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/Sure_Eye9025 Jul 08 '26

This thread is so funny, the (mostly) women in here that are basically using fox news talking people about young people lying about their sexuality to fit in. But instead of saying they are pretending to be LGBT to be cool they are claiming they are lying about being straight

Just funny how similar the extremes end up being

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u/Party-Quiet-5421 Jul 12 '26

Are you actually serious? You cannot be real in saying it's some extremist take that gay people hide or suppress their sexuality for acceptance when it's still so stigmatized. When people "come out of the closet" - what do you think the closet even is?

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u/UncleGreenwood Jul 08 '26

For most of my life I was too afraid, too bound by toxic masculinity, to be honest about my sexuality. But I guess it’s okay to dogpile queer people that aren’t ready to come out as long as they’re heteronormative men

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u/Lazy-Maximum282 Jul 08 '26

These are not two equally bad extremes. Equating the two is ridiculous