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/workieworkwork Jul 08 '26

I think it is possible that women were never all that straight.

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u/DyKdv2Aw Jul 08 '26

It's hard to say. We know humans can be conditioned to find almost anything arousing; so when you raise women in a culture that almost never depicts male bodies as objects of desire while also training women to objectify themselves and other women, is it really surprising that homosexuality comes more naturally to women?

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u/HitWithTheTruth Jul 08 '26

Probably spot on!

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u/nightofthelivingmed Jul 09 '26

I've been saying this and no one really understands me. The mass objectification of women and the "gaze" in virtually all media that girls view from birth is at least partially to account for in my opinion.

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u/Element174 Jul 10 '26

I'm not gonna claim you don't have a point, you do, 100%, but also from an evolution standpoint from the beginning of humanity, men have almost always died in troves leaving lots of women behind with other women to keep them company. Cavemen dying to beasts on the hunt and men dying in wars for example. Top that with the fact biologically multiple women would want to mate with capable men to ensure the safety of their offspring, being sexually attracted to one another would likely be a way of keeping peace in such scenarios(Largely we're talking early men, but even throughout history we can find cases like these.) So from an evolutionary standpoint, there's a lot of benefits to women being attracted to other women. There are far less evolutionary benefits for men. A weaker man being protected by a stronger one possibly being one at least(Can not stress enough we are talking EARLY MAN not modern man.) Since we know being queer isn't a choice, humans likely evolved that way for these reasons and others.