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I have an interesting theory on this
I think it is possible that some people who have attitudes toward gays like this Schmidt idiot does read the original "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But were Afraid to Ask)" back in the seventies.
Back in the early 80's when I started coming out, I had a (also gay) friend who had a copy of the book. We read the chapter on male homosexuality and laughed our asses off. I borrowed the book, and after awhile it wasn't so funny anymore.
The chapter on male homosexuality was one of the most hateful, homophobic, misinformed discussions on the subject I have ever read. And the book was by a "doctor" and presented as "fact". I can barely even think about the garbage in that book without getting pissed off, but in one part an emergency room doctor talked about how he was always pulling out all kinds of things from homos' asses, as we all know that they will shove just about anything up there. He discussed how one had a flashlight stuck, and that he was "the most turned on faggot in town".
In the recent (excellent) Sigourney Weaver movie, "A Prayer for Bobby", her character mentions how she read that homosexuals recruit children and have sex in public bathrooms. My first thought is that she read that damn book.
In the seventies, the book was an enormous best seller. I've always thought that the original edition of that book molded the feelings toward homosexuals in the minds of a lot of people of my generation and older.
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Has anyone else read the chapter about male homosexuality in that book? What was your reaction?
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