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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 13. June 15 1981

Get Wild

Get Wild

Dear Editor,

Personally I'm getting sick of the tripe people like our friend "Oscar" are serving up through your column. Amongst his general mumbo-jumbo he makes pointed references to "homosexuals," which supports a negative self-image of gay sexuality. Now gay people have finally had enough - and we aren't going to take it all sitting down!

Oscar feels "susceptible to homosexual assaults". I suggest this reflects a basic insecurity about his sexuality. Rape by men, of men is unheard of on the "gay scene" as far as I know. Pederasty, sexual molestation of little boys, is a perversion all of its own - I don't think you can call this a "homosexual crime." The other only cases of same-gender rape are the 'gang rape' situations that occur in institutions such as prison and the army. We ought to remember these are acts done by heterosexual males who, out of 'sexual desperation' caused by isolation, resort to homosexual acts (they are not homosexuals). Often these situations involve power struggles - the boss asserts his superior strength by forcing fellow inmates to have sex. Often these heterosexual crimes are aimed against known homosexual prisoners to humiliate them. The point I'm making is the "homosexual assaults" Oscar mentions are not by homosexuals at all. Homosexuals are not a threat (something Oscar can't make his mind up on) because they are not involved in the power game - they are rarely interested in exploiting heterosexual males. (I challenge Oscar to give me an instance.)

What I am appealing for is a more informed approach - Oscar's contribution is not appicciated because of his ignorance. Full marks to the women who get fucked off by the Stupidity of such heterosexual males as Oscar.

John Thorby