Mann's sexuality and his attitudes towards it are extremely complex - and the complexities are inherited in the figure of Aschenbach. Mann had lived through a series of (almost certainly unconsummated) relationships with young men.
Your sexuality belongs to you, and think about your own desire.
All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.
It's so amazing. I mean talk about sexuality changing.
Americans are fascinated by our sexuality and frightened by it. And during the Reagan and Bush era you got an entire decade of anti-sex government. Sex is not the enemy. It is the beginning of civilization, family and tribe. Sex can be twisted and exploited, but in its most essential form, it's the best part of who we are. And it frightens us.
I am as sex-positive as the next perverted bisexual liberal, but I don't think sex-positivity should be solely the domain of any political party or that it means policing others' sexuality or judging it. There's no "better than" or "less than," if that makes sense.
There is wisdom to loving.
A woman who loves a woman is forever young.
I always expected my work to be what was noticed, appreciated or what would eventually succeed, not my sexuality.
I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things.
I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?
I'm very comfortable with my sexuality, my body, my face - well, sometimes I'm not comfortable with my face, but it's stuck there and there's nothing I can do about it.
When blended with sexuality, the death instinct is transformed into more harmless impulses expressed in sadism or masochism.
I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.
Were marriage no more than a convenient screen for sexuality, some less cumbersome and costly protection must have been found by this time to replace it. One concludes therefore that people do not marry to cohabit; they cohabit to marry. They do not seek freedom to rut so much as they seek the rut of wedlock.
Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that's it. We're all people. We're all equal.
It's really important to have a healthy sexuality and to be open about it. It's not a taboo. It's normal.
Marriage equality does not diminish the worth of your relationships; it simply recognises the worth of ours.
Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.