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Being gay isn't more popular now.
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My moms a boomer and this has been her go-to.
“Being gay wasn’t a thing when I was younger. No one was gay! Or trans! It’s just a trend now because people don’t discipline their kids anymore!”
Yes mom because they were afraid of people like you.
Why did they feel the 'need' to enact anti-sodomy laws which sometimes even specifically mentioned same-sex relationships if there were no gay people?
My mom has moved onto the Bargaining phase from Denial, pivoting to saying, "well sure there were always a few, but most of them now are doing it because it's popular, and aren't 'real' gay people".
Lmaooo, "popular". I find it so funny when people unironically think that
Like, yeah, I'm just gonna go date and sleep with a person I'm not attracted to because it's "popular", lol
Though the fucked up thing is that, this is something that has happened with gay people trying to be straight
When I was in middle school, I was sorta wondering if guys just pretended sexual attraction was a thing because it was expected of them.
Then I realized that such seemed like a ridiculous theory (although I still assumed it was exaggerated for social reasons and didn't really think sexual attracted was related to interest in sex for a long time after...).
Move out if you haven't already, that way you can freely call her out on her bullshit all you want without consequence.
Calling her out while moved out will still have consequence. My entire family thinks the same way or more extreme.
What kind of parental discipline keeps people from being gay?
I don't think there's ever going to be an answer to that question that isn't somehow abusive.
Before I read your second sentence I was already saying in my head "The hitting kind, duh"
Massive social shaming from all the "good Christians" at Church
Cayenne pepper forced in the mouth, lots of hitting, throwing shoes, lots of yelling.
Your mom's a dumbass, there's no shortage of stories from ancient Rome and Greece of gay activity.