First of all, I need to express my gratitude and how flattered I am to have someone like you that reads my articles and expresses admiration. Thank you so much!
Regarding your first point, the only thing I have to say is that everything is about perspective. Having lived in more "European" countries than the Balkans I can understand your point. Depending on which city you reside and the people around you, you'll be exposed to different environments. Regarding the "large" part, I've used it in my article in comparison to the past and Balkan societies.
I haven't taken a closer look to "This is water" but I will definitely do since it seems quite interesting. Regarding this passage from your comment I will have to agree and respectfully disagree as well.
I will agree on the part where you said that your sex lives haven't been private and thank you for pointing that out because It's a point of view that I have never been exposed to and makes a lot of sense!
Given the fact that I've conversed with a large variety and amount of homosexual people I can say that I don't feel uncomfortable-- since love is love, no matter the gender or beliefs or race of humans-- but I can say that I've noticed how eager sometimes people are to express their sexuality as something right and everything else as something wrong. Maybe I've been unlucky with my experiences and I do know that this small amount of people I've interacted with doesn't represent the entire community and population.
Lastly, I will have to disagree with the heterosexual norm that you're describing because even though it might seem that a specific sexuality is pushed upon young children, I think it's safe to say that this is how most societies have been functioning for many many years. Introducing a new parenting style of explaining this new situation is correct but in my opinion should happen at much older age rather than 3-4 years old.
Finally I'd like to leave you with one thought. Everyone deserves love and acceptance, no matter their gender, sexuality, race, political or religious belief.
Given the fact that we're part of large societies, being exposed to homosexual relationships should be allowed and normalized.
What I'm looking for is balance and not tipping the scale to one side or another.
Such a long text I know! I would love to interact more with you on this topic because I feel like we can have a very fruitful conversation.
I really appreciate you taking the time off your day to comment something this detailed and well-written. Have a lovely day as well:))
