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Scary hate-crime consequences aside, it is sociologically/psychologically fascinating to see cis straight men being forced to reckon with what the fuck even their sexual preferences are, what they actually entail, what the acceptable boundaries are in their mind, etc. etc.
Being mired in cultural and social norms that were decided for you before you even gained self awareness seems exhausting and tragic.
I'm not sure this is straight men being forced to reckon with anything tbh
They are the only people calling male attraction to beautiful women gay
Yeah. But are we sure they're actually straight? Or guys?
I posit that many of these instances are poor, unfortunate queers so completely subsumed by their internalized homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia that they're in complete denial about the fact that they are not actually cishet men.
Some may be, but the stereotype of a self-hating closeted person puts the burden of homo/transphobia on the lgbtq community while there's more than enough straight people managing to do it
The "all homophobes are secretly gay" thing is a pretty tired homophobic cliche
I don't think it's all homophobes