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Originally Posted by Merlin
Oh dear,
It seems this has gone a bit twisted with people jumping on the defensive.
This is a discussion board is it not?
Hmmm maybe I shouldn't ask questions that seemed to have hit a nerve ..
My bad .. Maybe the pond is too big and we won't connect.
Haven't been on the scene for a long time so I don't know of all the genders,id's etc.
And it's not a shit stirring thread .. Nor was I asking because I get kicks out of turning straight women.
I date them because they the gay pond in which we all fish over here is tiny,itsmore of a puddle.
Think of the spider gram on the l word , America has a huge lake in which you fish.
Seems some folk like to jump on newbies .. This is why some forums are cliquey.
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I don't think this has anything to do with British prespectives vs. American ones. I haven't been here as long as some and even I've noticed that every once in a while a new member will come in and ask about straight women and butches. Seemed to happen every so often on the bf site too. Usually in those topics a lot of heteronormative stereotypes are thrown around that are usually more a result of people's exposure/inexposure to certain gender issues that really have nothing to do with nationality, since there have been Americans that have come in and talked about it too.
I don't see it as a specific fascination. People like who they like, and I don't think we can generalise about butches and straight women any more than any other queer group and straight people.