Curmudgeonly & Skeptical

Were you as shocked as I was by the stunning revelation at the end of the interview?

Gosh, I never saw that coming.

Actually I was sort of surprised by the 'stunning revelation' at the end of the interview.

I was thinking he did it to get the chicks.

Immaterial. You can be gay without being an asshole.

Indeed.

However, this is a guy raised by seemingly normal parents, and want to be obsessed with oppression of womyn by our patriachical society, are afraid to say anything that might offend women, is uncomforatble identifying with the "male perspective" on any issue, denigrates his mother as "Suzie Homemaker," and disdain's her idea that "little boys and little girls grow up different."

He didn't have to be gay, but I reckon it helped -- and I bet most readers began to wonder by about the time they got to the "little boys and little girls" passage.

Good point, but I was closer to avitw's comment.

The things you come across when googling your name - in response to Spoon's last comment: I don't believe I ever made mention of being afraid to say something that might offend women. I mentioned, that, while discussing certain issues (health and violence against women), tact is a good thing. No, I'm not going to say "hey, so what's the big deal with rape?" in a room where someone could have been raped, but I don't think that's the same thing as being "afraid to say anything that would offend women." I consider that simple common courtesy.
Nor did I denigrate my mother as "Suzie Homemaker." I said she's a Suzie Homemaker cause she IS one. I didn't pass judgment. In fact, you'll note that I did consider my mother a feminist, and said only that SHE would never identify herself as such.