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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 703229" data-attributes="member: 2795"><p>Don't know about the poster's original intention, but the statement above is not true. It is not that sexual abuse is a universal cause for any particular sexual orientation, but it has been amply demonstrated that sexual abuse, in some specific cases, is a factor in the abused person's sexual orientation. This is not to say that all people of any particular sexual orientation were all abused as children, but only that sexual abuse can and does exert powerful, lasting effects in <em>some</em> cases.</p><p></p><p>As to how I'd handle it in game: That depends.</p><p></p><p>As a player, I wouldn't. I have no desire to play a homosexual character. I don't even care much to play a heterosexual character. I, as a player, do not game in order to sit around a table and roleplay anything dealing with sex.</p><p></p><p>As a GM, I've had a few players make homosexual or bisexual characters. On the whole, I've found it offensive every time because the players, without exception, did so only so that they'd have an excuse to be crude and shocking.</p><p></p><p>So, I guess on the whole, I'd have to say I wouldn't handle the subject of "alternative lifestyles" in any sort of way other than vague background noise for the campaign. My games are not about things sexual. They are about destroying evil and taking its stuff. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>And now I bow out of this thread entirely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Chance, post: 703229, member: 2795"] Don't know about the poster's original intention, but the statement above is not true. It is not that sexual abuse is a universal cause for any particular sexual orientation, but it has been amply demonstrated that sexual abuse, in some specific cases, is a factor in the abused person's sexual orientation. This is not to say that all people of any particular sexual orientation were all abused as children, but only that sexual abuse can and does exert powerful, lasting effects in [i]some[/i] cases. As to how I'd handle it in game: That depends. As a player, I wouldn't. I have no desire to play a homosexual character. I don't even care much to play a heterosexual character. I, as a player, do not game in order to sit around a table and roleplay anything dealing with sex. As a GM, I've had a few players make homosexual or bisexual characters. On the whole, I've found it offensive every time because the players, without exception, did so only so that they'd have an excuse to be crude and shocking. So, I guess on the whole, I'd have to say I wouldn't handle the subject of "alternative lifestyles" in any sort of way other than vague background noise for the campaign. My games are not about things sexual. They are about destroying evil and taking its stuff. :) And now I bow out of this thread entirely. [/QUOTE]
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