On Dec 1, 2004, at 4:52 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Different culture. It doesn't seem likely the test was adjusted against
other cultures.
Maybe. All that part about teasing and making jokes... We make jokes about almost _everything_.
Depends on the joke and context too. In the 80s movie _Bill & ted's Excellent Adventure_ Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves hug briefly after a fight, then eye each other and shout, "Fag!" It's a pretty damn funny moment, I think.
A roommate (straight) and I did a similar thing a few years later after a dispute. It was even funnier then.
Now one *could* argue that this makes both my former roommate *any* myself moderately homophobic, but that would be a hell of a stretch.
There are other kinds of jokes too, such as the men's tee-shirt that reads, "I'm not gay, but my boyfriend is."
Probably it's safe to say that teasing/joking aren't the concern so much as whether one intends to hurt with the jokes.
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