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andrewducker) wrote2003-10-21 08:22 am
andrewducker) wrote2003-10-21 08:22 am
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This theory is not true.
Well, mostly not true.
Well, partly not true.
Actually, it seems to be true an awful lot of the time.
Well, mostly not true.
Well, partly not true.
Actually, it seems to be true an awful lot of the time.
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cite please!
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One weird aspect of straight men is the number of them who vocally assume (and act on the assumption) that all gay men fancy all men and will try to have sex with them. This is sometimes specific, as in "I can't go in a gay bar because I don't want a man to make a pass at me" and sometimes general "Gays in the army are bad because it would mean gay men showering/sharing barracks with [real] men". The underlying assumption behind this is that laid out in the article you linked to: all straight men, that writer assumes, want to have sex with all the women they know, and will if the opportunity occurs. This is not a new idea to me - I've run into it several times before. Hence the shorthand.
A better way of putting it would be: If this writer means what he says (like others, I think he's just being a sour old cynicky-boots), I'm willing to lay money that he would be the kind of straight guy who holds as a core belief that all gay/bi men want to have sex with him. And if he is homophobic - and frankly, the kind of misogyny he displays in his writing is a kind that I frequently see associated with homophobia - then he would be the kind of homophobic straight guy who sees all gay/bi men as a threat because of his core belief that they all want to have sex with him.
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I still think it's a leap, but I can see your chain of logic.