Some context:
My year in school consists of 87 students. Out of these, 6 are openly homosexual/ bisexual. Obviously there are people present who I get along with, and some with whom I don't, however, as my year is quite small, I do consider the majority of the year to be friends. I consider four of the homosexual people to be my friends. Before continuing, I would like to make it clear that I am not homophobic: this is not a homosexual-bashing thread.
Recently, I have come to realise that the two homosexual people I do not consider friends are very overt in their sexuality. One is male and one is female. These two spend all their time making inappropriate remarks about people of the same sex to them. For example, the male, (lets call him 'X'), will walk past guys in the school, very openly checking them out, pinching their bottoms, and making comments such as "You look like you could take a cock" (overheard two days ago). Nobody ever complains about X, even though a similar action by a heterosexual male with regards to a female would result in outrage of the highest degree.
My point here is, I think that the people in my school are genuinely afraid of being called homophobics, that they refuse to say anything when these things happen. The female (for now called 'Y') is very similar. She calls everyone "sexy", all the time, which again, were it stemming from the mouth of a heterosexual individual, would result in most likely a slapping, or at least an indignant look. Honestly, this sort of thing drives me nuts. It's not that it's just homosexuals, obviously we have our fair share of straight guys and girls who act inappropriately, but they are swiftly rebuked by other people.
Has anybody else got any experiences of this? What does the Escapist think about this sort of carry-on, whether it be racial, sexual or religious?
Please don't interpret this as a thread in which to rag on individuals. If you want to discuss a religion or a race, don't be too specific (E.g. "I hate those bloody Christians") Let's keep this civil please.
My year in school consists of 87 students. Out of these, 6 are openly homosexual/ bisexual. Obviously there are people present who I get along with, and some with whom I don't, however, as my year is quite small, I do consider the majority of the year to be friends. I consider four of the homosexual people to be my friends. Before continuing, I would like to make it clear that I am not homophobic: this is not a homosexual-bashing thread.
Recently, I have come to realise that the two homosexual people I do not consider friends are very overt in their sexuality. One is male and one is female. These two spend all their time making inappropriate remarks about people of the same sex to them. For example, the male, (lets call him 'X'), will walk past guys in the school, very openly checking them out, pinching their bottoms, and making comments such as "You look like you could take a cock" (overheard two days ago). Nobody ever complains about X, even though a similar action by a heterosexual male with regards to a female would result in outrage of the highest degree.
My point here is, I think that the people in my school are genuinely afraid of being called homophobics, that they refuse to say anything when these things happen. The female (for now called 'Y') is very similar. She calls everyone "sexy", all the time, which again, were it stemming from the mouth of a heterosexual individual, would result in most likely a slapping, or at least an indignant look. Honestly, this sort of thing drives me nuts. It's not that it's just homosexuals, obviously we have our fair share of straight guys and girls who act inappropriately, but they are swiftly rebuked by other people.
Has anybody else got any experiences of this? What does the Escapist think about this sort of carry-on, whether it be racial, sexual or religious?
Please don't interpret this as a thread in which to rag on individuals. If you want to discuss a religion or a race, don't be too specific (E.g. "I hate those bloody Christians") Let's keep this civil please.
