Betty and Kenn:
i don't 'blame' one specific person (including the messengers) for the terms mentioned or their related activities.... i'm pretty sure that men have been getting hot cream injections for centuries longer than any of the slang that we use.... i was pointing out the fact that somehow in the course of our existence, the actions and their related terms have a very twisted sociology about them, and it's had a very negative impact on us based on the context in which they're used.....
what's irksome (IMHO) is the fact that we go along with it all and then act like victims when the world outside us takes any kind of offense to it or uses it as a means to hate/discriminate against us.... up until recent years, anyone who is not gay or doesn't have gay sex has seen what we do as ugly, disgusting, and even as far as to call masochistic.... how we refer to our brand of sex to the world is not in any way beautiful or romantic.... until homosexuality and gay sex started to make its way in to mass media and prime time, there has been nothing out there that describes what we do as 'normal' in any way.... it still makes a lot of people really uncomfortable to even see us kiss, let alone do anything else.... and even then, we still have a LONG way to go in removing the stigmas that WE created for ourselves.... and i'm sorry to say it, but i don't blame many moden-day homobhobes for their perceptions.... those perceptions are going to take a lot of time to correct, and may not even happen in our lifetime.... ergo: in conversations like these, it's still very easy to step on people's toes, hit fresh nerves, and put salt on open wounds....
what's important is that we simply keep the conversation going, and do so in such a way that perceptions (ours and the rest of the world's) are changed for the better.... i inject my crazy opinions in to them because there is still a lot of fear to bring up and discuss the things that i do..... i'm not afraid, and nobody else should be either as long as they keep it real and don't make undue hits below the belt.... i know that people are going to get offended or take it personally, and at this point it's only to be expected.... it's going to take decades if not centuries for us to achieve true societal acceptance in the global playing field.... but i'll be damned if i'm going to sit back and let us self-destruct during the conversation....