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Originally Posted by unhappyguy
**warning - this post is very blunt**
i am sorry to burst your bubble that quietly living a celibate life will save you and your family from the dread of your homosexuality, but it won't. people are not stupid. they will figure it out especially if you spend your days painting and have no interest in women or marriage.
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I think this is unduly pessimistic.
Firstly, a homophobic society is generally in denial. They'd prefer to believe homosexuality doesn't exist. They generally don't make trouble for people who aren't making trouble for them (as they see it).
Secondly, every culture gives a certain licence to writers, painters and actors. Such people are allowed to be different, so long as they are not too provocative.
I won't advise you one way or another. But if you cultivate the image of an eccentric artist and avoid sex altogether, you should live a safe and uneventful life. If you don't have a lover, neither scandal nor the law has anything to work with, and the rumours will die away.