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[Sandia]

Jesus, I spelled "lesbian" wrong. Why didn't somebody tell me?

j/k

Netzach said: I think that men provoke a more violent reaction, there's more anxiety from other men.

I don't think lesbianism threatens the "status quo" the same way,

And Etoile said: It's the genderbending gays who really get hurt, though. Effeminate men and masculine women are a lot more likely to be the victims of insult and assault than those who conform to what their gender is "supposed" to look like.

Is homophobia a species of misogyny? Are gay men "gender-traitors?" I don't understand it, so that's why I'm asking.

 

[Queersetti]

Jesus, I spelled "lesbian" wrong. Why didn't somebody tell me?

j/k

Netzach said: I think that men provoke a more violent reaction, there's more anxiety from other men.

I don't think lesbianism threatens the "status quo" the same way,

And Etoile said: It's the genderbending gays who really get hurt, though. Effeminate men and masculine women are a lot more likely to be the victims of insult and assault than those who conform to what their gender is "supposed" to look like.

Is homophobia a species of misogyny? Are gay men "gender-traitors?" I don't understand it, so that's why I'm asking.

Sandia, you are asking really good questions. ironically, we are probably the worst people to try to answer them, if you think about it!

I don't think I'd use the term misogyny, but I think you are on to a valid point. Etoile is right that, for the most part, it is the gender bending gays and lesbians who seem to take the brunt of abuse, and I have to think that the reason for that is that their existence is seem by the homophobes as challenges to their own gender identity.