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Originally Posted by Mr. Smith
So are you saying the whole point here is that male-male sex done by men who claim to be straight, is a black issue?
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Mr. Smith, you are not being fair. MOW's first post mentioned "DOWN LOW" and you're leaving that phrase out of your above post! Why?
How many proofs do you need?
Down Low is covered by many, many post on the internet! I guess you know more than all of them.
I have enjoyed many of your post but this one is pathetic. I hope you will admit that you might be an ounce or two wrong and go on.
I think I'm going on! I think...... I'm through, because nothing that anyone says changes your locked thinking. You mentioned three that agree with you... I believe at least that same amount have agreed with the other side. So what!!!
Here are just a few of the internet post about this subject. I guess you'd say, "So what!"
Blackstate.com by Peggy Butler
The DL Debate
Although this lifestyle is not new. The regularity with which it occurs in the
African-American community was brought to the forefront in 2004 by J.L. King. An admitted down lower, King is author of the best-seller On the Down Low:
A Journey into the Lives of "Straight" Black Men Who Sleep with Men. The book not only exposed this contentious taboo, it opened
African-Americans eyes to a subject they previously chose to ignore, but now can no longer deny its existence.
On the Down Low: Black Men at the Bathhouse With Girlfriends at Home
Once again we renew our call for the closure of all sex clubs and bathhouses, which as, this article shows, are helping to victimize straight spouses who are unaware of their partner’s secret perversions.– Peter LaBarbera
The following is excerpted from Double Lives on the Down Low, by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, published Aug 3, 2003, by The New York Times Magazine:
Americans For Truth about Homosexuality
…In its upper stories, the Flex bathhouse in Cleveland feels like a squash club for backslapping businessmen. There’s a large gym with free weights and exercise machines on the third floor. In the common area, on the main floor, men in towels lounge on couches and watch CNN on big-screen TV’s.In the basement, the mood is different: the TV’s are tuned to porn, and the dimly lighted hallways buzz with sexual energy.
A naked black man reclines on a sling in a room called ”the dungeon play area.” Along a hallway lined with lockers,
black men eye each other as they walk by in towels. In small rooms nearby, some men are having sex. Others are napping.
Amazon.com
On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep with Men [Hardcover]
J.L. King (Author), E. Lynn Harris (Foreword)
The Down Low Defined
Authorsden.com
“Down low” is the term used to describe the behavior of
Black men who secretly have sex with other men while in marriages or relationships with other women. The men who do this do not consider themselves to be gay.
The term “down low” originated in the Black community, and is used almost exclusively to describe Black men. But men of all races engage in this behavior. (Remember New Jersey governor James McGreevey?)
Media Examine African-American Men on "Down Low"
August 4, 2003
The Washington Post today examines black men on the "down low," an expression that describes
black men who have sex with men but who never mention their male relationships to their female sex partners, friends or family members.
In the black community, the topic of homosexuality -- "and anything else outside the heterosexual norm" -- conflicts with the "interlocking issues of race, religion and gender," Ron Simmons, executive director of Us Helping Us,
an organization for black gay and bisexual men in Washington, D.C., said, according to the Post.
Again go back to the first post.... MOW stated "down low" and his subject hasn't changed.
Been Thinkin and tired of thinking about this! Good night!
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