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My girlfriend (actually the relationship has devolved to where she has become my roommate/verbal abuser) made the comment "You are so wimpy sometimes I think you are gay". I didn't get too angry because i know how false this statement is. But it got me thinking that it is a widely held yet highly unfair stereotype.
I am a wimpy (physically, not so much personality) man who has always been attracted to women and have never had any attraction towards men. I guess some women would like the world to be organized that way where masculine men were all straight and us wimps were gay..but it just doesn't work that way. Plenty of hypermasculine bodybuilding types are in fact gay and many (probably the vast majority) of us wimps are hetrosexual.
Do you run from the room screaming like a little girl when you see a mouse or something?
Yes, sometimes I do have that reaction, insects as well. I'm not into creepy crawlies sharing my living space. I make sure the house is sprayed to avoid that situation as much as possible.
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Yes, sometimes I do have that reaction, insects as well. I'm not into creepy crawlies sharing my living space. I make sure the house is sprayed to avoid that situation as much as possible.
I can see why your gf said it, then. Although I get the feeling she's not an understanding type of person. Would she do the same? Met three Polish guys when travelling, two were air stewards/flight attendants (I know, right?). One didn't look gay at all, tall and athletic, but the way he spoke sounded kind of gay. Anyone we were sharing this sleeping cabin on a train and this small cockroach crawled on the wall. He screamed continuously for a couple of minutes and literally hid under the covers. Pretty amusing but cute, I have to say. They were a pretty fun bunch of dudes, though, but then again I'm sure a lot of gay men are just as 'brave' as straight men or under the same pressure not to appear like a wuss.
Yes, sometimes I do have that reaction, insects as well. I'm not into creepy crawlies sharing my living space. I make sure the house is sprayed to avoid that situation as much as possible.
What if a huge python was slithering around your living room? It needs a living space too and repellant won't work either.
How about this? Say to her, "Tell you what. I'm about to do something really non-wimpy." And then put her clothes and stuff outside.
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