Ryan the Terrible
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also, bear in mind that upbringing can have a significant effect on your outlook in life. even though we all have the capability to make up our own minds about stuff, if we've been brought up to believe something - especially if, like Elliekat, we've been raised in a strongly conservative environment - then it will still imprint on our minds even if we try to adopt more rational beliefs.
the fact that she recognises her faults means that she'll probably eventually discard her prejudices.
I completely agree. Coincidentally, I live in a town of the same name as Elliekat's in Missouri, and it was a good four or five years since I started being attracted to men that I finally came to accept that I was gay. During that time, I tried to push the feelings out of my head and start liking girls, and went into a depressed state a few times. Even after I came to terms with it, my prejudices didn't completely go away. It took a long time, until pretty recently actually, that I got to the point where I thought of gay people as deserving of everything straight people have. Up to this day, I have never knowingly met an openly non-heterosexual person outside of the Internet.
I think she's on the right track, and as you said, she will almost definitely discard her prejudices in time.