"Normal" sexuality?

[Zorra]

89. rq, maybe the problem is, lot of people, not just men, don't/can't understand how

women, black folks, and other minorities as well, still are not equal, and would not be equal even if they were numerically equal in numbers of bodies.

I'm sure you know, as I do, some conservative women who are clueless as to their inequality as well.

Clearly, the more progressive thinking posters on this board understand our position maybe as well as we do. They have the ability to empathize, and be objective in their perspective about the conditions of others. They very easily "get it" when facts are presented.

As truth is gathered, they rearrange. Conservatives, however, have a hard time adapting, and often do not want to adapt, preferring to hold on to their long standing dearly held views rather than acknowledge fact.

I can almost guarantee you, not a single poster at FR understands how women can be unequal even though they are close to numerically equal in numbers of bodies.

IMO, this is primarily the result of some degree of conservative predisposition in most people who cannot, or will not, recognize the inequality of others.

Here is some research that backs up this probability:

Researchers help define what makes a political conservative

The avoidance of uncertainty, for example, as well as the striving for certainty, are particularly tied to one key dimension of conservative thought - the resistance to change or hanging onto the status quo, they said.

The terror management feature of conservatism can be seen in post-Sept. 11 America, where many people appear to shun and even punish outsiders and those who threaten the status of cherished world views, they wrote.

Concerns with fear and threat, likewise, can be linked to a second key dimension of conservatism - an endorsement of inequality, a view reflected in the Indian caste system, South African apartheid and the conservative, segregationist politics of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-South S.C.).

Disparate conservatives share a resistance to change and acceptance of inequality, the authors said. Hitler, Mussolini, and former President Ronald Reagan were individuals, but all were right-wing conservatives because they preached a return to an idealized past and condoned inequality in some form. Talk host Rush Limbaugh can be described the same way, the authors commented in a published reply to the article.

http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_politics.shtml