US Politics on Sidechat | Why do many liberal white women feel comfortable calling a man gay when he doesn’t conform to gender norms or act like a typical man. Is that not just using homophobia to reinforce gender norms and using misandy to justify it?

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Why do many liberal white women feel comfortable calling a man gay when he doesn’t conform to gender norms or act like a typical man. Is that not just using homophobia to reinforce gender norms and using misandy to justify it?

Anonymous 21w

It’s probably a mix of internalized homophobia, and biphobia. That they’re not willing to unpack.

Anonymous 21w

I don't call them gay, but I will be genuinely confused if they are gay simply because college men typically don't appear to be comfortable being in touch with femininity or anything outside the gender norms. It's usually beyond fuckin hot when they are, don't get me wrong, but I usually first THINK they might be gay because it's uncommon as hell, but desperately wanted so idk take that how you will

Anonymous 21w

I do that too as a right wing white guy

Anonymous

#3 21w

Conservatives are all ideologically for people living how they want until people don’t live how they want them to, so I’m not super suprised.

Anonymous

OP 21w

Lighten up cupcake its just a word

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Anonymous

#3 21w

Facts bro, everything is just a word, so nothing really matters, so I can conveniently avoid the entire criticism. I’d at least respect your position if you just were open about being homophobic and not caring, but this is using semantics to avoid the topic. TLDR: This is like tier 1 ragebait

Anonymous

OP 21w

I don't hate all gay people just some of em

Anonymous

#1 21w

Agreed. I hate to be like “uwu it sucks being a white straight man”, but it does frustrate me how my identity sort of shuts me out of levying criticisms towards minorities who are leaving out intersectionality entirely. I.E. TERFS shutting down pro-trans men from the conversation by virtue of them perpetuating misogyny at a systemic level does significant harm.

Anonymous

#3 21w

I don’t hate all Republicans neither. Not all of them are breathing, so it’s unfair to say I hate them all.

Anonymous 21w

Oh no, someone on the internet called the straight white man who drives a f250 gay - however will i cope

Anonymous

OP 21w

You drive a fucking ford? I was doing light jabs before, you didn't have to come out of the closet over it.

Anonymous

#4 21w

I also don't think I worded this necessarily how I wanted, so I think it comes across slightly not how I intended, but i'm reallyyyy bad with expressing my thoughts with the correct words

Anonymous

#4 21w

That’s fair! My take was generally referring to like literally using gay as an insult. I don’t think it’s really homophobic to ask if someone’s gay, and think someone is EQUALLY as cringe if they’re offended if you ask them that. So, I honestly think this scenario is totally kosher with my take. (Also sorry if I sound condescending, I have trouble with tones on text and that was NOT my intention at all - i basically fully agree with you)

Anonymous

#4 21w

Nah I think I get what you mean actually. It’s like dudes seeing a girl with like, a shaved head and assuming they’re queer in som way. Profiling isn’t inherently wrong imo.

Anonymous 21w

I miss the conservatives that thought Chevy and Ford were cool. At least we had sumn in common. If yall hate Ford’s you’ll go crazy when you hear I have a Tacoma.

Anonymous

OP 21w

Tacomas are beasts and I like how we let Japan start making our cars after we nuked the shit outta them