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Straight Men Share The Most Basic Things They Did That Someone Claimed Were “Gay” (50 Answers)
If you're a guy, chances are someone said you should "man up" or "boys don't cry" at some point in your life. The phrase that inspired this article is right up there among these classics.
A few months ago, Reddit user The_WereArcticFox submitted a question to the platform, where they asked: "Straight men of Reddit, what is the strangest thing you have been told not to do because 'that's gay?'" Sadly, it has received plenty of replies.
As of this article, there are over 38.5K comments under the post, proving that our society is still pretty messed up when it comes to masculinity and homosexuality.
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#1
Not straight but bi, but large parts of my family don't know that.
Anyway this was a few years ago. I was helping my dad repair a hay bailer and I was standing around looking at my dad under the machine greasing something. I had my hands on my hips.
My uncle pulls up in his truck and rolls down the window. He shouts out to me, "Take your hands off your hips. It makes you look queer."
My dad gets out from under the bailer and starts yelling back at my uncle.
"I'd rather have a queer helping me than a lazy ass like you."
My uncle shut up and drove off.
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#2
Cry. I used to cry a lot as a child and would get bullied for it. The adults in my life all agreed that crying made me weak, but one in particular (secretary at my elementary school) thought it also made me seem gay and feminine and told me that was why I was being bullied.
The reality is that I was probably depressed from having recently moved across the country from my family and often found myself lonely so I couldn't handle the smallest amount of rejection or teasing from others.
Please don't tell children not to cry. Talk to them about their feelings so that the source of their sadness can be tackled, not the symptom. I still struggle with processing basic emotions because i spent so much time repressing them over stupid reasons like this.
Venatrix324 4 years ago (edited)
However many likes the post I’m replying to=how many hugs you get ❤️
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Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
This hits hard for me, been dealing with emotional issues all my life. Let's do what we can and help others understand emotions are natural and expression is healthier than suppressing them.
Misstaken138 4 years ago
Oh lord... I'm so sorry. That's just not right. I had a friend who wouldn't allow his son to cry unless he was hurt. He would always tell him to "stop crying like a girl. Boys should only cry when they're hurt." I pointed out that obviously he's hurt if he's crying... Maybe he's not physically hurt, but he's hurting emotionally which is no less painful. I haven't seen him or talked to him in years cause I just couldn't handle being around him anymore. Every time his son cried we'd get in an argument because it bothered me how he treated him. I have a 4 year old boy who cries a lot and I never make him feel bad about it. I try to find out what he's upset or frustrated about and comfort him as much as possible. Sorry for the rant, but this one gets to me. I am so sorry that you had to deal with being berated for having natural emotions on top of being depressed at such a young age. You didn't deserve that.
Viviane 4 years ago
I'm with you, Misstaken138, so rant away and I'm glad you stood up for the boy. By the way, "stop crying like a girl" pisses me off because it implies that either girls are inferior for crying or that they have a special privilege that boys don't have. At one workplace, I heard grown men use "little girl" as a putdown for other men. I don't know if hurt the men, but it certainly hurt me (for myself as a former little girl and for my niece).
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Alyssa Sweat 4 years ago
I can't believe they would think something like that. ALL men can cry, not just girls.
Stille20 4 years ago
I use to cry a lot as a kid too and was regularly told to stop and I am female. I can't imagine how hard that is for men with the extra stigma. but the reality is, people just don't want to have to deal with kids having emotions.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Same here. My parents taught me and my sister that crying is a weakness and instead of hugging us they would tell us to stop "because its stupid". It took me years to be able to cry as an adult
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Casey Burns 4 years ago
Crying is important for empathy and personal growth. I still cry as a 30 year old adult male. Especially at good movie moments like in "If I Stay" or "The Notebook."
Doubleheader 4 years ago
Crying is what our bodies are designed to do, why deny our bodies from doing what they are supposed to? :/ Modern day Toxic Masculinity is so baffling. I was also taught that there was an era in time where crying by men was considered VERY masculine and defined a warrior's spirit. Example: Beowulf.
Cultural pressures for men to behave in a certain way (toxic masculinity) often claim that 'real men' have to perpetuate domination, homophobia, and aggression.
To learn more about them, we contacted Dr. Stephen Whitehead, an internationally recognized author, consultant, and researcher on gender, sexuality, identity management, and relationships. "Since modern humans first evolved some 300,000 years ago, one half of the species has used its physical strength to dominate the other half. It's not used its intelligence or sought to develop its emotional depths, it has dominated by virtue of brute force or the threat of it – which has been easy for men to do because biologically, most men are physically stronger than most women," the author of 'Toxic Masculinity, curing the virus: making men smarter, healthier, safer' told Bored Panda.
Whitehead added that reinforced by the biological imperative (women are the ones who bear children), this immediately created a gender binary which then created patriarchal conditions that position women as 'natural' carers, nurturers, with men as 'natural' warriors, leaders, providers, hunters, etc. "We shouldn't, therefore, be surprised that 300,000 years of such social conditioning has resulted in one half of the species believing it is naturally superior to the other half."
#3
I was at a party with my gf and my siblings, minding my own business while drinking sparkling water.
My BIL: “Dude, are you drinking sparkling water? That’s so gay.”
Me: points at my gf
BIL: “...”
Me: “Look I’m sorry, but you’re not my type... and with my sister.”
Several months prior I was at a gay bar ordering a sparkling water.
The bartender, smug af: “Really? Sparkling water? You must be straight.”
What is it with me drinking sparkling water and my perceived sexuality?
fire bug 4 years ago
Sparkling water can turn a gay man straight and a straight man gay.... apparently.
_𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠_𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕠_ 4 years ago (edited)
You know what actually makes you gay? Being gay. So shut up.
Ivy la Sangrienta 4 years ago
Almost every one is Europe drinks sparkling water. Your BIL is an ass.
SuperChicken 4 years ago (edited)
Absolutely. When you ask for mineral water, they automatically give you fizzy water, also known as water with gas.
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Mary Veltri 4 years ago
I honestly thought people stopped calling things gay in the 90's. Not sure how it could mean the same thing anymore since being gay is awesome.
Cursed quoter 4 years ago
Mary, the Gay people's happy giddiness is always nice to deal with couldn't agree more, I'm just heterosexual.
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Monkeywrench Productions 4 years ago
im drinking sodawater with orange right now. am straight :P
#4
My granddad once told me not to brush my hair because "looking pretty is for women and the gays".
Screw you, buddy. I want to look nice and not like I'm chasing hedgehogs through a freakin bush, you unwashed heathen.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Yeah I prefer to [not put in any effort so as a consequence I] look like I'm chasing hedgehogs, but it's not made me think about my orientation ever.
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JustABoredwing 4 years ago
Watch any movie. All the male actors have amazing looking hair that was styled and brushed.
Cursed quoter 4 years ago
Grammer police don't shoot me! I have a family!
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blugeagua 4 years ago
Also funny how he says it like it's just women, and only men can be gay.
Catlady6000 4 years ago
So many homophobic men have absolutely no problem with lesbians. And not in a healthy "no problem, you be you," sort of way
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#5
As a helicopter pilot I have a checklist. We ALL have a checklist. Even though I have the slimmer version, its still a lot of pages, so I bought some page markers and labeled the important pages like start up, shutdown, refuel, emergencies, whatevs, good idea right?
I misplaced said checklist in an aircraft I hadn't seen in a while and asked some of the more senior guys if they had seen it and one of them responded:
"Oh, the one with all the gay little page markers?"
And all the others laughed.
If being convenient is gay, then I'm flamboyant.
Vetus Vespertilio 4 years ago
Won’t it be nice when “gay” isn’t an insult because it simply doesn’t matter?
Anita Pickle 4 years ago
The pilot could not quickly find what he needed in the procedure manual to fix the issue. The plan crashed and everyone is dead, but at least he appeared straight by not being organized. 🙄
Cheri Aline Sydney 4 years ago
... You'll , most likely enjoy a longer life-span.. along with those who are counting on you to get them where they're going....
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
Anytime you have a complex critical task with lots of steps, keeping track of them keeps your nuts out of the grinder. Non bastardi carborundum.
Keley Babs 4 years ago
Much rather fly in HIS helicopter since he takes safety and protocol so seriously
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
Yes, please do give me the "gay" pilot that checks everything and makes sure I'm safe. Thank you.
In reality, however, Whitehead thinks it is an illusion. "It's a myth, based on a history mostly written by men which purports to reduce women and females to a secondary sex which requires protecting and is inherently weak and vulnerable," he said. "As Simon de Beauvoir put it, women are reduced to being 'the Other.' By having women as the other, men then get to put themselves at the centre."
Males have been convinced that the idea of masculinity consists of violence, aggression, conquest, dominance, selfishness, competitiveness, combined with repression of their deepest emotions.
"As I say in my book, this myth was sold to your father, my father, and all their fathers before them. Its consequences are all around us, from religious fanaticism to denial of global warming, from corrupt capitalism to the extinction of species, from rampant weaponization to misogyny, from racism to homophobia, from empire building to genocide, and from domestic violence to male suicide. We have built a world on toxic masculinity, and humanity has paid the price. Humanity continues to pay the price," Whitehead explained.
According to him, the toxification of males starts from the moment they are born. "It takes root in the language and in practice, and feeds into men's expectations, self-perceptions, and how they relate to women. We know this, but still we seem unable or unwilling to stop it."
It's all around us, too. We may not notice all the evidence of toxic masculinity, but we're just so accustomed to it, some nuances are bound to slip our mind if we're not paying attention.
#6
Apparently going out for Mexican and margaritas with your pal. No one said it directly, but the waitress gave us a complimentary dessert for 2 and said happy anniversary... free dessert is free dessert, I guess.
Phil Vaive 4 years ago
Ok but my question isn't why she assumed they're gay, but why assume it's their anniversary??
Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
Waitress: Here's your free dessert, you make a lovely couple. My straight friend and I: yass grrrrrllll!
Kiki 4 years ago (edited)
my bestie as I would just connect at that moment and be the most gay as we can be to get as much free dessert cause we broke
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Honu 4 years ago
I was thinking tres leches cake. Het me would totally do some same-sex canoodling for tres leches.
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
I had similar on a cycling trip with my mate, B&B owner lady kept saying we could sleep together in the queensize bed and didn't have to act as if one of us would sleep in the single bed also in the room. No free desserts (or small soaps/gels, good for wild camping) though =(.
Casey Burns 4 years ago (edited)
Invite me next time? I'll bring my extra gay margarita glass. I'll be anything for a free dessert.
#7
One time a girl thought I was gay because I was attentive during sex. I'm not even joking
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
That's actually quite sad. She must have had some very selfish sexual partners.
blugeagua 4 years ago
Women are so used to men just taking what they want during sex and not caring about the women's pleasure.
Mary Veltri 4 years ago
Their first clue was you were sleeping with a girl. Gay guys tend to not do that lol
Sum Guy 4 years ago
Hahaha... I feel bad for such women. They have never been treated right, they start opposing it when it happens
Catlady6000 4 years ago
Sadly, many have been taught that being treated well is somehow wrong, as with OP, or even that a lack of abuse somehow signals disinterest
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Ciara Stone 4 years ago
If a find a guy or girl who is attentive during sex, SIGN ME UP. I'll take all the attentive so called gays
#8
Putting on sunscreen.
Something 4 years ago
Statistics show that women live longer than men. Therefore, attempting to ensure a longer life by preventing skin cancer is unmanly.
H Edwards 4 years ago
Women live longer than men precisely because of this kind of nonsense.
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SuperChicken 4 years ago
Especially, sitting under the umbrella. /s (I like your username, btw)
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Don't Look 4 years ago
strange. if my dad had been able to wear more sunscreen as a kid he'd probably not have to get melanomas removed every few months.
Calypso poet 4 years ago
My father-in-law worked outside so same thing. My husband wears sunscreen now. He's pale and prone to burn. He makes sure to get his ears, that's a place his dad had a couple. The good thing about masks is the extra nose protection!
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Whitehead himself cannot remember the last time he was physically threatened by a man. It may have been all the way back in the 1970s when he was a pub landlord in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK, but that doesn't mean he's not experiencing it. "I live a quiet, reflective life in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, with my wife and step-daughter... I'm 71 [and] like everyone else these past 18 months, I've been living with the consequences of Covid-19. Thailand was barely affected up until early this year when infections suddenly went from a few hundred to over 50,000 rising at 4,000 a day, with hundreds of deaths. The Thai government immediately locked down infected areas and ruled that if you went out of your house, you had to wear a face mask. Pretty much every Thai person followed that ruling. In fact, Thais have been wearing face masks since early last year. No problem. Who hasn't been wearing face masks in Thailand? A lot of Western male expats – with many Thai press reports about this problem."
#9
I said I like it when it rains.
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
It's raining men / Hallelujah / It's raining men / Amen ...
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GenXandEarnedItAll 4 years ago
Well I love a rainy night, such a beautiful sight...Eddie Rabbit
#10
2 of my friends from high school died in a car accident a week before the graduation
Everyone from the classroom went to the funeral and some lf my classmates were crying a lot
I decided to hug one of them and comfort him. One of my closest friends..
And this guy (a fat one, part of the "popular cool group wich are always doing stupid stuff to get attention") came into me, touched my back and yelled "Dude i didn't know you liked d**k hahaha"
He was kicked from the funeral and lost probably 90% of his friends
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
You could have left off the fat part and had a more effective story.
Christopher David Lombardi 4 years ago
A fat one? What was that supposed to highlight in this story? Did that really help highlighting what a p.o.s. This guy was? We’re talking about shaming people for perceived sexuality and you think it’s cool to fat shame someone. What an a**hole, who’s clearly missing the Mark.
Simzabandz 4 years ago
Thanks for being a c*#k for the day , now you have nobody taking your stupid jokes seriously
Christopher David Lombardi 4 years ago
A fat one? Did that really highlight what a p.o.s. that guy was. What did that do in the context of that story. Gay shaming is wrong, but fat shaming is just fine?
#11
Painting my daughter's nails. (She's 3)
fire bug 4 years ago
I'm a straight dad with three daughters. I let them paint my toenails every once in a while and I keep it till it wears off. I also live in a beach town and when I am not working am in sandals. The only people who I care what they think of me call me hubby or daddy and they love it!
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
That's the right attitude! You (and your family) rock
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
I grew up with 3 sisters, so nail painting was expected. I told my friend I quite like the cool feeling when it's being done, next day I noticed he was wearing clear nail varnish. Not once did either of us think it was gay.
Two weeks ago, Whitehead was at the local ATM, getting some cash out. Suddenly, a white male, around 35, walks up with his young son. He was not wearing a face mask, nor was his child. "I politely asked him not to come close to me because he's not wearing a mask. He looked at me incredulously, demanded I repeat myself (which I did) and he then stormed past me to the ATM and started ranting about how 'people like you are the reason why we have this fucking problem. I should smack you in the mouth. Give you a good thumping! You miserable piece of shit!’ etc," Whitehead recalled.
"Emotionally, he has gone from zero to 100 in a matter of seconds. I am shocked and genuinely scared that he may attack me so I say nothing more, simply get my money out of the ATM and leave. Though I had every right to call the police not only over his threatening behavior but because he was breaking the law by not wearing a mask. The point is, he could barely control his anger – he was on the edge of violence – and that was in a very public place, broad daylight, accompanied by his son... As a psychologist/sociologist, I know toxic masculinity when I see it and this was it, full-frontal, stark, vicious, senseless, selfish, aggressive and very dangerous. As the American Psychological Association recently pointed out, toxic masculinity is a mental health issue which needs dealing with urgently."
#12
Eating bananas, hot dogs, popsicles, string cheese, using a straw, hugging other men, touching feminine hygiene products,
This is the one that kills me; letting your 3yo daughter do your hair, makeup and nails.
N G 4 years ago
Oh yes, the phalic objects phalussy. Because anything like is even remotely shaped like a d**k must be a substitute for a d**k. Freud had more issues than National Geographic.
LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
Out of curiosity, what issues does national geographic have? I'm not trying to be snarky, I'm legitimately curious because I don't know lol
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Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Touching feminine hygiene products? Like when your WIFE asks you to do the shopping and has it on her list?
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Now we know why that guy from a previous post was refusing to buy tampons to his girlfriend!
Load More Replies... denzoren 4 years ago
Oh no, it's shaped similar to a d**k so it must be related. OMG...do you realize how many things are remotely shaped similarly? Damn....even your earpods can be construed...what about a glue stick? Come on.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
men who let their daughter do their hair/makeup/nails are some of the best people in this world
#13
Washing my as**ole. Friend of mine once said "everyone knows that's gay, you can miss me with that."
Apparently you are only allowed to wash your cheeks and let's suds run down your crack. Any direct contact with your own as**ole and u will catch the gay.
N G 4 years ago
Just to sidestep on what is or isn't gay for a moment - is discussing your a**s and its hygiene a thing men do? This is the second one of these on the list so far and I'm a little confused.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Summarize it as "insecure people are butt-curious", who knew.
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Dynein 4 years ago
Question: Why is washing your b******e gay, but masturbation - i.e., LITERALLY having sex with yourself - is NOT????
If I could I would live under water 4 years ago
As a woman, I now have to dread one day meeting a guy with a dirty a**hole?!?
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago (edited)
Somewhat yes. It's a sure sign they're afraid/shakey on their sexual orientation, as well as dirty.
Load More Replies... StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
Guys, wash your assholes. There are way too many stories about guys leaving brown streaks on their girlfriend's sheets. Also, no one wants to get a whiff of your unwashed ass in bed. Girls notice when you don't. And we tell our friends about it. Now everyone knows you have an unwashed asshole. Good hygiene is for everyone. Learn it. Live it. Love it.
Ironpanda 3 years ago
This isn't common. Is it?! This isn't a thing! It can't be! There can't be people who are just okay with going around with an itchy s**t crusted a*****e
Load More Replies... Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Whaaaaat? EVERYONE, regardless of sexuality should be washing that. You don't selectively bathe parts of your body.
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
Wait until that friend develops infections and needs to have his medical check. Hopefully the doctor is a male too. ♡
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Having a child with my wife is gay. Taking care of my kid, and making being a good father and enjoying time with my child as the main goals of my life is somehow gay.
Changing diapers is apparently gay now. Having heterosexual sex and dealing with the consequences is also gay. Loving your kids and being a good dad is gay.
It doesn’t make any sense at all.
Kat 4 years ago
It's not gay. It's a lame excuse made up by men who don't bother being a good dad.
Bettye McKee 4 years ago
It has become just another form of insult and has no meaning. It's a form of bullying.
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Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
I've never heard anything gayer than a cisgender straight male marrying a woman.
James Reyes 4 years ago (edited)
"What? You impregnated a woman?! I always knew you liked the P more than the V!"
Vicissitude of Fate 4 years ago
People say stupid s**t like this when THEY have the emotional range of a teaspoon, and even less empathy. People that say ignorant crap like this are really afraid of their own feelings, whatever they may be, and project their ineptitude to handle their own thoughts and emotions on others. INCELS are another prime example of this type of bigoted idiot.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
"emotional range of a teaspoon" That insult is art.
Load More Replies... HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago (edited)
I guess half the men I know are gay then. Fine with me, I need more gay friends. /s
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
I guess I'm a lesbian since I want to marry a man and have biological children.
BetterBitterButter 4 years ago
This is so wrong. Every dad should be a good dad whether gay or straight or anyone. And since when not being a good dad (or parent) is okay? Good dads don't fart rainbow.
The first way to address a problem, according to the author, is to name it. And while he thinks we as a society haven't contained toxic masculinity, Whitehead believes it is now on the defensive. "MeToo, BLM, all the media discussion about the behavior of men are pushing back at TM. However, there is a rump of male society which is now going to kick hard against any critical discussion about masculine identity (and against anti-sexism, gun control, anti-racism, LGBT+ rights) but these men (and some women) are increasingly on the fringe," he said. "They do not represent the future, they represent the past. But that doesn't mean they won't be a problem going forward. We need to educate them."
But can we educate the fella who threatened to punch Whitehead in the head? Can we really educate him and the millions of men like him? "We cannot. We have to therefore educate his young son. And that can only happen in schools because there is a big danger that boy will become infected by the toxic masculinity virus also – he'll catch it from his dad."
#15
When I was in high school, everyone thought I was gay because I wore a scarf to school one day.
A) Scarves aren't gay.
B) It was a gift from my great grandmother.
C) It was during the winter in Pennsylvania. IT. WAS. COLD.
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
😐 Let the others be cold if they are so rugged and manly. Scarves are cool, especially if you're The Doctor.
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago (edited)
I'm in the Poconos of NE Pennsylvania. I have an arsenal of scarves! LOL!
Layla Ben Romdhane 4 years ago
This is not hate but why does the scarf and glasses match harry potter
ChickyChicky 4 years ago
Was this in the 90s? I remember when wearing scarves wasn't considered cool.
#16
The strangest one I've heard is "Two guys can't drive around in a convertible with the top down."
Black Pug Puppy 4 years ago
Wow the coutlntless times this happened in movies I never thought they were gay
Helena Houzarová 4 years ago
I guess you never visited the fanfiction sites. :D
Load More Replies... James Suttle 4 years ago
No, the rules to driving a convertible are: 1. A good taste in music, 2. A reasonable level of attractiveness. Yes - I fail in both these areas
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago
have you ever watched Coffee and Cars with Jerry Seinfield??
Isaac Harvey 4 years ago
My dad has a 1967 Plymouth Satellite. We used to go to a nearby ice cream place every Wednesday, along with my two younger brothers, back around 2011. No one said a thing.
Luna Lovegood! 4 years ago
oh. well from movies, i always assumed that anyone driving in a convertible with sunglasses, and speeding, is most obviously a super spy, that does anything and everything they can for the greater good.
#17
When I was in 8th grade, i got a solid beat down for wearing a plain purple t-shirt. Apparently only gay guys do that. YEARS later i found out I was gay for liking d**ks, turns out it had nothing to do with my shirt. Who woulda think?
Vanta Black 4 years ago
I'd support your d**k love, but knowing my luck, D**k Love is a Republican in some sort of minor government job who thinks Ted Cruz is awesome.
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Rob Vlasblom 3 years ago
Meanwhile I never weare purple, and hate pink. And I turned out to be gay too🤣
Richard Portman 4 years ago
Who'd a thunk it? Is how we say in my dialect. Years ago it was all about socks. I can't remember, but certain socks meant you were gay. We didn't have the word "gay" at that time. But if you wore the wrong socks, you were a "f*g".
Whitehead thinks there are many ways to be a man. And toxic masculinity is just one of them. Interestingly, in his book, the author also mentions what he describes as the other two dominant forms of masculinity now circulating in the world: progressive and collapsed. "The progressive is probably going to overtake toxic masculinity eventually (if human society is lucky), while collapsed will take us very likely into an age of androgyny – we are already seeing signs of this in Japan, South Korea, China and it is emerging globally in men," he explained.
"New and dominant ways of being a male are emerging in cultures and societies. Hopefully, as this evolution takes place, the toxic version will disappear or become confined to a few dangerous places," Whitehead concluded.
#18
My mom told me to stop complaining about my migraine cause “thats not very straight of you”
J. F. 4 years ago (edited)
No, migranes are seen as totally acceptable for women - as man it's harder to get proper attention to that issue
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sam puckett 4 years ago
Thats idiotic. This isnt even about gay anymore. This is about idiotic and racist people who jump straight to conclusions
#19
Cross my legs when sitting. After a student brought that up to me one time too many, I asked him why he was staring at my legs. That shut him up.
bonnyatlast 4 years ago
My students all said another teacher was gay. Reason? He had long hair. That's it.
Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
so if i, a girl, have short hair im gay? i mean im gay but like... if i have long hair i dont straighten?? if i shave am i genderless, if i let my hair grow out from any length will my sexuality change with it?
Load More Replies... Lemaire 4 years ago (edited)
I was sitting on a toilet in junior high. Some kid who was easily 2 year older than any other 7th grader stuck his head over the stall partition to point at me and call me gay. And a girl. Traumatized me for years. Not because he of the intended insult, but because of the invasion of privacy.
Aidan BomBom 4 years ago
IF U GUYS DONT LIKE GAY MEN, THEN I DONT LIKE FRAGILE MASCULINITY. U GUYS SUCKS
#20
I have a friend who is bi, she married a man. Before her wedding, her mom reminded her that some of her family were Jehovah's Witnesses and less tolerant of homosexuality, and she asked her not to "act gay". I'm not sure how you can act gay at your wedding when you're marrying someone of the opposite gender. But in the end, her maid of honor was a lesbian and my husband and I (both men) came so her shitty, bigoted aunts had to put up with our existence anyway.
Dawn Sardella-Ayres 4 years ago
We need to normalize asking religious family members to "not act so religious, because it's against my beliefs, and frankly, I find it gross and offensive." You know, pretty much everything they've been saying to people for decades as if their homophobia is "normal."
Dawn Sardella-Ayres 4 years ago
"You can come to our wedding, Aunt Shirley, but you can't wear that cross necklace. It's too political. It's fine if you are religious, but you don't need to rub it in everyone's faces."
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Alessandra Ricotta 4 years ago
Thank you for doing that, my boyfriend's family are Jehovah's witnesses and are bigoted as hell. Fortunately he isn't. I understand that people may need fate to copy with something like the death of a close one but a lot of religious people I know where just weak and justifying their more bad than good actions, with religious s**t. They need too open the eyes and see how really things are.
Alessandra Ricotta 4 years ago
I mean, they are homophobic and disrespect animals just because they think bible told them so. They are justifying a bad behavior because they don't want to copy with reality and themselves.
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"can't come mate, I'm spending the weekend camping with my girlfriend"
"Pffft, what are you, gay? You're missing a party dude"
I'm pretty sure both of us lost braincells in the moment of silence after he said that.
Donkey boi 4 years ago (edited)
Alone time with the girlfriend, with nobody around..... Yeah, sounds really gay(!).
Viviane 4 years ago
No one said the standards for being heterosexual are supposed to make sense. Obviously, Alfred Kinsey would beg to differ.
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Dizzy Falcon 4 years ago
Gay for having a girlfriend? What I am gathering from this list is that men are a friggin bowl of mud. We are not bowls of mud
blugeagua 4 years ago
So a man going camping with a WOMAN is gay. But a man with a bunch of other MEN is not? Does that make sense?
Don't Look 4 years ago
I just watched Fired Up! They covered this. It didnt work in their brains either.
Load More Replies... #22
I hugged my best friend. We don't do that handshake-hug-over-one-shoulder-and-pat-on-the-back bull**it, we f**king embrace. Some people think that's "gay" but we don't care. We enjoy each other. The other day we went white water rafting and at one point we laid on our backs and floated down a calm part of the river while holding hands. I can't argue with that one, it's a little gay. Still don't care. Had a good day.
Misstaken138 4 years ago
As long as y'all had fun, that's all that matters. My son always hugs his guy friends and says "I love you." His reasoning is you never know when it'll be the last time you see someone so he wants his friends to know he cares about them just in case. He is not gay and is happily married to a wonderful girl. There is nothing wrong with showing your friends that you care about them. I hope you and your friend have many more fun adventures ahead of you!
Richard Portman 4 years ago
The last time i left my friends house I said i love you. Two days later his girlfriend called to tell me he was killed in an accident. We had a long friendship. I love you is the last words we said to each other.
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kath morgan 4 years ago
Nothing wrong with being a little gay once in a while. Live your bromance.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Not really. Here men holding hands or hugging is also seen as gay.
Load More Replies... _𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠_𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕠_ 4 years ago
Literally all of my friends are lesbians, (I'm female, straight) and we hug and say 'I love you' all the time.
GirlFriday 4 years ago
My brothers told me that they are questioned about being gay all of the time because they greet each other with a full on hug. It is what we do in our family.
Vicissitude of Fate 4 years ago
It's sad this is such a double standard for guys. It's ok for girls to hold hands and hug, but if two boys even touch each other in any other way than fighting or rough housing they are called gay? So stupid. When are people going to learn that love is love, and shouldn't be judging ANYONE on how that love is expressed?
#23
Pedicures. When I was in the military a female friend of mine convinced me to get one by paying for both of us. I've been getting them regularly now for the last 15 years and still some men think it is "gay or feminine"
Guys your missing out! It feels amazing!
Wubbleyew 4 years ago
I don't think it's gay but the thought of a stranger touching my hands or feet (any part or me for that matter) makes me shudder
Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
I agree with you. I have Asperger's and don't want to be touched. Of course, the caveat is a pedicure. Other than that, don't touch me!
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Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
My ex-husband, who was a real hard-ass (covered in tattoos up to his neck, down to his fingers, bald, etc.) was an exec chef. As a treat I convinced him to get a pedicure because he was on his feet all day. It was the best gift I ever gave him. The foot and calf massage really helped with the fatigue and he started getting on a regular basis. If you stand all day, you must get them.
Proud gold rose 4 years ago
My dad used to get pedicures every other week or so. Whenever I get one I think of him.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Someone touching my feet seems weird, I don't want a stranger to mess with my feet especially not with my feet insecurity, this is why I wear socks everywhere, even when I'm home alone.
Kiki 4 years ago (edited)
I have leg insecurity even in the summer I mostly wear gray leggings (unless Im feeling badass)
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Tanya Palik 4 years ago
I never had one until my ex said let's get a couple's pedicure. He had it done for years
𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚊 4 years ago
i got a pedicure about a month ago, it was so AMAZING! the people at the spa near me are so nice
#24
Wear pink or similar colours, although it definitely is my colour
Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
i think it would be better if it was a little darker he really is!
Load More Replies... Misstaken138 4 years ago
Way back in the day pink was actually a boy color. Pink was derived from red, which was seen as a strong and masculine color. Blue was for girls because it was considered a dainty color.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
I feel like the male fear of pink is mostly gone now? In the US, I think seeing American football players with pink accessories (supporting breast cancer research) helped a lot to remove that baseless stigma.
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
I used to have a pink and white striped Oxford shirt, I ended up giving it away because too many people made fun of me for wearing it. I still miss that shirt.
Vetus Vespertilio 4 years ago
Go and buy another if you liked it. Don’t waste your life worrying about other people’s standards.
Load More Replies... A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
Honestly I think pink looks great on everyone!
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Pink used to be the colour for the male and blue for the female, no reason why it changed. Look it up
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 4 years ago
My dad had a pink button up shirt and he looked very good in it!
Anna Banana 4 years ago
I have to admit that even as a woman I've self-imposed this on myself. Because pink was such a girly, sweet, Barbie colour, I used to think that I hated it (and everything it represented). Then I discovered it actually looked good on me. Then I've realised there was nothing wrong with girly and sweet. It took a while though.
Ludwig Michiel 4 years ago
F1 champion Jenson Button has raced with a pink helmet, as a tribute to his deceased father, whose favourite colour for shirts was pink.
#25
80s kid here. Anything involving showing emotion is gay. Wearing any clothing that isn't muted is gay. Stating that something is cute is gay. Getting excited about hobbies is gay. Calling your guy friends to talk is gay. Crying is gay. Airing grievances of everyday life is gay. Washing your butthole is gay. Using lotion other than jacking off is gay. Shaving anything other than your face and neck is gay.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Look you guys, I think you all have to accept that you are just a little gay, but not necessarily sexual gay
Aidan BomBom 4 years ago
I see, being normal is gay. Hello, were all gay cuz ppl who exists do all of these..except for fragile masculinities
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Screw you. I'm putting my clothes on the most obnoxious ringtone i can find. *the sound a mosquito makes*
#26
If an alcoholic drink doesn't taste really bitter or doesn't burn your throat, apparently it's penis in a glass...
v 4 years ago
Undoubtedly, if a couple of posts here can attest, it's this deep underground place called Asshole Cleaners.
Load More Replies... GirlFriday 4 years ago
I was at dinner with my brother last week and I ordered a sangria. He said that it looked delicious, took a sip of mine and ordered one too. When the waitress brought it to the table, she told him about a waiter that is gay and would be perfect for my brother.
J Adams 4 years ago
Was told this by a teacher at school: “nobody ‘likes’ bitter beer because bitter is not a pleasurable taste instead it is a status symbol for a man in a pub to get drunk and look tough, if they wanted a nice enjoyable drink they would go for ........”.
v 4 years ago
These rules must only apply to alcoholic drinks? Otherwise all the various "soft" drink companies would have folded long ago.
Load More Replies... SuperChicken 4 years ago
If it burns down your throat, then it's rotgut. If one wants to be "really" manly, why would one want to drink a cheap-a**e booze?
v 4 years ago
Funny all the "gay rules" surrounding alcoholic beverages. The few beers served with an orange slice are considered gay (heard it more than a few times) while those served with lemon/lime are just fine. Order a Blue Moon?...your manhood is questioned, at best. Order a Corona with lime?...you're the straightest mother f'er who ever walked the face of the Earth.
#27
Not from my folks, but just society made me believe that guys shouldn't hug their friends. . 20 years later, my 6'3" biker friend is big on hugs.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
My guy friend gives the best hugs, literally no one cares that he hugs his friends
#28
Growing my hair and taking care of it
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
If you can grow your hair out, by all means do it. Look at the bearded set, see how they work their magic on all that facial floof?
Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
That's the script for John Wick 4: "They made fun of his hair... now they're gonna pay..."
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Nubis Knight 4 years ago
I think it's hot on a guy if he has long and beautiful hair. Don't they know about Samson nowadays? How could this be considered gay?
Vicissitude of Fate 4 years ago
I LOVE long hair on a guy if it's kept up. But I just CAN'T with the man buns. If I don't think they look good on ancient badass Samurai warriors, I'm PROBABLY not gonna like it on some white dude named "Hunter" who only crawls out of his mom's basement to get Boba and has that horrendous sparce facial hair that reminds one of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
#29
My girlfriend once seriously asked me if I was gay because I said that I liked her body. Safe to say she had some issues.
Something 4 years ago
Unless a woman wrote this, the girlfriend is seriously confused about what "gay" means.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
well that WOULD make the girlfriend gay so that's just layering the cake of confusion.
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Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Is it because she lacked curves? Either way, it's a silly thing to ask.
#30
A nightly/daily skin care regimen.
Stephanie IV 4 years ago (edited)
Maybe, because gay men were the first to do so unabashedly. Not one of my male relatives used more than shampoo, soap and the occasional sunscreen when skiing. Enter gay friends and their plethora of goodies, and, hey presto: things change. My son uses all kinds of beautifying stuff without any sign of hesitation ever. I like.
Load More Replies... Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Because we are supposed to be Eighty yr.old, Blackhead loaded, Pimpled and Wrinkled old S.O.B.S/that's Why! Oh, and with a bad smell cause we don't wash the crack!
Bettye McKee 4 years ago
It's the only skin you have, so take care of it. Your skin is what holds everything together. I don't see how it's macho to neglect your skin.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Wish more young men would take better care of their skin then we may have less spotty teenagers
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Look at the dude in the pic, he's fairly hot. Know why? Because he takes care of himself. I'm female by the way. As straight as straight could be.
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
In the cold winter, it's a must, otherwise the cracking in your hands and feet qualify for an O'Keefe Working Hands commercial.
#31
Two guys can't sit next to each other in a movie theater if it's not crowded
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
😐 I've done this plenty of times with my brother, this just sounds silly.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Now you're just adding incest to The Gay you had.
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Ryan-James O'Driscoll 4 years ago
So you go to the cinema with a friend and sit away from each other?
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
nope, and they can't piss next to each other either. But be gay and be happy.
#32
Eating at a sushi restaurant with another guy
Richard Portman 4 years ago
Oh yes, i still am carrying that taboo. To be seen in public eating sushi would be pretty gay.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I would not eat sushi anywhere, with or without friends so I am safe
#33
I have this casual button down shirt that's...pinkish? Coral? Salmon? More of a Salmon...which is what I said in the story. Anyway, I really like the shirt based on its fit and its material. And I never have anyone say anything bad about it (I've had like two compliments on it over the 8 years I've had it). But one day some guy started making fun of me for wearing a pink shirt. And I thought he was joking so I started joking and went "Actually it's a lovely salmon, possibly with a lemon or honey glaze" And he then called me a homosexual for knowing about salmon as a color and describing cooking in such a way. I don't even know how to cook lol, I ordered that at a restaurant once and loved it. F**k 'em though. One of the girls I dated loved the shirt.
I I 4 years ago
i am the cook in my house , i am a married man of 32 years with 5 kids but i am the biggest gay in the village
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
Always had trouble with shades of red. Was reading about color blindness a while back. Turns out I am red challenged. There are about six bands of red some people simply can't see. Now I know what the dog has to put up with. 😖
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Men who accuse other men of being gay are often deeply closeted. Very sad.
v 4 years ago
Holy s**t! You know names of different shades of a color family! YOU'RE GAYYYYYY!
v 4 years ago
P.S. That I know that salmon is included in a color family is irrelevant and absolutely, in no form or fashion, provides any indication on my sexuality.
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Playing the saxophone
Honestly what in the world?
lazyNinjaCat 4 years ago
Ahhhh that explains why I'm gay(les)- I'm playing the saxophone too much
Pepper DeVoe 4 years ago
My boyfriend plays the saxophone, and I think it's adorable, and impressive
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Playing any kind of instrument that requires the use of the Lips and Mouth!
#35
I was engaged, and my co-workers knew I was engaged to a woman. I was at some sort of work thing, and started talking to a guy who was obviously gay. We started talking about philosophy, and I thought he was a cool guy. I was just like hey, if I ever read "x book" that we were talking about, I'd love to discuss it with you over coffee or something, but I might not read it anytime soon. I'd just graduated college, where getting coffee with someone didn't mean anything, and you just did it if you wanted to have a conversation with them. Apparently everyone thought I asked the dude out. I guess I see where they're coming from, but I just wanted to talk about Wittgenstein with someone who'd read him should I ever read him.
Henry Cheves 4 years ago
Yeah, if you try to be friends with a man, you're homosexual, and if you try to be friends with a woman, you have to be in a romantic relationship.
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 4 years ago
That reminds me to a "fake date" that I had one. There was this woman in my class that also took the tram in the same spot than me. She always wore nerd thsirts and looked shy and cool. We started talking and after a few weeks we became friends. I am really into 1to1 conversations so I invited her to go out, have coffee and watch a movie. I had the best time, we end up in her room and watched a second movie while eating pizza. It was awesome and we became great friends (she was one of my best friends for years). Later i learned that she was lesbian. It turns out that she thought that i was hitting on her and that we were having a date but at some point she realised that I am just an idiot that "dates" her friends. We always had a good laught telling others about our fake date.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
If you're a dude and you're friends with girls (or vice versa) then you're a pimp/s**t. If you're a dude and you hang out with your fellow dude friends (same thing with girls) then you're gay/lesbian. People... Please.
Cheri Aline Sydney 4 years ago
My advice is do whatever comes naturally to you and don't accept labels and meanings that others want to assign... define yourself... Everyone gets one life and should enjoy living it!
#36
I've been told wearing a mask, or PPE in general, is "gay".
Ian Koch 4 years ago
I think that most of us are now either super gay or super lesbian, depending on gender (I say most because there are anti-maskers.
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HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Honestly a world full of gays sounds like paradise
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Tricia Baughman 4 years ago
I'm gay and I've been laughing at these posts. But this one... this one just really, REALLY PISSES ME OFF! Idiots who plain don't believe COVID is real is bad enough, but to slander someone who understands the need to wear a mask, by calling them gay...!!! Whoever it was that made this comment is an obvious dickhead, because they certainly don't have anything of notice between their legs!
Dawn Sardella-Ayres 4 years ago
Only the manliest of men are willing to prove it by contracting and/or dying from COVID. SO HOT.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Lets not forget the added "If you wear a mask, your d**k falls off" somehow thing...
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Me Too! I am 80, Wear a mask and Survived the shots-Oh By the Way I didn't get the Damned Covid either!
#37
Loving my fiancee. Apparently having feelings for someone of the opposite sex was gay. These were older men who are always saying "I hate my wife" or "once you're married you'll hate her". I truly don't understand how people get like that. If loving my fiancee is gay then I'm the biggest queer in the world.
Misstaken138 4 years ago
They're just jealous that you're in a loving relationship and they're old and miserable. You should love your fiance. If you didn't love her why the heck would you be with her? Duh!
Hollysmom 4 years ago
It's so sad that there are so many miserable people who want to spread that misery around
SuperChicken 4 years ago
As they say, "misery loves company." It is truly sad.
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Play as a female video game character.
Kno 4 years ago
Oh gosh in all of my mmorpg history, all the female characters were played by men,,and the male ones by women. I always choose male characters cause the bikini armour just doesn't do it for me. Give me a tank as armour and then we can talk.
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Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
Well, if you have to watch a butt for 10 hours, better select one you enjoy watching ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Silre 4 years ago
My husband generally always played female characters, as did I, and that is literally what I said to him
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Dre Mosley 4 years ago
I'm a guy. I love Tomb Raider and almost always play as female Shepard in Mass Effect. Also, Kassandra (pictured) is a better character than Alexios.
Honu 4 years ago
There's an interesting game that was recently released called Returnal. The character you play is a middle-aged woman. Needless to say, there has been some gamer whining about that. It fits with the story, her place in her career and all that, but apparently to some it's forcing inclusion down their throats or something.
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Martin Kaine 4 years ago
Uuuhhh.....Aloy and Clementine are bad ass. If playing them is gay, then I'm the gayest gay who ever gay'd.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
I guess that I am bi then since I tend to alternate characters. I am playing now a male Shepherd in Mass Effect
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
Wait, so if a woman plays as a make character she is a lesbian? That kind of logic?
Rene Berendsen 4 years ago
well I must be super gay then since I usually play the female character if there is a choice.
Ade Sidabutar 4 years ago (edited)
One guy likes to watch hot girls, and the other guy likes to watch hot boys. Now which one is gay?
#39
Calling out a family member who catcalled a woman that was jogging
Iffydust 4 years ago
Yeah it seems like all the gay labels are just to promote gay since they seem to lable everything nice as it. Good for everyone then ^^
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Nora AlMeida 4 years ago
Really, only a perpetrator of such crimes would want to disparage a man who called out someone that did that to a woman. So good on that decent man for standing up for what’s ethical.
#40
Carry an umbrella.
Ade Sidabutar 4 years ago
If you bring an umbrella, and by chance cover a woman, then that's a gentleman
Tricia Baughman 4 years ago
Dad does a great job of walking the walk by being with having a child with a black woman, but he fails miserably at talking the talk by telling his son that if he votes for a black man for president he's gay...WOW!!!
#41
At the age of 22, during Obama’s re-election, my dad told me voting for him was gay and would turn me into a homosexual. Plot Twist: Dad is white, mom is black.
James Reyes 4 years ago
God, how I wish this was true. If everyone who voted for him suddenly turned gay, my dating pool would legit be lit now.
Tricia Baughman 4 years ago
Dad does a great job of walking the walk by being with having a child with a black woman, but he fails miserably at talking the talk by telling his son that if he votes for a black man for president he's gay...WOW!!!
#42
A friend told me I'm holding my fork in a gay kind of way.
Kat 4 years ago
Didn't know there's a gay kind of way, so there must be hetero kind of way, wonder where's the difference... Must google...
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Hi Kat. S'ok, done it for you... IMG_4822-6...67d95c.jpg 
Black Pug Puppy 4 years ago
Well were you holding it with your hands cuz masculine men hold forks with there feet
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Heteros without manners still hold them like they did at six and seven Full fist grip!
#43
At work I once complimented another man on his outfit. My male co-workers looked at me as if I had asked if he had naked photos of himself I could see.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 4 years ago
That is so sad. Men should be able to compliment each other.
Richard Portman 4 years ago
Hey dude that shirt looks good on you. It did look good on him. Thankfully he is a nice person and it didn't feel weird at all. I was a with a woman friend and she added that it complimented his eyes.
#44
The time my female friend was wildly drunk and I wouldn't have sex with her. Both her and my male friends were all calling me gay that night!
Petro Roos 4 years ago
So your choices were... "Take advantage" or "Be gay"? What the hell? I don't understand how people still think guys "can't resist sex" and when they do they "must be gay"? It's sad.
Darko Pešić 4 years ago
I dont know man, to me that looks like a rape - if one of the participants is soo drunk and the other one is not looks like rape
BorPand8 4 years ago
It totally is rape. Not to mention a great way to get pregnant (if it's a male/female combo).
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Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
One of the nicer moments in the first Austin Powers movie is when Miss Kensington gets drunk and starts coming on to him, and he gently puts her off saying "No, you're drunk - it's not right". He's a shameless horndog and he still knows it's wrong to take advantage of a girl who's too drunk to be making good decisions.
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
Been called a chauvinist by a girl because I was a gentleman holding a big church door for my friend and her, to enter the building. There's no accounting for people.
#45
Rollerskating was gay all of the sudden.
JuJu 4 years ago
Guys on skates were the coolest and hottest dudes when I was a teenanger (just a decade after the dinos went extinct)
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Disco = rollerskating and yeah it did get that connotation. Donna Summer etc, gay anthem.
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RiverStyxJix 4 years ago
As a rollerskater, I've heard this stereotype a lot. It's rather annoying.
Forrest McCanless 4 years ago
Online inlines, apparently. Son's GF (Chemistry PhD candidate) is long-time roller-derby participant.
#46
Hugging a friend that had lost his father, sad to see caring about others is also being hit by toxic masculinity.
#47
Work at Victoria's Secret for a summer. I was trynna speed up the girlfriend-getting process and decided to work at a female-rich environment but apparently that was gay.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 4 years ago
You generally should not date where you work. It can end up really bad and awkward.
David Martin 4 years ago
When I first moved to a new area with family (late teens, early 20s age), I hit the mall to apply everywhere for any work, including a women's clothing store with a Now Hiring sign. When I asked for an application, the manage and cashier on duty both gave me weird looks and kind of nervous laughed before the manager said "Umm...you know men don't work here, don't you?" and then both laughed harder. Previous retail experience, but Y chromosomes exclude me from a job. For me it wasn't even about working around women, I just wanted a paying job in a field I knew
Jacob Babashoff 4 years ago
I knew a guy who took Home Ec in Middle School, he got razzed a bit....but he retorted, "Hey, I'm getting close with the girls, you guys are getting close in shop".
Keley Babs 4 years ago
Yeah meanwhile you, male ballet dancers, and male cheerleaders are SURROUNDED by women that trust you and share witb yoy
Donkey boi 4 years ago
I'm sure Sun Tzu said a lot about choosing your battlegrounds! Nice thinking but probably not the best reason to apply for a job.
#48
I was taking prescription strength pain killers after surgery. My friend had come over to check on me. Her boyfriend (ex) thought it was gay to take pain killers and told me to be a man.
I I 4 years ago
it's hard when you find out how super gay you are on social media , take pain meds daily . wouldn't function with out them
v 4 years ago
I hope you can find some comfort in knowing that with gayness comes many and various super powers. Being the cause of magnificent storms that lay waste (not magnificent) to completely unrelated locations/societies is one of the more common manifestations in the U.S.. These manifestations, from what I can tell, vary significantly by country and position within time so, unfortunately, there truly is no way to guarantee what kind of super power you will achieve.
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Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Yeah, real straight men just take pain, huh? Please. Talk to me when you've had a migraine that lasts multiple days. Find out how "gay" you are when you're willing to try whatever to get the pain to stop.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Pain inhibits the body's ability to heal. You're not given pain killers solely for your comfort, but also to help your body heal more quickly by reducing your stress.
Donkey boi 4 years ago
I refuse anaesthetic for anything. I was in the hospital once to have some glass removed from my skull, my friend was with me. The nurse said she was going to use a local for pain relief, when I said 'no', she said 'You don't have to be a tough guy just because your friend is here! It's not "gay" to have pain relief'! So I just explained to her that the reason I didn't want it is because I pass out whenever a needle enters me! She then did a complete U-turn and called me a wuss!
#49
Anything dance related.
Sweetie Dahling 4 years ago
And even if he’s not the greatest dancer, just having a good time being silly on the dance floor is very attractive :)
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J. F. 4 years ago
Being able to dance actually works great to get attention from women, met my first girlfriend that way
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
I had an ex-coworker who taught dance lessons and competed in dance competitions. When I mentioned it to another of our ex-coworkers, he said, "When did Tyler become gay?" I called him a neanderthal and told him to STFU
Pezor Zass 4 years ago
i fundamentally don't get dancing. i love music and listen and play all the time, but dancing is alien to me. not particularly straight or gay alien, just alien.
NinjaWolfy94 4 years ago
That's fair :) I love dancing (despite sucking at it), but there are many things that I just don't understand probably in the way you don't understand dance. We're all different so it's to be expected.
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#50
Using a loofah. Like bruh I can feel it's making me cleaner than just a bar of soap how TF is cleanliness gay.
Vicissitude of Fate 4 years ago
Cuz a guy with "caveman crust" is SO appealing to EVERYONE. Um, no.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
Many people think that just because soap and water touched their body, they're clean. sigh.
#51
Not exactly "that's gay" but a guy talked down to me once for using the word "craving" because "Cravings are something only women get!"
#52
Not that I've been told not to do it, but I know a guy who refuses to eat p**sy because he says it's gay.
Hugo Raible 4 years ago
So? I know women who don't like blowjobs but their pussy being eaten. Everybody is entitled to their preferences.
Load More Replies... Pezor Zass 4 years ago
i'm guessing it's the idea of caring about someone else's wants or needs. if you were a real man, you wouldn't care about others. it's amazing to me how men weren't/aren't allowed to be human.
#53
Gay guy here, I enjoy playing piano and used to get told "it's gay af" back in middle school. Now when I see the amount of straight guys getting chicks because they can play an instrument, ha.
#54
I had a friend tell me once when we were 18 (around 2005) that I "smoked cigarettes like a queer." I asked what the f*ck that was supposed to mean. He had no explanation, just kept repeating the same line, until I reminded him that he taught me about cigarettes, how to hold and smoke them. Everyone in the group turned to him and laughed him out of the room.
#55
My cousin described his shoes as “comfy”. My dad suspected him of being gay for several years later.
#56
Rent a cottage with my gf instead of going camping with the boys.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Cottages > camping with smelly men (assuming "the boys" in this are smelly)
#57
Broke a guy’s jaw in high school, sent him a get well card while he was in the hospital. He called me gay for sending the card
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
"Ok, I'll take the card and money I sent along with it back then. And maybe I should break your arm too, just to prove that I'm straight."
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
Always apologize for unintentionally harming someone, otherwise it is seen as intended or careless disregard. It makes you less human.
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#58
Me and a friend of mine used to be like Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels from dumb and dumber . Always getting in trouble , bunking class on my scooter , going out to eat , buy groceries , a long ride out of the city coz the air is so fresh where people don't live . My friend later told me he heard a rumor that we both were always together so we were gay . We laughed it off and went to have our hot pockets .
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago (edited)
The same thing happened to me and my BF in high school. We were HS losers and hung out together and nobody else. Apparently, that meant we were lesbians.
I am avoiding my homework 4 years ago
My whole class teased me for being lesbian just because I went and got ice cream with my best friend
Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 4 years ago
I'm considered gay because me only friend in my class is a girl 😂😂
#59
Not me but a friend was seen as effeminate because he was into sewing. I'm sorry, but the manliest man trait on the planet is practicality, and sewing is one of the most practical skills to have at literally any point in history.
Misstaken138 4 years ago
My husband is a 6'3" diesel mechanic and a very manly man. Not only does he sew, but he also crochets. I don't find it effeminate at all. I personally think it's kinda hot that a big burly man like him can crochet and sew as well as he does.
J. F. 4 years ago
Many things that are seen as "woman work" are taught in the military - essential survial skills in many cases
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 4 years ago
Just tell them sewing is repeatedly stabbing something, they'll come around. :D
enby from hell 4 years ago
Even better: felting. Look it up. It's LITERALLY repeatedly stabbing something.
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Ross Warren 4 years ago
I know a lot of bikers who sew on their own patches. Some even embroidered their own designs.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
This is ridiculous! Life skills have neither gender nor sexual orientation!
#60
My father said it was gay to play an instrument... ...but he pretty much called anything he didn't like or couldn't do gay... ...now that I think about it he thought a lot was gay. There were gay ways to eat donuts, gay ways to sit, it was gay to take a bath, it was gay to want your friend over to play videogames because it was two guys in a closed room... And his explanations were really detailed as to why it was all gay...my father thought really deeply about why things were gay or hetero. Oh well, it's not like I talk to him anymore.
N G 4 years ago
That second paragraph nails the whole thing! Anything a man doesn't like or cannot do that another man does or can must be gay by default. Because gay is a "bad thing", it's not what he wants to be, so if he doesn't like it/can't do it, it's automatically a bad thing and therefore gay! It doesn't get more straight forward than this. (Using the "All tables have legs, I have legs, therefore I am a table" logic)
kath morgan 4 years ago
I’m sure these guys who think everything is gay do so because they’re repressing gay feelings. How else would they think it’s so easy to become gay? It reflects their personal experience.
#61
Eating a salad or a god forbid a BANANA
#62
Not cheating on my then-girlfriend, now-wife with another girl
#63
My brother-in-law thinks recycling is gay.
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
It’s true! I was separating the glass and plastic, and breaking down the cardboard, and then BAM! D**k in my mouth.
Rose the Cook 4 years ago
Most of the supposed gay indicators mentioned are rediculous but this one takes the cake.
#64
I enjoyed acting in community theater growing up. Apparently that made me gayer than a handbag full of rainbows
Just An Avocado 4 years ago
Ikr I’m so using that to describe myself sometime.
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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago
"Gayer than a handbag full of rainbows" - you made me laugh, thank you :-)
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
...so Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Tom Hanks, Nicholas Cage, Morgan Freeman, all those male actors are gay because they're actors? Huh.
#65
Back in high school my friend was called gay for liking the smell of a women's perfume. He shot back "well, women use it to attract men, so it's only logical I like it"
#66
I had a girlfriend that started laughing when I crossed my legs because that’s hella gay. And it was like the full straight guy spread out T leg cross.
#67
not a guy, but i used to be in chorus in high school. guys would comment that the guys in chorus were gay. they weren't and most of them had amazing voices. so i would ask them who their favorite band was - it was always a male dominated group, and then watch their brains implode when i asked them if the lead singer was gay.
Don't Look 4 years ago
This is one of my favorite things to do. Do the glass shattering thing to people.
#68
Doing anything about my appearance/well-being is perceived as "gay" by under-sexed macho jacka**es. When I started dressing well, I got called metrosexual. Telling the wrong people I got a pedicure or massage gets me gay comments. Bruh I just wanna look pretty get off my case.
Jaclyn Levy 4 years ago
I feel like "gay" is being used to describe what these people perceive as "feminine" traits/qualities/habits which is seen as inferior to "masculine" traits/qualities/habits. It's misogyny disguised as homophobia, both of which suck.
enby from hell 4 years ago
The two are almost interchangeable at this point. It's disgusting.
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Being unable to lift more than a girl.... i was 7 and she was like 30
MandaPanda 4 years ago
I could probably pick up a 7 year old, but could a 7 year old pick me up? Probably not. They are 7!
#70
Sharing your feelings as a male. Christ.
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
I share my feelings with people I care about all the time, I'm male and I feel better having vented instead of being angry at things.
#71
An old man told me I was gay because I wore shorts. His exact words were "you want people to see your legs like some f****t"
enby from hell 4 years ago
???? dude???? i'm gay bc i'm a sweaty pig in long trousers??? bitch wtf???
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
you forgot the part about your ass hanging out the bottom of the shorts.
#72
My husband was told he was gay because he was reading Sunstone, an adult comic series based around a kinky lesbian relationship.
#73
Brazilian living in the US. Speedo is a gay thing. I don't get it.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
Don't forget the spas where clothing is optional.
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So I was about to go on a date with a girl and my (didn't know he was) gay friend said that I shouldn't because it's gay.
Crepitus 4 years ago
The OP is saying that his friend didn't realise he was gay at the time but later came out.
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#75
Join theater at highschool. Joinna frat in college....smh
#76
Liking female vocalists or rappers
John Wallace 4 years ago
"...I used to party with the raptors on the lower east side But as gay raptor don't touch my hide..."
Load More Replies... Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
most men who consider themselves part of Beyonce's "Bee Hive" are gay. Straight men just casually appreciate it..
#77
When I was young, I couple of friends refused to be seen with me if I wore a red t-shirt because wearing red is gay!
J. F. 4 years ago (edited)
Red is actually the most appealing colour when it comes to attraction - a leftover from our primeval part of the brain that associate it with the colour of aroused bodyparts if the partner is ready to mate. Wearing red lowers the chance to be rejected by round about 20%. Isn't science fun?
thefaithfulspouse 4 years ago
Are you from Ohio? Because for decades a theme park there has a Red Shirt day for gays.
#78
I'll admit that I was the perpetrator in this case. When I was veeery young, like 8 or 9, I was convinced eating strawberries was kinda gay
#79
I worked with a guy from Somalia who had strange ideas about a lot of things who told me I was gay for putting on chapstick. And brought it up at least once a week for months
bonnyatlast 4 years ago
There was a guy in my group of friends who would ask if anyone had chapstick on them. Texas winters can really dry your lips terrible. They can crack and bleed easy. All I had was clear lipstick but it worked the same. Never thought he was gay. Just found it amusing.
#80
Knew a guy in college who was disgusted at the idea of going down on a woman. He said it was gay, and we all just kinda stared at him like "A guy... eating out a girl... is gay?" He insisted only girls and gay men go down on their partners. It was really weird. Not sure if it was a cultural thing; he's Jamaican, but I've never had the opportunity to discuss the topic with another Jamaican.
Don't Look 4 years ago
Not to side with him (and I really mean that) - Jamaica has a had a bad AIDS problem - a largely sex worker related issue and it's got a noticeable reference to male on male sex workers. I would personally think that is where his warped view comes from.
Nahn Yahbiz 4 years ago
These dudes. Jesus. They don't know what they're missing. Cunnilingus is literally one of my top 5 favorite things to do on the face of the earth.
albernistuff 4sale 4 years ago
In many cultures, feminine hygiene might be lacking; that would make a man reluctant. Not a 'gayness' issue really.
Pamela L 4 years ago
Male hygiene as well if it’s a sanitation issue but seems women are still expected to do this for men
Load More Replies... #81
My mom walked in on my shaving my arm pits, and promptly went to tell my dad all about how gay it is.
#82
If you had a piercing in the right ear you were gay.
N G 4 years ago
That does have its origins in the underground gay scene. Like back in the 60s and 70s in the UK when it was still illegal to be gay, they invented their own language and external signs (like the earring). It was a sort of subversive Grindr. One of those legacy things which was true at the time.
LottieH 4 years ago
Yes this was the male signal and women wore rings on their little fingers, it carried on through the 80's and early 90's too.
Load More Replies... Don't Look 4 years ago
Oh, I remember this one. Man the line has been crossed, zigzagged over, colored out in pen, crayon and the someone put paint on their hands and smudged the whole thing so .... I suppose now it's simply if you don't have any piercings you're just boring.
Derek Neibarger 4 years ago
This was a thing as a teenager in Kansas, during the 80s. Straight guys could only get one ear pierced, and it had to be the left.
El muerto 4 years ago
I remember that now, didn't know when I got the first piercing. and people come upp with that all the time. I didn't care that much, was like 15, in my country you weren't allow to wear those at school a all...got tired of the gay thing, and got the other ear pierced to...that's what women do, and totally gay...but who cares, now they are a lot bigger spirals, and I still haven't been able to stop being straight
#83
I played the clarinet. I got called Faginet alot.
#84
Go to cheer camp. I was the mascot at my school and thought it would be awesome be a straight guy where the girls are all barely clothed. I pointed this out to people and they had to seriously reconsider what they thought was gay. Also, when I used to look at porn, apparently wanting the guy to be younger and somewhat attractive was gay. Being a theater tech was kinda day (only if it was musicals). Getting real excited about hobbies is gay. This is the one I'm most upset about. I didn't think it was gay, I just lost interest because of all the stupid comments. It's not till now that I'm almost 30 that I'm finally loving having some great hobbies
#85
Peeing while sitting down.
Eduardo Kraszczuk 4 years ago
Yeah, I do that. I am the one who cleans my bathroom, so I'm making my work easier later.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
My brother does this because he lives with all girls and doesn't want to risk having to clean up a nasty mess because he missed or something.
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
unless you need to take a s**t as well, or your exhausted, it's very gay.
#86
I ordered champagne for breakfast and one person I know and two staff members asked if I was gay.
BlackestDawn 4 years ago
Ok, I can understand the other person but the staff members. That is so inappropriate and unprofessional.
#87
Drink any beverage out of a bottle, rather than a cup.
#88
A buddy of mine once complained that no one looked manly drinking from a straw.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
I don't think people are trying to look manly while drinking from a straw. It's just convenient in some cases.
#89
Have girls as friends in primary school. Many of my male friends told me that was 'Gay'. Now whos laughing when I am the only guy invited to girls slumber parties. And I'm Bisexual
#90
When our Physical Education Teacher examines if we cut our nails boys would show with their palms upward and bent at knuckles whereas girls would simply show palms facing downward. Now if you did the other thing you're gay. Our teacher sensed something off and made everyone show with their palms down.
#91
Told this guy I liked his wrist watch and he completely flipped out calling me gay. Then he goes storming out of the bathroom without even flushing his urinal.
BorPand8 4 years ago
Well, if the watch was on his wrist, attached to his hand, which was holding his penis at the time, then that is kinda gay. Staring at other men's penises is kinda gay. Maybe this is a joke?
Don't Look 4 years ago
I genuinely thought that when guys wear watches that get noticed it's... well, to get them noticed....
#92
When I was little somebody told me to check my nails and apparently if you make a half fist and turn your hand so you can look at them it means you're straight. If you hold your hand up like you are about to give someone a high five it means you're gay.... Kids are weird...
CultOfBambi 4 years ago
It would have shut him up if you'd have given him a high five - in the face. With your fist.
#93
I shouldn't compete in wrestling because its hot, sweaty men grabbing onto eachother. And yet girls can make-out with eachother, full-on have sex and still claim to be straight.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
See the movie Women in Love. And no, wrestling isn't gay. Or if it is, who cares?
#94
“You like pink ! That’s gay !“ ”O, You run like a girl !” Yet, nobody gives a damn If a girl wears blue, and If a woman runs fast, she‘s an athlete.
#95
Being a flight attendant. I’m straight and became a FA for the travel and earn a little money. Most people I met on crews would assume I was gay until they talked to me and figured out I wasn’t. I screwed several female FAs btw
Enamelcamel 4 years ago
"See ... I don't have that gay thing ... 'cause my toxic masculinity requires that I let people know "I banged a buncha broads"!!!
Karl Baxter 4 years ago
I suspect that last line is a falsehood of sorts. Makes me think you’re trying a bit too hard to put us off the scent eh? 😉
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
The last sentence ruins the whole thing. Glad you told the truth though. And if you didn't, you just messed yourself up even more XD
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
True story, I only watched Snakes on a Plane initially because someone told me about the subplot with one of the flight attendants. The guy acts SUPER stereotypically gay, complete with lisp, and when he mentions a girlfriend people roll their eyes. But at the end of the movie when they're all getting off the plane, guess who comes running to meet him with a passionate embrace on the tarmac? Yup, he really does have a girlfriend. It was a fun little subversion.
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Hans 4 years ago
While mit is easy to condemn those who made these ridiculous comments about what constitutes being gay, I pity them. Not only because they consider being gay something "wrong" or at least undesirable, but because they are so insecure in their very being. It must be so hard to build a life around not behaving "gay", leaving out the chance to show emotion, doing what is healthy for you, and enjoying life with others (gender and age without any relevance).
Henrik Lukas 4 years ago
It should of course go without saying, but being percieved as being gay .. is not something to really get hung up on. Being gay is fine. Not being gay is fine.
Okiedokie 4 years ago (edited)
I’m pansexual so I can’t comment, but the amount of stigma when it comes to gender and how one should act in order to fit into one category or another is ridiculous. Where did this crap even come from?
Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
According to these posts, 'real men' are supposed to be filthy, unkempt, feel nothing but anger or lust, and do nothing other than run around having sex or beating people up. Shows how fragile masculinity has become for some.
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
O . o; Most of this is just plain rotten, proof that masculinity is nothing more than a sham. I can't say I've really experienced any of this (other than being confused for a female, which doesn't irk me too much), but I feel sorry for anyone who has to put up with this kind of harassment. Be kind to each other, express yourself how you feel fit and don't give into their hatred and jealousy.
Helena Houzarová 4 years ago
So gay now means cool? Okay, got it, gay! This language evolves so fast...
Rakjell Hanwell 4 years ago
This also goes the other way around- I am gay and the things I am apparently supposed to do and like just because I am gay are ridiculous. And even worse, the things I am apparently not 'allowed' to do, because it doesn't fit someones idea of a gay man (especially young white women seem to have a lot of unwritten rules for us). Sexuality and personality are not determined by whom you go to bed with. My best friend (who is straight) often got told by his family that his hobbies are 'gay' and that he should be more like me. Turned awkward quickly when people realized that I am the gay one (and that I support my friend in all of his hobbies).
htbq 4 years ago
in middle school had a girl tell me to look at the bottom of my shoe. so i lifted my foot in front of me sideways to look under. girl said that i was straight. i asked what the hell is going on. she said that if you lift your shoe from the back and looked behind you then thats gay. told her whatever and moved on with my life.
Hans 4 years ago
While mit is easy to condemn those who made these ridiculous comments about what constitutes being gay, I pity them. Not only because they consider being gay something "wrong" or at least undesirable, but because they are so insecure in their very being. It must be so hard to build a life around not behaving "gay", leaving out the chance to show emotion, doing what is healthy for you, and enjoying life with others (gender and age without any relevance).
Henrik Lukas 4 years ago
It should of course go without saying, but being percieved as being gay .. is not something to really get hung up on. Being gay is fine. Not being gay is fine.
Okiedokie 4 years ago (edited)
I’m pansexual so I can’t comment, but the amount of stigma when it comes to gender and how one should act in order to fit into one category or another is ridiculous. Where did this crap even come from?
Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
According to these posts, 'real men' are supposed to be filthy, unkempt, feel nothing but anger or lust, and do nothing other than run around having sex or beating people up. Shows how fragile masculinity has become for some.
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
O . o; Most of this is just plain rotten, proof that masculinity is nothing more than a sham. I can't say I've really experienced any of this (other than being confused for a female, which doesn't irk me too much), but I feel sorry for anyone who has to put up with this kind of harassment. Be kind to each other, express yourself how you feel fit and don't give into their hatred and jealousy.
Helena Houzarová 4 years ago
So gay now means cool? Okay, got it, gay! This language evolves so fast...
Rakjell Hanwell 4 years ago
This also goes the other way around- I am gay and the things I am apparently supposed to do and like just because I am gay are ridiculous. And even worse, the things I am apparently not 'allowed' to do, because it doesn't fit someones idea of a gay man (especially young white women seem to have a lot of unwritten rules for us). Sexuality and personality are not determined by whom you go to bed with. My best friend (who is straight) often got told by his family that his hobbies are 'gay' and that he should be more like me. Turned awkward quickly when people realized that I am the gay one (and that I support my friend in all of his hobbies).
htbq 4 years ago
in middle school had a girl tell me to look at the bottom of my shoe. so i lifted my foot in front of me sideways to look under. girl said that i was straight. i asked what the hell is going on. she said that if you lift your shoe from the back and looked behind you then thats gay. told her whatever and moved on with my life.
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