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And please be careful when you start suggesting things like editors are necessarily pushing \
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And please be careful when you start suggesting things like editors are necessarily pushing \\\"one\\\'s own fantasies\\\". This isn\\\'t a YaoiFangirl fantasy or HoYayShipping. It\\\'s about details, and about fundamental respect. In the real world (as you so raised), a straight guy being insecure about being potentially thought of as gay, raises issues of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexism heterosexism]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativity heteronormativity]], both of which are forms of homophobic bias. Gay people pretty much never get offended when people think they\\\'re straight, because there\\\'s nothing wrong with being straight, and a polite correction can fix the misunderstanding if it truly becomes relevant. Likewise, for straight people, the polite real-world response is \\\"Actually, I\\\'m straight\\\" without visibly getting offended, because there\\\'s nothing wrong with being gay either.
In 2011, it\\\'s a worse implication for an editor to make real-world presumptions (rather than in-story topics) that are fundamentally demeaning to gay people. In articles, that\\\'s actually [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment the kind of language that\\\'s routinely deleted on sight]].
Now...I\\\'m sure you probably mean well. Understanding and respect between editors is very important. Just please understand. This is an old and exhausting topic symptomatic of a long-since BrokenBase. I\\\'d rather swig a large gulp of motor oil than continue to discuss it.
In 2011, it\\\'s a worse implication for an editor to make real-world presumptions (rather than in-story topics) that are fundamentally demeaning to gay people. In articles, that\\\'s actually [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment the kind of language that\\\'s routinely deleted on sight]].
Now...I\\\'m sure you probably mean well. Understanding and respect between editors is very important. Just please understand. This is an old and exhausting topic symptomatic of a long-since BrokenBase. I\\\'d rather swig a large gulp of motor oil than continue to discuss it.
