Poll: Would you take a pill that makes you bisexual?

[thethird0611]

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Gonna snip this down to save space.

Im getting kinda irritated because you keep trying to label Texas as a 'homophobic' state, and the reason I brought up the definition is people seem to mix up discrimination and homophobia. Not liking homosexuals and saying bad things about them is not homophobia. (not related to our main discussion).

Legislatively? Well some of that is subjective. Changing the definition of marriage to lets gays marry? Doesnt count as discriminatory. Denying them benefits? That is.

Non-discrimination? If you discriminate against someone in a legal fashion (employment, etc.), your going to get a visit from a government official. So thats wrong.

Gender? Subjective. Lets not get into this debate.

Youth? I have no idea what that section means, not gonna lie.

Parenting? It kinda seems like they cant even get their stats straight in this section, but thats the one I will agree with.

Though that website doesnt actually show equality based on states. It shows 'Equality of those who agree with Gay Marriage and Transexualism', so it is HIGHLY subjective and shows no regard to the other side of the debate.

 

[00slash00]

I wouldn't support the creation of medication that would turn gay people straight, so it seems rather hypocritical to support something like this

 

[Spearmaster]

Why take a pill? If you want to have sex with someone of the same sex then you are already Bi-sexual therefore anyone who takes the pill is already Bi-sexual before taking it. If you don't but want to want to have sex with someone of the same sex then why? There has to be some alternative reason to want to desire something you don't desire, or you are insane...

 

[nightmare_gorilla]

meh, I like what I like. if I wanted to like something else, I would.

 

[Branindain]

Well I'm happily married so I think the last thing I need is to be attracted to more people, so there's that.

But I wouldn't anyway, for the same reason I don't take drugs (besides sweet, sweet caffeine). I prefer to face the world authentically as myself.

 

[neoontime]

No because I live in Texas.

Okay, sorry I laughed at this. Hopefully that short and blatant response had that intent though.


OT: Maybe, IDK. I'd go with Krazykidd and agree I'd be more interested in a asexual pill with all the workload I get and sex being one of my major distractions. Maybe just half the asexual pill to even me out or something.

 

[TWRule]

I just stopped by to say how ridiculous this question is. I mean really. It is nonsensical.

To take a pill for bisexuality, you would have to 1) believe that sexual orientation had a biological basis (a highly questionable notion), and 2) Even if you accepted 1, you would have to have the desire to be biologically attracted to another sex (if you weren't already 'biologically' bisexual).

Why would anyone ever have the desire in 2? It makes no sense? Would such a person just like the *idea* of being able to (physiologically - because if they already have a desire to have sex with an additional gender, they are probably already psychologically attracted to them on some level - at least enough to go ahead and do it if they wanted) enjoy sex with anyone? What would the benefit of that even be? I don't get it. At best it seems tantamount to liking the idea of being less discriminating with sexual partners purely so you can have some form of sexual pleasure more often than you might have...maybe if you're some kind of crude hedonist I could see that, but otherwise...

If the drug instead somehow psychologically influences you to make you more open to sex with both genders, it might as well be a placebo, because if you already liked the idea of bisexuality, you didn't need a pill to help you out...

How mindless...

 

[TheKwertyeweyoppe]

Oh God, I really pity the OP here, having to deal with some of these responses.
Look, the 'pill' bit isn't important. The real question has nothing to do with pills, only sexuality. It really pisses me off to see people jump on the chance to accuse others of some kind of wierd discrimination just so they can feel morally superior.
Also, the response "No, I don't want to be bi because I'm not attracted to men/women" misses the whole point.
Plus, pointing out that you're already bi doesn't actually achieve anything. We know that bi people exist, this question clearly isn't directed at them.

That being said, I also have to answer no, purely because the idea of changing my desires through any means rather than regular lifelike experiences is really unnerving, and calls into question how real my personal self actually is, and I choose to deal with such existensial challenges is to pretend they aren't there.

 

[Naleh]

Yes, for the same reasons the OP states: gender just seems such a silly thing for my brain to insist on picking partners by.

 

[VodkaKnight]

I honestly can't think of a reason why, or why not.
It wouldn't really impact my life in any meaningful way, so I probably would.

 

[Korolev]

Yeah sure. Why not. The reason I don't date men is because I feel no sexual attraction towards men. If I could have a pill that would make me feel sexual attraction to as many people as possible, why not? Broadens my horizon, gives me new opportunities.

Of course, such a pill doesn't exist and, probably, never will. Oh I suspect in the future, with our advances in neuroscience, we'll be able to alter people's sexuality (it's all the in brain, folks, it's all in the brain somewhere) but you wouldn't be able to do it by taking a pill. It would require invasive neurosurgery.

 

[IceForce]

"Would you take a pill that made you a neo-nazi?"

Someone totally needs to make this into a thread. XD