http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/World_homosexuality_laws.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._Attitudes_Towards_Homosexuality(Pew2002).png Stereotypes Main article: LGBT stereotypes In Western culture, gay men are often stereotyped as effeminate or sometimes as hypermasculinized (see homomasculinity). Other stereotypes are the child molester in a position of moral authority (such as the pedophile priest or boy scout leader), and the muscle-bound prison rapist. Additional stereotypes surrounding gay male identity include hypersexualization, extreme care regarding personal appearance, and knowledge socially inappropriate for males, such as how to sew or decorate. Many of these stereotypes have led to the creation of the metrosexual, a man who fits gay male stereotypes but identifies as heterosexual. Lesbians are often stereotyped as being overly masculine or butch, as having been molested or raped at an early age, as being angry, having typically masculine knowledge (such as how to fix plumbing), and as extremely needy or codependent. Bisexuals are often stereotyped as promiscuous, manipulative, insincere and/or still confused. Ive just been looking this up on wikipedia ( i know its not very reliable) and have been finding all this information.... i thought it was interesting so why not share? comment about it? i shall continue to post other things i find.
Meh, i guess i probably fall into one or two of them. The lesbian stereotype sounds horrible though. That's not something people should really assume about you because you choose that particular orientation. :eek:
yeah stereotypes are crap. I hate them, as very few apply to me... but the moment you out yourself tonnes of people see you as being the pinnacle of everything gay. Grrrr
Hmm...to me i fit some of the gay stereotype. And i like gay guys who...look metro if that makes sense. And yeah stereotypes will always exist because people love to discriminate like "all hispanics mow lawns" or"all black people love fried chicken.kool ai, ad watermelon" but yeah life goes on =].
And I hate watermelon. I've read the Wiki section on gay stereotypes and it was pretty accurate, well for gay men. I do fit some of those stereotypes, we all probably fit 1 or 2, but it doesn't mean we're all the same.
