... makes them happy. Frankly, I was a little taken back the first time I saw one of my best friends, who is gay, kiss his boyfriend. It is difficult to alter your conditioned mind to be open and understanding. Lesbians are more of a sensitive issue for me, opposed to gay men. I think I would be uncomfortable around lesbians displaying affection towards one another. I do not ... the same sex makes a pass at them. I think men's defensive behavior stems from society's pressure on them to be "manly," which results in bad behavior that hurts others. Society forms a subconscious "proper guide to...

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... . When they do find happiness, it is only momentary and not sufficient to completely satisfy the person's unending quest for personal joy. The anxieties and fears that dwell in peoples subconscious overshadow the small amounts of happiness that we do receive from the perilous world we live in. Human natures collective fears prohibit sustained contentment, because of the anxieties that produce ... fine example is in the movie in Donny Darko. When Donny is with Gretchen, he is being temporarily satisfied and is not thinking about all the evil that consumes his mind when he is not with her....

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