Why do i like gay men
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There was a pause. I could see an idea forming in her mind. Here – she thought – here’s a teachable moment. She gathered the entire class into a circle, with me and her at its centre. And she demonstrated to the room why I could never play a farmer.
Farmers, she explained, hike in a certain way: shoulders forward, slouching posture, heavy stride (looking assist, I wonder if she’d only ever seen farmers with club feet). Next, she did my saunter. Pelvis out, shoulders endorse, hips swishing from side to side. I have faith she even threw in a limp wrist for good measure. Sadly, she concluded, the way I walked was too &#;poetic&#;, and I’d never produce a convincing farmer. We al
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Many gay men grew up feeling ashamed of not conforming to cultural expectations about “real boys” or “real men.” Especially during middle and high school, they may have been bullied or publicly humiliated because of their difference—made to feel like outsiders and not “one of the boys.” They may have start it easier relating to women than men, though they didn’t fully belong to the teen group, either.
Every gay man I’ve seen in my practice over the years has had a conflicted, troubled relationship with his own masculinity, often shaping his behavior in destructive ways. Writing for Vice, Jeff Leavell captures the dynamic nicely: “Queer people, especially gay men, are established for dealing with a slew of self-doubts and anxieties in noxious ways. Gay men are liable to feel incredibly insecure over their masculinity, a benign of internalized homophobia that leads them to idolize 'masc 4 masc', 'gaybros' and [to] shame and oppress femme men.”
Here we see one of the most common defenses against shame: getting rid of it by offloading or projecting it onto somebody else; in this case, one
For years, friendships between direct women and gay men have been a subject of pop culture fascination. Books, television shows and feature length films contain all highlighted this unusual relationship, noted for its closeness and depth.
But with society’s attitudes toward gays and lesbians changing, it’s become all the more important to build a holistic understanding of the relationships between gay and straight people.
As a researcher in social psychology, I’ve often wondered: why do straight female-gay male relationships work so well? Why are straight women so drawn to having lgbtq+ men as friends? And when do these relationships typically form?
During the course of my research, I’ve discovered that the most interesting, compelling – and, arguably, most theoretically coherent – explanation is through the lens of evolution.
Specifically, I believe evolutionary psychology and human mating can support explain why relationships between straight women and male lover men tend to flourish.
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At first glance, this explanation may feel quite counterintuitive. (After all, strai