The unconfirmed allegation is raising concerns that the coffee chain is the latest corporation to cave to far-right attacks on LGBTQ people.

  • 10A
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    02 years ago

    Stop sexualizing children! There is no “gay gene”. (Follow the science, or don’t you like that idea anymore) Sex is strictly reserved for a grown man and woman who are joined in holy matrimony. Children are not sexual, even slightly, until puberty.

    • QHC
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      12 years ago

      Nobody mentioned children and sexuality in the same sentence until you did.

    • Drusas
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      12 years ago

      Ignoring the religious elements, this is factually incorrect. Nobody likes to talk about it, but it’s common for pre-pubescent girls to masturbate. George Carlin even had a bit about it!

      Now, that’s generally not talked about for good reasons–we don’t want to rile up the pedophiles, and we don’t want to rile up the people who are so aggressively religious that they can’t acknowledge biology. But the fact of the matter is that people don’t become sexual the instant they reach their country’s age of consent or the instant they get married.

      There’s nothing wrong with you disliking those facts, but they are what they are.

      • 10A
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        12 years ago

        You conflate puberty with the age of consent.

        • Drusas
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          12 years ago

          I do not. I didn’t mention puberty and neither did you.

    • AnakinSandlover
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      12 years ago

      Some people start feeling attraction at a very young age. It may not be sexual but the attraction is there. I’m a straight man and I’ve literally found girls to be beautiful for as long as I can remember.

      • QHC
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        12 years ago

        You were being influenced by social norms long before you were old enough to form memories, and likewise not being aware of societal expectations does not mean it is not happening or does not have an effect.

      • Drusas
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        12 years ago

        I had my first real crush on a celebrity with sexual feelings associated when I was 8 or 9 years old. I’ve heard similar stories from others first hand. It’s normal.