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A pretty good measure of one's homophobia
posted by tmdb15214618STAFFMOD on May 14, 2018 at 8:52 AM
It's interesting that many reviews of this movie say something along the lines of "too gay for me" or "if you can sit through the gay sex" ... How many gay people feel uncomfortable about movies with straight sex? I'd guess the number nears zero.
Reply by Renovatio
on May 14, 2018 at 10:13 AM
By definition a straight person is someone who doesn't like gay sex... So how would one disprove their alleged homophobia short of rubbing one out to this movie? Which would, by definition, make him kinda gay...
I'm not saying that homophobia doesn't exist, but 'being straight' is partly defined by being averse to gay sex.
Reply by tmdb15214618
on May 14, 2018 at 10:27 AM
There's a difference between aversion and indifference. Like, you know how when you were little, you cringed at grown-ups kissing? If you react that way to men having sex with each other, some introspection is probably in order.