think she has always been a genuine

person I don't think much has changed.

[Skittles]

4. and to whom will you report the results?

[GiaGiovanni]

12. I don't know

Is there a study going on?

Actually, I think it would be interesting to take a poll and find out.

[onehandle]

6. Yes. This is a straight dude @ drinking liberally philly talking.

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You can love Rachel, at any time, no matter your sex, preference.

Love Rachel. Love her.

[MrMickeysMom]

8. Kind of a silly question, don't you think?

The answer is, "of course".

So, what?

[GiaGiovanni]

10. Well, yeah, but I like your answer

Thanks for that.

[bigwillq]

9. So, you're bi?

[GiaGiovanni]

11. Only in wine:

I take red and white. (No pink)

[bluestate10]

18. Liquor got a lot of people in trouble in college. BTW, welcome to DU.

I must admit, looks do matter. I size attractive men up all the time, not because I have feeling for them, but because they are competition for potential female mates. Maybe you're having some strange projection thing with Rachel, you like her features and may be projecting those into future children. You aren't strange, I do that sometimes, so do many other sane people that I know.

[GiaGiovanni]

23. Thanks for the welcome.

Your explanation is actually pretty interesting. I do like her features. A friend of mine last night was saying that her features would be cuter on a guy, but I was actually not thinking that. It just hit me oddly and it wasn't just the vino. Usually when I look at women to size them up as competition, I'm looking at how much hotter they are than I am and feeling pretty miserable. I'm not looking at Rachel that way at all. That's why it got my attention.

[CTyankee]

81. The Roses are very good, but IMO a summer wine. We have a distaste for them in this country

due to bad Rose wines produced here that were too sweet. The Rosato of Italy and the Rosado of Spain, as well as the famous Rose of France, are beautiful.

Americans have got to get over their distaste for Rose wine. It is wonderful. Try the European varieties if you don't like the American ones.

[cliffordu]

13. Hmm.. I'm drinking Clos du Bois even as I type this

And YOU will have to stand in line behind me for her love...

Crazy for the woman.....

And I'm a REALLY old dude.

Brains make me frisky.

Mebbe I'm a zombie.....

[GiaGiovanni]

17. Red or white?

And maybe it is the brain thing. But she is really cute.

[cliffordu]

49. Red. North coast 2009.

perfect right out of the bottle.

the hell with glasses.

And yes, she's cute.

Gorgeous, really.....

[bluestate10]

19. NEVER mix alcohol and viagra.

[cliffordu]

51. I just chop up the Viagra and snort it like Coke. Just like the old days.....

[Canuckistanian]

14. I can see it

For some, intelligence and social awareness are like an aphrodisiac.

Perfectly understandable.

[hollysmom]

69. it has always been intelligence for me

the ability to discuss with someone, learn from someone has always been very appealing and arousing.

I used to date a conservative (long ago when they were reasonable people) and love to listen to him try and change my opinions. He didn't but I did have to think about the things he said a lot to see the fallacy.

[snooper2]

15. A straight woman can be in love with a shoe too!

Not a pair though, that would be messed up. You have to pick just one

I also knew a straight woman who was in love with a Ford Comet once but I don't think that was a healthy relationship

[GiaGiovanni]

16. I have never been in love with a shoe.

I don't even know how that works!

[bluestate10]

22. You aren't a show horse. A lot of women and men are. nt

[GiaGiovanni]

30. Like Rafalca?

[bluestate10]

58. Sorry, I meant shoe horse. Some people collect shoes. nt

[krawhitham]

68. You just have not met the right shoe

[liam_laddie]

65. Mercury Comet/Ford Maverick same car different "badges"

Love the humor in many of the replies to the OP. Does anyone who has the fortitude to visit the big RW sites EVER see any humor there? My impression is that all they do is whine, bitch and insult the non-believers. The next four years will be hell for them and they richly (no pun) deserve it! BTW, I think Rachel is very very desirable, especially with her intelligence, much less her overall attractiveness. And I'm a 75-yr-old white geezer!

[Schema Thing]

20. ever lived in Dallas, Gia?

I knew a Gia Giovanni several years ago.

[GiaGiovanni]

24. No, although I have friends in Texas.

I'd really like to visit Austin if I can get the time and the cash together.

[Schema Thing]

77. Austin is a solidly blue city in a sea of red.

Though I think Houston and DFW are fairly purple as well.


Welcome to DU, Gia!

[Bucky]

21. Thanks a lot, Gia. Just by posting this, you've destroyed my marriage.

[GiaGiovanni]

26. Hey, I got a drink here!

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

25. This thread is great!

My mother, an enthusiastic liberal supporter of President Obama, who is also straight and married, has said that if she were gay, she would be going after Rachel Maddow! So yes, there are many straight liberal women who are in love with Rachel Maddow!!

[vankuria]

55. I'm in love with Rachel

and so's my husband!

[tyne]

57. Count me

as one of those! I've told people for years that, if I were gay, I'd want to date her. She would be my perfect partner. When I saw a pic of her girlfriend I was even jealous. Weird. And i've been married for 30 years.

I'm in love with my husband...and Rachel Maddow. He even knows it.

[bluestate10]

59. Generally, it's Rachel's intelligence. I find that sexy. She does have a nice erect posture too. nt

[elleng]

27. I love her. 'In love?' Dunno.

[Retrograde]

28. That's MY TV girlfriend you're talking about!

Yeah, i've been in a hetero marriage for almost 40 years, but I'm still in love with Rachel. Cute and smart - what's not to like?

[GiaGiovanni]

36. I didn't realize I was stepping on your toes.

My sincerest apologies.

[RKP5637]

29. Sexual preference/interest runs all over the place for many people. I like both so I

have the world that interests me, not this 50% or that 50%.

[mzteris]

31. I'm straight and I find her very

Attractive. And not just in the looks dept.

Like everything else, sexuality is a spectrum. Would society not inhibit, precondition, prohibit, proscribe, and illegitimize homosexuality, I think you would see a whole lot more bi behavior.

[RKP5637]

33. Yep! +++ 1,000 +++ n/t

[GiaGiovanni]

34. We really get used to limitations, don't we.

We get these stereotyped ideas, even about ourselves. I think that's one reason why I posted this silly thread. And yeah, I know it's silly. There's a lot serious that gets discussed on here. But maybe it's good to wonder about our limits.

[TlalocW]

32. No...

Uh, Yes! I mean, I don't know... PASS!

TlalocW

[Barack_America]

35. Sure, why not? She is cute.

She's obviously smart, seems to have a good sense of humor, is grounded, etc.

Sexuality and attraction are not that cut and dry.

[lalalu]

37. This brings back a very awkward and sad moment for me.

I had not seen a good friend of mine from high high school and college in awhile and she was suppose to attend my wedding in a few weeks. She called and and said she was in the area and let's hook up for dinner before the wedding . Sounded great to me.

Well she came out to me that day and and told me she had feelings for me a long time She came to accept it wasn't going to happen and I was into men (my kryptonite) but she couldn't attend my wedding I have never seen or heard from her since and I have tried contacting her. I loved her but couldn't be in love with her. She was one of my best friends

I still don't know how I could have handled it differently. I mean you are turned on by what turns you on and nothing can change that.

[GiaGiovanni]

40. That's so sad.

I'm sorry.

[lalalu]

43. Thank You

Years later and it still bothers me.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

52. You seem to have handled it fine. I don't know what else you could have done. And, don't take this

the wrong way, but I'll bet she's over it by now. Maybe you'll meet again as friends.

[lalalu]

71. I hope she is and has found happiness.

She was a good friend.

[pnwest]

38. well, no. because by definition, "straight" means not having sexual or romantic feelings for

same-sex persons....right?....so wouldn't automatically mean that any person who identifies as straight either cannot be in love with said same-sex person, OR, is not straight. (but they might just be discovering their bi inclincations, though )

[Nye Bevan]

39. Nobody can truly be "in love with" a TV personality.

Creepy stalkers *think* that they are, but that's not true love.

[Aristus]

41. I'm a straight guy, but I have a couple of "man-crushes".

It's not an uncommon phenomenon for a heterosexual to develop a 'crush', so to speak, on a member of the same sex. It's related to charisma, personal magnetism, emotional sensitivity, and so on.

My man-crushes?

Daniel Craig.
Character actor Thom Barry.



Welcome to DU, Gia!

[smirkymonkey]

83. Daniel Craig!

I am so in love with that man!

[CTyankee]

86. I know hetero men in my family who have man crushes on George Clooney...

I don't think they want to sleep with him. I think they want to BE him, if only for a day or so....
so it is more of an obsession that a real love crush...

[Iris]

42. Yes

[Sedona]

44. I'm a straight woman who's been crushing on Stephanie Miller forever!

I couldn't call it love,

[liberal_at_heart]

60. I always get their voices mixed up.

When I first started to listen to Stephanie Miller I always confused her voice with Rachel Maddow's voice.

[dominusvictor]

45. Of Course

I've been married to my wife for 21 years (today)...yes, today is our anniversary and she's definitely in love with Rachael. My wife refers to Rachael as "my future wife"

[FirstLight]

47. yes,

...and she's MINE!

[CatWoman]

48. I know I am

[theKed]

50. I wouldn't say "love" or even "crush" for me

but I strongly would enjoy getting absolutely drunk in her company and dissecting all manners of conversational topics.

[hifiguy]

73. Sitting down and having a number of cocktails with Rachel

and shooting the bull about politics for a few hours is definitely on my bucket/wish list. I very much enjoy the company of people with brains and a great sense of humor.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

53. Better now or then?

http://www.staplenews.com/home/2010/7/8/rachel-maddows-yearbook-photo.html

[liberal_at_heart]

54. I think she's attractive

Her hair and make up are perfect for her. Who's her brother?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

56. Do you like her truck? How about her dog?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/magazine/19wwln-domains-t.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&oref=slogin&

How about her apartment in the city?
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2010/08/11/rachel_maddow_buys_michael_stipes_west_village_apartment.php

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

62. OK, just one more...

Well, two, actually. Feed your crush:

http://fuckyeahmaddow.tumblr.com/

http://fuckyeahrachelmaddow.tumblr.com/

If anyone with an addictive personality has never been on tumblr, don't go there.

[Marrah_G]

61. You can like her, admire her, think she's awesome, think she is gorgeous, think she is sexy

But romantically be in love with her? That would make you bisexual.

[hrmjustin]

64. This gay guy thinks she is cute.

[Zoeisright]

66. Why not?

Love is a wonderful emotion.

[eridani]

67. I think Rachel has turned more straight women heteroflexible--

--than any other public figure.

[Lucinda]

72. I am sooooo stealing that term!

[TexasBushwhacker]

70. Sure, because she looks like Fred Savage from The Wonder Years

Just joking. I love Rachel. Have you seen her high school picture?

[Aerows]

74. I think anyone

can be in love with Rachel Maddow

[MineralMan]

75. I've always seen Rachel Maddow as someone I'd enjoy

being around in person. I don't lust after her, though. I'd love to talk with her, however.

[Rockyj]

76. I love her crooked smile...

quick wit & intelligence & if I was gay I would totally have crush!

[redStateBlueHeart]

78. Yep, definitely

Count me in as one of the straight girls with a girl crush on Maddow. She's just so damn brilliant! Adore her

[dogknob]

79. Yes. You are not "straight," "gay," "bi" or anything else. You are GiaGiovanni, dammit.

Labels are for suckers. Love whichever cutie pie you wanna love.

[Matariki]

80. Here you go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale

Sexuality is fluid. And Rachel Maddow is hot.

[CTyankee]

82. I think she is a very attractive woman, actually quite beautiful. But in terms of having her be a

sexual partner, no, as I am heterosexual and happily married so.

That does not diminish my attraction to her as a very intelligent woman who I very much respect. There are many women in my life that I love with all my heart and soul. Sexually, however, I do not.

[banned from Kos]

84. Only one bottle of Clos du Bois?

no way!

[ancianita]

85. Maybe there's a feminine equivalent for bromance? Womance? Fem-crush?

I have a special fondness for her, and her hard-sparkling love of explaining contexts for every report. I have no attraction for anything but her whole person, so I guess I'm considered a cultural lesbian. Anyway, as for your being in love with her, why not? Women's 'in love' state is so varied that I can totally endorse any way you want to define it for yourself.

[AnnieBW]

87. I'm One Too!

I'm a straight woman. I love men. But I would definitely become a lesbian for Rachel Maddow!