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I think his intellect and knowledge of his subject are his armour - but yes, dealing with smart-arsed students will have given him plenty of scope to polish his responses.

I think it's an absolute car crash of an interview. Cathy Newman behaves apallingly. The genders ARE different. But, men often perceive that women want equality (ie to be the same as men). We don't. We want equality of opportunity.

I also have a lot of time for him. On the face of it, some of his soundbites seem provocative, but he always explains the logic and it's hard to refute.

Have we got a Nature/Nurture thread? I know it's come up a few times - but that's where this topic is heading.

That's assuming your response is genetic, not conditioning. As there is no proof that there is a gene that moderates your response, let's say that there may or may not be. Does that make you Schrodinger's Homophobe? (That is very much tongue in cheek by the way. I'm concscious I've called you...

You're so binary :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I follow the logic - and thanks for the clarification. However, being gay is also genetic - so the fact that you may, or may not, have a gene that repulses you is kind of too bad. So, if you follow your logic through: 7. Criticising the response to the snoggers is the same as criticising...

Yes, it's a thing. The dictionary definition is: "giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement." I have (on another thread) publically disagreed with your controversial statement ;)

Not quite. Your analogy centred around a possible genetic reason for what could be classed as racism - even though (genetically) people have no say over their skin colour. I'm saying that people have no say over being gay (although I do accept they can choose whether to act on it - but that's a...

It depends on whether you view being gay as a choice, I guess. I don't.

I wish there was a dislike button. Who honestly cares what people get up to in bed? The PDA would have been too much for me, probably - but I'm a firm believer in you love who you love.

But were you repulsed because they were blokes, or repulsed by the PDA?

Hello Ann! Short response from me as I'm in the middle of a lot of things st the moment. Good to have you here. I'm from Liverpool, living on the south coast, and I'm also a writer. We've got tons in common. Hope to catch up with you soon!

Doc - being gay has nothing to do with being either a transvestite, or transgender.

That's interesting - and heart-warming, Doc. I always think that successful couples are the ones that are flexible and adaptable enough (emotionally mature perhaps) to recognise that people change, and to weave those changes into the relationship so that both partners are pulling in the same...

You are not fundamentally homophobic. Why do I assert that? Well... What you've experienced is a moment where your values and beliefs have been checked. You had a few options open to you in terms of your reaction: 1. Acknowledge that you weren't comfortable with it and then put it out of your...

Thanks, Doc. I had the change of marital status bit about 18 months ago. Although it wasn't easy at the time, it's opened up a world of opportunities for me and my life now is so very different, richer, and fuller than it was. I'm one of life's natural optimists and now, with just myself to...

I feel pulled in a million directions just now. Work is just as demanding as always - only now I'm leaving, I'm handing over my projects to a number of other people and that's very time consuming bringing them up to speed while keeping things moving. And I'm moving house - as you know. That's...

You're welcome, Jon... I can save you more time too. Just listen to me when I tell you things :)

Hi there - sorry to hear that your mother-in-law isn't doing so well. I'm checking in, but not contributing much - sorry. As Jon says, I'm moving house on Thursday and after that I'll have no internet connection until 21st December. However, I'll be back and on form by then, so beware! Jon -...