On the eve of a political administration that is decidedly antiwomen, with a president-elect who has freely bragged about sexual assault, we can no longer sit idly by and allow this behavior among. It can feel almost more gross than it does from straight men. Victoria Sin is a queer woman living in London and a female drag queen. The topic of misogyny among gay men is a difficult one to broach.
Some gay men don’t just feel entitled to police the appearance of non-binary or femme-presenting queers in romantic or sexual contexts—they also do so readily when it comes to women. A new study exploring the attitudes toward nonheterosexual men and women in 23 Western and non-Western countries found lesbians are more accepted than gay men around the world. Sexual minorities face pervasive discrimination and hostility globally, with same-sex sexual activity still illegal in approximately 70 countries. Maria Laura Bettinsoli, the study's lead author, said she and her colleagues were surprised "at the consistency of the relationship between gender norm endorsement and sexual prejudice.
Do some gay men secretly hate women? Perhaps, but it’s doubtful that their misogyny occurs in any greater proportion than it does in the straight male population. It can feel almost more gross than it does from straight men. Victoria Sin is a queer woman living in London and a female drag queen. The topic of misogyny among gay men is a difficult one to broach.
Women don’t confide in gay men about childbirth, menstruation, and other topics that are unique to womanhood, they just feel less threatened by gay men because, statistically speaking, they are indeed less likely to pose a threat to women than straight men. In the sample of fifty-three heterosexual college students, participants were asked to read the personality surveys of two fictitious homosexual students, either two men or two women. The respondents were asked to rate the likability of each fictitious homosexual student from 1 not at all to 7 extremely. The straight men studied showed a higher likability rating for the feminine gay man depicted in the study than for the masculine lesbian, despite liking the masculine gay man more than the feminine gay man
Some gay men don’t just feel entitled to police the appearance of non-binary or femme-presenting queers in romantic or sexual contexts—they also do so readily when it comes to women. .
On the eve of a political administration that is decidedly antiwomen, with a president-elect who has freely bragged about sexual assault, we can no longer sit idly by and allow this behavior among. .
Anecdotal ahead, one of the first gay men I met "joked" that he hated women so much he couldn't be anything except gay and I've heard similar sentiments from self described gold star lesbians. .
Slowly, but surely. TikTok user domesticblisters created a video stating that the most eye-opening thing she learned about men was that they “don’t actually like women”. She explained a theory that the way our society socializes boys to become men is not to tell them how to be masculine—rather to teach them how to not be feminine. .