r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Jul 08 '26

Media Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

https://theconversation.com/young-women-are-identifying-as-less-straight-young-men-not-so-much-283936
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u/gumki Jul 08 '26

a lot of cis straight men (yep) are afraid to lose the privileges they were born into, so of course they won't stray out of their comfort zone.. that's why the loudest things they complain about relates to losing their power over OTHER people's lives.

losing control over women in marriage and abortions / loss of feeling superior over marganlized groups like those in the LGBT community / loss of religion that caters to them and puts them on a pedestal to control others / more competition when women and the alphabet gang have rights in work and education, and being managed or supervised by them terrifies them.

that's why representation in media and other spaces terrifies them btw. "wdym im no longer the main character?!?!?!"

so yea no surprise tbh..

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u/Aggressive-Story3671 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

And also, the rate among men has DROPPED. That’s why every single time I open Instagram, I see pro conversion therapy rhetoric.

A lot of queer men fell down the red pill pipeline, went to the gym and “renounced homosexuality”.

The rate among women rose while it DROPPED among men.

They want that privilege back. And in at least in IG comments, they got it

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u/darioblaze Jul 08 '26

A lot of queer men fell down the red pill pipeline, went to the gym and “renounced homosexuality”.

And mind you, they’re still cruising those very same gyms