Do You Eat Oysters Analysis

Once ago, I talk with my friend about stuff—if not mistaken, we gossiping a hot Math teacher from Italy, and from where it began, we start talking about gay and LGBT. The pinnacle from it was when my friend proudly declare the gay people is abnormal.
I just sit still, silent and stunned.
I should start somewhere. Here it is, for myself, to be abnormal is to be true to oneself. And it is kind of freedom that I longingly seek and understand, that is to be true to yourself, to who you are.
It is a freedom to be able to against the flow. It is a freedom when we do not favor the external to validate ourselves. To do this, first, we have to be abnormal, in the eye of the many.
Anyway, I don’t mean to philosophized anything here. It is just a version of abnormality that I always thinking and perceived before, and luckily (no pun intended), …show more content…
“Do you eat oysters?” “Yes.” “Snails?” “No.” “Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?” “No, master.” “Of course not. It's all a matter of taste, isn't it?” “Yes, master.” “And taste is not the same as appetite and therefore not a question of morals, is it?” “It could be argued so, master.” “Um, that'll do. My robe, Antoninus. Ah, my taste... includes both oysters and snails.”
The dialogue frankly bringing forward how twisted the way our society perceived the idea of sexuality, when the denial plays a role in large part of society fabric. It shows to us how binary our vision is when it comes to the reality of sexuality discourse.
It is, as if, one thing existed and the other similar thing, even though obviously existed too, were denied. Muhammad Ali once says, “I am the part that you’re not recognized.” I couldn’t agree