I didn't actually see this episode of the Tyra Banks show, but I have to say from what this article was about, I actually agree with Tyra's point of view and what seems to be her message. All too often, when men hear the word "lesbian" or "bisexual", they somehow see themselves in the middle of women's sexual interactions, when in fact the last thing I want is a nasty hairy penis in my way lol! So i hate this whole "let's kiss to turn the boys on" fad that seems to be running rampant, regardless of these girls' sexual identities, and I am glad tyra addressed it!

The show was not about straight girls who go to bars and make out with other girls -- and how they are really closet homosexuals. Maybe that will be the topic for another show. This show was about Tyra trying to get through to girls on how this behavior is degrading. I'm glad Tyra addressed this issue. And I think she got it right.

"I'm not... like, not straight."
well phewf! it's kinda funny to me that the prevailing attitude seems to be that it's preferable for girls to kiss eachother to get male attention (and be "skanky") than to kiss eachother because they might actually be queer.
and i am entertained that the 20-somethings alluded to making out with eachother in bars as a "lifestyle choice" without even a hint of irony.

guys used to try and convince my best friend and I to kiss (we never did by the way). Turns out she's bi and I'm gay, but that's beside the point.

I've met LOADS of girls who make-out for attention. I went to a university that was typically 60-70% female and a lot of girls would do a lot to get attention from the male minority. Being a liberal university, fewer people had issues with homosexuality (almost no one I met, anyway) and most of these girls had no problem defining themselves as bisexual.

The problem there was that if you actually spoke to them about it, and asked them if they'd ever have sex with a woman, the general response was, "no, I want to feel something." Well, then, sweetheart, if you don't feel anything when you're with a woman, you're most definitely not biSEXual.

The whole "I kissed a girl" thing is really getting out of hand. I don't fit your typical stereotype either, and have on many occasions found that looking intimate with another girl is not only NOT a deterrent for most younger guys, but frequently serves as encouragement. I've actually been hit on by men while inside a LESBIAN bar. I was soooo pissed off....

this has been of day of OMG's, WTF's, you've got to be kidding, get out of my space, stay out of my cube, and back off. I should not have read this blog or watched the video's!

Peace and love!

the girls making out because of seeking attention, or their teenage "friends" pressuring them to do it because "it would be hot"? I mean, why even bother to be popular with that crowd?
As a teenager I don't remember ever being "dared" like that by guys to kiss a girl (well, truth-or-dare and spin-the-bottle aside, but the context was so different that it could not possibly compare) and if I was, I guess I would be somewhat insulted. So, I really feel like an old spinster saying this, but seriously, what is wrong with people these days? Is it me or is this all too big-brotherish? Since when is taking pleasure in people watching you make out with someone you don't like, or "pimping" a friend into making out with someone so you can watch, even remotely cool?

I don't know if I can get mad at these people - but I do pity them. Poor, ignorant "lesbian" (notice how the girl in the second video won't even say "lesbian") posers... and poor, desperate for "lesbian action" guys... Probably, they will never really learn what real girl-on-girl action is like. They do insult me (believe me, even more than giving lesbians a bad name, they are responsible for "bisexual" sounding like "slut", which is a direct insult to me) but mostly they insult and degrade themselves.

What offends me is that the two girl in the first clip seem to think it's a choice to be a lesbian, and that it's a lifestyle.
I'm also wondering if there isn't some arousal between the two, because I am absolutely disgusted when it comes to kissing a man. I know it varies for every woman... but still, it makes me wonder.

oh good god. its your lifestyle choice that you choose to be a lesbian. and the hostess is surprised that there is actually passion and pain and its not all like a bad cheezy pop song.
and a kid with low self esteem doing what she thinks boys want . guess that's standard fare for daytime schlock shows

These girls have no idea. They have completely objectified every other woman gay or straight. Tyra just doesn't get it. Tyra gives the floor to these vapid, insipid Katy Perry wannabes without really giving much thought to how she presented this issue and these girls. Men harass us enough as it is for being gay ("you haven't slept with the right guy"---as if they are). Now we are even more likely to be targeted by straight guys because of these girls. Just stupid.

I wonder if Sarah Palin ever tried that to bag "the First Dude". Just wondering...