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Originally Posted by Platapus
I can only offer one personal data point so it is anecdotal, but I don't think my experiences were that unusual.
When I was in Korea '88/'89, my roommate was a homosexual. We lived in a 10x10 cell... uh dorm room and shared a bathroom with the next cell.
No issues. No concerns. Everyone respected one each other. 
One of the misconceptions that many heterosexuals have is that homosexual men are sexually attracted to every other man. According to my roommate, that simply is not true. One of the other myths is that homosexual men have no control over their sexual actions. That is also not true. Many homosexual men have no sexual interest in heterosexual men. And no, most homosexual men are not interested in "converting" heterosexual men. Some may, but I doubt many.
Anyway, I am one data point where rooming/crapping/showering/etc with a homosexual man caused no problems. I never worried that he would sneak up on me while I was sleeping, nor did I ever worry about him seeing me naked. It simply was not a problem. |
We had a couple of homosexuals in my platoon while doing my national service, no issues came up. There were allso some women from the Communication batallion finishing their com specialization with the staff company who recon shared a barracs with, they bunked in the same room with the men and went to the sauna with us all, there was nudity and that also caused no issues. As long as there is mutual respect between people serving sexuality should never become an issue.