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My roommate makes a specific differentiation between "lesbians" and "dykes". See, see, lesbians are hot, whereas dykes aren't. Lesbians are attractive young women with long hair and luscious breasts, whereas dykes have short hair, motorcycles, flannel and beat up men in bars. Basically, you're allowed to like lesbians but you're not allowed to like dykes. I think the term is "lipstick lesbians" for many people. A neat little compromise homophobics can make to say that they enjoy watching women make out, but not enough to stop hating homosexuals.
Then of course there are those with integrity. Those who stick by their convictions and don't make exceptions like that. "I hate people who say 'I hate homosexuals, but I loooove lesbians'," they say, "I make no differentiation. I hate lesbians too." Good for them! That is true hatred, ladies and gentlemen. Glad to see there are still people out there with strength in their ideals.
I think the whole concept of lipstick lesbians to be bullshit. It's a way for straight men to become comfortable with the fact that they like homosexuality. Because, come on, who doesn't like to see two girls make out? But then again, that may mean I have to start accepting them as people! Oh no! The differentiation between "lesbians" and "dykes" allows for a neat little categorization of people so you can be sure to hate the right people and still be comfortable with the fact that seeing some long haired blonde bimbo splashing into fun-time water park makes Captain Happy make a trip for Alaska. It just seems insulting to me to group people into "likable" and "hateable" based on one's hatred for homosexuality peppered with one's love for unrealistic porno situations. Besides, people aren't as easily defined anyway. I've noticed most of these "lesbians" my roommate speaks of are really just the Maxim-magazine, experimenting college girls who delves into bisexuality out of trend and attention from men. And he's one of these men that is so susceptable.
Most of the lesbians I know cannot be lumped into either category. None of them are your typical Playboy-centerfold-straddling-a-stuffed-beaver supermodel (I hate all those people anyway), but none of them sit around in dyke bars ranting about how much they hate men over Australian-sized beers and army boots. People aren't these stereotypes, and I've never really understood where people get these ideas that they are (television!!!). I honestly believe people get all of their sociological understanding of people from Mad TV and porno (I've ranted many times against Maxim magazine, maybe I'll give them a rest; besides, I can't claim I don't enjoy oggling the cover girls whilst on the johnny boy). I tend to look at people as people and not lump them into groups (or at the very least I have a much broader and more specific spectrum of groups that I mentally group people in). Aren't I just so damned benevolent, huh?
And you know. I'm a straight man, I like to see girls make out. Lesbians are hot. No doubt about that. So hot, in fact, that perhaps straight men are starting to come around as far as the whole acceptance and tolerance thing goes. The only problem is the ideal is purely a fantastic one, and typically unrealistic. Guys don't like lesbians, they really just want straight girls to touch each other. Basically, my question is: Is this love of lesbianism a step in the right direction, or just further falling into homophobia?
Then of course there are those with integrity. Those who stick by their convictions and don't make exceptions like that. "I hate people who say 'I hate homosexuals, but I loooove lesbians'," they say, "I make no differentiation. I hate lesbians too." Good for them! That is true hatred, ladies and gentlemen. Glad to see there are still people out there with strength in their ideals.
I think the whole concept of lipstick lesbians to be bullshit. It's a way for straight men to become comfortable with the fact that they like homosexuality. Because, come on, who doesn't like to see two girls make out? But then again, that may mean I have to start accepting them as people! Oh no! The differentiation between "lesbians" and "dykes" allows for a neat little categorization of people so you can be sure to hate the right people and still be comfortable with the fact that seeing some long haired blonde bimbo splashing into fun-time water park makes Captain Happy make a trip for Alaska. It just seems insulting to me to group people into "likable" and "hateable" based on one's hatred for homosexuality peppered with one's love for unrealistic porno situations. Besides, people aren't as easily defined anyway. I've noticed most of these "lesbians" my roommate speaks of are really just the Maxim-magazine, experimenting college girls who delves into bisexuality out of trend and attention from men. And he's one of these men that is so susceptable.
Most of the lesbians I know cannot be lumped into either category. None of them are your typical Playboy-centerfold-straddling-a-stuffed-beaver supermodel (I hate all those people anyway), but none of them sit around in dyke bars ranting about how much they hate men over Australian-sized beers and army boots. People aren't these stereotypes, and I've never really understood where people get these ideas that they are (television!!!). I honestly believe people get all of their sociological understanding of people from Mad TV and porno (I've ranted many times against Maxim magazine, maybe I'll give them a rest; besides, I can't claim I don't enjoy oggling the cover girls whilst on the johnny boy). I tend to look at people as people and not lump them into groups (or at the very least I have a much broader and more specific spectrum of groups that I mentally group people in). Aren't I just so damned benevolent, huh?
And you know. I'm a straight man, I like to see girls make out. Lesbians are hot. No doubt about that. So hot, in fact, that perhaps straight men are starting to come around as far as the whole acceptance and tolerance thing goes. The only problem is the ideal is purely a fantastic one, and typically unrealistic. Guys don't like lesbians, they really just want straight girls to touch each other. Basically, my question is: Is this love of lesbianism a step in the right direction, or just further falling into homophobia?
posted by MC Harv at 6:49 PM
3 Comments:
Further into homophobia methinks. Hot lesbian sex is hardly connected, cognitively, with homosexuality, so it's nothing to the cause. Most people think of a guy if they hear the word.
And very "guyish" to love hot lesbians making out or rubbing twats together, and it is the very same "guyism" that is responsible for homophobic predelections.
The beauty of lesbian distracts from the homosexual implications behind it. It just looks good. And two guys touching cocks looks bad. It's an aesthetic thing when it comes down to it, which explains the hipocracy. Good post tho.
"Because, come on, who doesn't like to see two girls make out? But then again, that may mean I have to start accepting them as people!"
silly goose, girls aren't people
Ha, that's pretty funny. Better watch out not to make any pillowcase jokes, though, or else they won't have sex with you either!
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