[chris32188]

Why make any assumptions at all? one sort of perfection is that we would allow any and all information about a person to come only from that person or their close friends. we don’t because assumptions (and the related aspect stereotypes) allow humans to deal with huge amounts of information much faster than otherwise possible, while at the same time having a high percentage of being the correct assumption. I have said in other thread I hang around with lots of gy men and women. And yet I still find myself using terms that reflect assumptions that I know doesn’t reflect reality. while I can in some circumstances drop back to using a gender neutral version of the question (I prefer, ‘So who are you seeing?’) I admit I can’t always be consious of the exact version I speak. To give you a flipped situation, If I am hanging out with my gay friends in a gay bar and I am talking to a woman, I have to make it a point to make sure that she knows I am straight, because otherwise I am assumed to be gay and she treats me accordingly. I can’t get offended because she is in a situation in which the assumption is almost always going to be right.

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Name : chris32188, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Deist, Age : 28, City : San Diego, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : computer guy, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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