WildHoney said:
But I am not bi so I have no interest in the other guy or what he is doing its all about the woman and her pleasure"
Thanks, Honey. If I understood the whole explanation correctly, that for your husband, the contact with another man during a sexual act is irrelevant, as long as it doesn't subvert his context for the experience (it being focused on the woman). Would it matter to your husband if the
other man's perception was focused more on the male/male portion of the act, if this didn't intrude on
his experience?
I'm not trying to press the issue to be obnoxious, and obviously your husband's opinions/feelings cannot be assumed to represent the majority (although it might), I'm just trying to get a better handle on the factors involved, in part because of objective curiosity, but also because of a subjective interest (if I have a broader understanding of the situation, I may be able to act out of an increased sensitivity to other people involved in a particular experience).
JMeister said:
What about someone who gives or receives a therapeutic massage from a member of the same sex. Is that a bisexual act?
Heh, did you know that I'm a bodyworker when you asked this question? Anyway, in my opinion, the genders and sexual orientations of both the therapist and the client are irrelevant, as a professional treatment is not a sexual exchange. To elaborate, here is a quotation from an email to a client's concern that a massage might involve an energetic exchange that, while beneficial to him, would be draining experience for me.
In regards to the bodywork, I think that, rather then using the word "exchange", you might say "Interaction of Energy". It is important for the therapist to be PRESENT to, rather then a PARTICIPANT in the client's experience, even if that experience is precipitated by the practitioner. I'd be obfuscating the issue if I said that a client's experience has no impact on a therapist, as to be so far removed from what is taking place under one's hands would impair the practitioner's ability to react to what IS happening. While there is a lot that could be said on this subject, and many different opinions about a therapist's relationship to a client's therapeutic experience, it is generally considered to be chiefly the practitioner's responsibility to create and maintain the boundaries necessary to maintain an environment that is beneficial for the client.
Sometimes I've had clients who seemed to be unsure how they SHOULD feel during a treatment, and I generally advise people to just observe what they DO feel, and to refrain from experiencing any form of judgement towards themselves, or attempting to influence what they experience one way or the other. Sorry if that sounds really ephemeral... Y'no, what else would you expect from a holistic healthcare worker?
Sorry if that was over-long...
Anyway, I've had many client, both male and female, heterosexual and homosexual both, and I suppose that if the client were viewing the treatment as a sexual experience, then my gender/orientation might have an impact on them, but I don't think that it is common. I'm a healthcare provider, and our relationship is therapeutic, not personal. Just lie, when I get my teeth cleaned at the the dentist's office, it doesn't matter if the oral hygienist is a woman, and having a woman's hands in my mouth doesn't make me bisexual, because it's not a sexual experience, unless I choose to interpret it that way.
Ack, this discussion is becoming quite tedious. Not sexy at all. I suppose I should have expected this result as an outcome of my initial questions...