Fuck it.
I have to get in. I ask your full comprehension if I am too rough or say things that may hurt your feelings. You have all been hurting mine and I was able to take it. I only ask the same.
This discussion has been focusing in 2 things, like they are the same, when it is completely not. Not liking something and being phobic of it are 2 very different scenarios that need to be treated separately.
The Not Liking - I have nothing against it, if you can moderate your feelings. I don't like several kinks that many of you seem to enjoy, and while I may talk about it, I have never asked for it to be removed or even to be made optional (I do appreciate when the Dev goes to that trouble, but never asked for it). Yet, on every game thread that bears the tag Lesbian, it is ALWAYS present the demand to make it optional, or even worse make it not happening. Folks, the tag was already there, you don't like it, fly away. Or, at the very MINIMUM, be respectful of those that do like it and are there because of it. You can request, maybe ONCE, you shouldn't make a hundred posts about it drawing the full sect into it. I get it. You don't like it. The Dev included it by it's own reasons, check if it can be Optional, if not, move the fuck on. Or, use CTRL and skip it. YOU are in control of the content you watch. Like I am. Like I do in spanking, humiliation, domination, and other BDSM scenes that I abhor. When they aren't optional. That's how I managed to play Karlson's Gambit. I didn't pester the Dev or the thread with requests or demands.
This, is the main point of contention, you are completely free to not like something, it is completely ok with me. You are NOT free to try and limit MY freedom of having games with content that I adore, or having to read the same post, over and over and over again. This attempt to uniformize ALL games to YOUR taste is NOT OK. Whether it makes sense in the game or not. If you can have FP games where she behaves like a 16 year old male and tries to fuck the world, you can have MP games where some girls like tacos AND sausage. These girls are WAY more common than the others both in games and IRL. Also, depending on how you speak about lesbianism with your female friends, you'll be able to learn that many of them have experimented with it and many liked it. They will NOT tell you if they don't feel secure enough about your views, that I do suspect you make apparent every time the subject is touched. Believe me or don't, but it has been studied that the main traffic of Lesbian Porn is by Heterosexual Women. They are also the main consumers of Gay and Bisexual males porn.
The Homophobia - This is where I applied my term of "Insecurity". You are not an Homophobe just because you don't like a certain sexual act. You are, however, one, if you don't like people that practice those acts. I don't like Gay sex, so I don't have Gay sex, I don't watch Gay Porn, etc... But, I enjoy the company and friendship of several Gay and Bi people. I don't make a fuss when they kiss, or demonstrate their love with their S.O.. In fact I find it endearing that they feel secure and safe to do it in my presence.
That's the difference, and it has been misconstrued in this discussion, that by not liking something you are this or that. If there are idiots that use the term, they are probably reacting to the over the top posts that people that don't like Lesbian porn do. Sometimes, it is very complex to discern if they are or aren't Homophobes. The way they express their dislike is sometimes too aggressive to be just a simple dislike and transcends into an absolute hate, that is already on the specs of Homophobia.
An Homophobe and all the other Phobias based on differences, are based in "Insecurity". In the fear of being found inferior in comparison (sometimes a very well founded fear). But most of all they are based in "Ignorance" and on the reluctance of learning.
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This discussion doesn't have anything to do with this game, this Dev or this Thread. No one is at risk here of having Lesbian scenes stuffed in your faces. It is completely Optional, you have several ways to control the content, via Menu choices and on each scene. So, while My Dorm is NOT affected by none of this, you have all decided to pull this subject and spent a full day petering the thread with your views, while I tried as much as I could to stay silent, when this subject touches ME quite deeply. If a Dev wants to include Lesbian or Bi girls in his game, I will play it sooner or later (unless there are other kinks that I abhor with greater preponderance). But, I ALWAYS find the same people demanding with full disrespect that scenes that (sometimes) are important for the story, be made optional or non-existent, because some easily offended person can't be bothered to use the controls available in the Engine to bypass the scenes that offend them. This insistence and permanent disrespect offends me. Mostly because it is easily avoidable, if the problem is seeing the scene, just press CTRL and move on. If the problem is that the scene exists, then it is getting into the Homophobia part. Maybe not completely, but it is getting there.
The way you all felt the right (which I applaud) to express your views, is commendable, but, I feel that my views will not receive the same reception. I would never force you to like or be exposed to content you don't like, but, you all feel the right to make all that you can to deny me content that I prefer. I don't find this equitable or fair. Your actions stay with you, obviously.
Peace
