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If you’re straight, and you’re the sort of man who treats every woman he encounters as little more than a potential sexual conquest, then the thought of another man treating you in that way is a little scary. Reflecting on this emotional reaction, you can either say “gosh, maybe a lot of women get creeped out by the way I treat them, and I should adjust my behavior” or “gosh, I want gay men to be as far away from me as possible”. Alas, many people in this situation take the second option.


Nice armchair psychoanalysis, but how does this fit in with the fact that most homophobes are old married folks, not young playboys? The people I know who do things like vote against gay marriage have been married for 20+ years, go to church, and have 3 kids.


Do you think that marriage and kids stop someone from flirting and having extra-marital affairs?


Do any of you have any evidence that there is even the smallest correlation between a person having negative views of homosexuality and that person treating women poorly?

It's fun to just make up shit about people we disagree with, but it's still dishonest and wrong.


Why are you twisting my words and what did I make up? You said something about the homophobes you know and I added the fact that marriage doesn't stop someone from flirting. This might not make him a playboy, but it's close enough in my opinion.

As for cheating, if a man cheats, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's treating women poorly, it means that he's treating a woman poorly.




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