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Summary: No limits on gay behaviors?
Review: Patrick Moore is disturbed that recent TV shows do not present the go-for-broke sexuality associated with the fast lanes of gay society.
The TV producers apparently figured that their gay characters would be more acceptable without all that. Duh.
Moore feels that this treatment is imposing "heterosexual standards" on gay morality. To the contrary, such treatment is not heterosexual at all, but the way that society treats all forms of pleasure. No activity is admitted into the realm of morality without submitting to limits of some kind. Society will accept homosexual behavior to the extent that it is compatible with mutual love, family, and the rearing of children.
The fact that TV writers help us see people making choices about their homosexual behaviors is certainly a great leap forward. Whatever one thinks about homosexuality, one is always free to make choices about one's behavior. And choice is what morality is all about.Finally, we have to ask, "Why all this concern about legitimizing gay free love?" If one wants to pursue the path of casual, uncommitted sex, go for it! Why do you need society's approval?
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Summary: A compelling account of the gay sexual revolultion
Review: This is an extraordinary book. As a gay man in my 30s, I've never really connected with the gay sex world in the 70s although I've always been interested in it. The books that I've read about the 70s have been dry and academic but Moore's book brings the era to life. I was riveted both by the profiles of some of the characters of the time and by the idea that sex can be a kind of art. It should be required reading for all gay men.
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