" wonder how you PC brigade would react if two heterosexual men who lived together fostered teenage girls? " Flamenco Ted

There's many a man out there who is rearing his children- including girls- alone. As far as another man sharing the household goes, there's nothing much fiercer than what the normal parent feels when it comes to protecting their young.

A brother of mine once said in wonderment, 'Men have awful thoughts.' So do women. That is where the civilisation of the normal person- including compassion, insight and foresight and just plain love - kicks in. Acting on thoughts is something totally different.

(I say that even though I know that an act begins with the thought; that isn't what I'm talking about. I'm referring to the random flittings through the mind.)