High heels were originally created for horse riding because they would help you keep a good grip on the stirrups.
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Nothing makes me want to suck dick more than seeing someone put a bottle into the correct recycling bin :3
You'd love Japan
Unfortunately when they do that there it's censored with pixelation though
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Second row should be Insecure men today.
Yep. Pathetic worthless dumbfucks. Normal men do not even think about such things.
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Being afraid of looking gay is pretty fucking gay.
Whenever I hear a homophobe in real life start talking about gays, I usually just say "Since I'm not gay, I don't mentally think about what other men do in bed or with their dicks, but you do you". Sounds better in my language, I'm sure you can make it sound more punchy
I'm 99% certain that homophobia stems from dudes being gay/bi but brought up in a "conservative" environment, so there's a clash between what they secretly want and what they perceive as wrong.
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Being attracted to women because they are soft and feminine is pretty fucking gay, too
TIL giving a shit makes you gay.
It also makes you more appealing to women but the men don’t know that because Joe Rogan won’t invite a woman on his podcast to talk about it
Appealing to women is gay. They’re soft and flowery not hard and tight like a big strongman
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Some men don't wash their asses because they think it's gay.
They don't wash their asses and think that is not a problem.
Homophobia is literally disgusting.
This for me is the weird cishet paradox. So afraid to look "weak", that they obsess over not looking weak. But you know what looks super weak? Being insecure about being weak. Like, the more you have to prove you're a big tough guy, the less big and tough you seem.
Also, I feel like they've never considered that gay doesn't necessarily mean effeminate. Or even that effeminate doesn't necessarily mean weak/meek.
Yeah, in the 1950s you were a big tough guy if you wore all leather and had tattoos.
Now you might be a tough biker dude, sure, or you might be a power bottom with a kink.
Porque no Los dos?
I think you're imagining this as a more conscious process than it actually is. The reason you need to go out and research this is because these men aren't going around saying, "yeah, I was going to put my pepsi can in the metal recycling but I was worried my bro would call me gay so I just put it in the general waste." Instead, sometimes men put pepsi cans in general waste, and sometimes men do things due to social perceptions, and sometimes those social perceptions are that certain things are "unmanly" and working out which things are related to each other is quite hard.
So there's no paradox here. All people are subject to social pressures, and the vast majority of people make some effort to conform to those pressures in order to fit in and to receive approval from the people they value. Conforming to fit in isn't "weak" or "insecure", it's the nature of being a social animal, and is done instinctively - if you think it's done "obsessively" then you're imposing the analytical mindset of someone studying the evidence on the subjects of the research, which is a fundamental error. It'd be like saying someone who subconsciously mirrors the mannerisms of someone they respect is "obsessed" with getting their approval, when they likely don't realise they're doing it.
Also, I feel like they’ve never considered that gay doesn’t necessarily mean effeminate. Or even that effeminate doesn’t necessarily mean weak/meek.
They almost certainly haven't because, again, if you're "considering" it, it's not the right concept. The concept that people are trying to avoid is the one that's labeled "gay" by their peers, which is really more of a gender thing than a sexuality thing; "what are you, gay?" isn't a question about someone's sexuality, it's a suggestion that someone is not conforming to the gender role expected of them. You can't successfully challenge that by saying "ackshually gay people can be v strong and they forget to put the pepsi can in the correct bin far more often than you might imagine." They'll just reply with, "OK bro sounds pretty gay," because you didn't challenge them on what they meant, only on what you thought they meant.
The challenge has to be more along the lines of creating a better awareness of societal expectations, tolerance of people who don't conform to them, and building up positive associations between behaviours we want to promote and conforming things people already value, to help them see things in a new light.
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One of my coworkers loved to make "i bet so-and-so is gay, look at how he does stuff" joke remarks. I once had the chance to joke back: "Dunno man, you spend a LOT of time thinking about how he's gay, you're always paying attention to him, you're always talking about him, that's pretty gay of you" - That made him stop with those while I'm around, at least.
Many straight men don't want to be perceived as gay, while I, a queer man, simply don't want to be perceived.
I'd have so much fun if I could go invisible at will...
Who said that? Show yourself!
Must have been the wind...
Lol, meanwhile the bisexuals don't want to be perceived as gay because it's cutting their dating potential in half. Is that fear, because it's so self serving, worse or better than the homophobic reason of the straights?
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Men we've been scammed, go to the store and look at the completely bland men's clothing options and then go to the women's section and look at all the fun they have with all the different colors and styles, it's really a tragedy.
Dont get me started on drinks! :)
Bleh. All those colorful drinks are so loaded with sugars. They look like fun, but get ready for a gnarly hangover. Stick with gin and sodas!
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I just can't even imagine having such a fragile ego and being so unconfident in my own sexuality, that I would be worried about people thinking I'm gay for using reusable bags.
Jesus Christ. These are the people who are making everything on this planet worse for the rest of us.
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I use a reusable bag because I'm not paying an extra 40p every time I go fucking shopping.
How homosexual of you.
That's the gayest thing I heard in a while. I see you talking but all I can hear are massive throating noises.
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I'm a straight man that went to a gay bar with a bunch of lesbian friends and got hit on by a very feminine gay man. He like the way I dressed and how well I was put together.
It was such a confidence boost and made me very happy.
Masculinity is when you are afraid for how other people perceive you.
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Straight men then: No matter what I do, I still hate the idea of sucking another man's dick!
Straight men now: If I clean my ass too much I may want to suck another man's dick.
The only reason for a man to be so concerned about another man's sexuality, is they want to be a part of it.
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Pussies.
Men are not afraid of being perceived as gay. Only insecure weirdos that need therapy are afraid of that.
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So... gay people actually have a cultural advantage for once. That's a rare one.
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This is the original article the bitly link points to:
https://psmag.com/environment/how-gender-stereotypes-affect-pro-environment-behavior/
I see nowhere in there talking about anyone actually 'avoiding green behavior to avoid being considered gay', in real life.
The studies mentioned are surveys of hypothetical people, and its conclusion is something that's already known and obvious: the more things you do that are associated with the stereotype of the sex you aren't, the more likely it is that the average person will assume (correctly or not, but that's beside the point) you are gay.
The only distinction is that they were looking only at how some 'acts of environmentalism' are stereotypically aligned with femininity, but the above is true of literally everything that's stereotypically aligned with either femininity or masculinity.
"Suggests" is used in the screenshotted tweet to manipulate the reader into assuming things are taking place, without any evidence they actually are.
This post is disingenuous tripe.
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"You're not homophobic. You're homochondriac"
I recall reading that in a meme on Lemmy.
Everyone thinks i'm gay anyway. Might as well bring my own reusable bag.
I'll wear a pink tutu to the store if I so decide. I'm a man, I don't care how I'm perceived.
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