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Post memes here.
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Hey man, what do mean?
If men don't do XYZ because they're afraid of being perceived as gay, shame the people who have created a society where being perceived as gay is something to be afraid of. The men here saying "I'd like to carry a reusable bag but am afraid of the consequences of people thinking I'm gay" are victims here.
When I was a kid “that’s gay” and calling people “fags” was very very common. Even in The Office Micheal calls stuff “faggy”.
It was pretty heavily shamed and my dad was very worried my brothers or I might turn out gay if we played with our sister’s toys. I had an uncle say to be careful or we’d turn out with “limp wrists” and he did that stereotypical gay wrist gesture.
And does anyone else remember “metrosexual”? I got called that because I liked wearing nice clothes and putting product in my hair (growing up the expectation in the town I was from was that men tucked in their shirts and made themselves look nice, so that being borderline gay confused the heck out of me).
Nowadays I never ever hear that kind of language (except for online trolls), and that family is very much fine with LGBTQ people (except still fairly confused on the trans parts).
Progress has been slow buts better than I thought it would be as a kid — even the Pope preaches acceptance of gay people (though this gets him some hate).
A friend of mine's brother came out to his parents and before they had processed it (they're accepting now), they blamed it on my friend's refusal to include him when my friend played football and such other manly pursuits.