Who is more accepted? Gay men or women?

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Sneers Glen.

 

though my heart goes out to all people who come across adversity just because of their sexual orientation i have to side with guys having it worse...

do the math on how many men have been assaulted or killed for being gay and compare it to the women who have gone through the same...i think you will find that women being gay tend to be physically safer than guys

 

It sounds like your friend is the sort of guy who is so arrogant, he believes he could turn a gay woman straight. Either that, or he's one of these deluded men who thinks that every woman is bi-sexual, regardless of the orientation she identifes publically as. In any case, he's stupid.

Despite all the advances women have made in the past few years, we still live very much in a man's world. And straight men have the strongest say when it comes to what is acceptable and what isn't in society. Which is why generally speaking, gay men have a much harder time from society than gay women do. I strongly suspect that if women dictated what was acceptable in society, gay men and gay women would be treated pretty much equally by society.

 

I do believe from a social standpoint people always act like gay/bi women are 'hot' and gay/bi men are 'gross'. Its completely absurd and we are all just human beings on this planet trying to be happy.

 

I'm shocked that the poll result is overwhelmingly in favour of lesbians. I would have felt the complete opposite. Gay men are more visible on TV and in the media, and straight girls love having a 'GBF and the straight guys are constantly told to be more accepting by straight girls. Lesbians are 'hot' to straight men but 'gross' to straight girls, but the straight guys don't give the pressure to be accepting as they don't 'get' the lesbian thing at all.

 

i think neither. i think both gay women and men get it equally, just from different angles. gay men tend to get voilent reactions and women tend to get sexual harassment and we're not taken very seriously. we get the "oh its a phase, you'll grow out of it" reaction more. where as much as men seem to get more in the way of physical voilence, but it seems to be generally accepted that as "discusting" as some straight men and women percieve it to be, from what ive witnessed they dont seem to question it. they just attack it because its different. whereas people question every angle and decision of why a woman is gay. we are told that we dont know what we want and that we'll find the right man, in time. and in my experience i have found that many straight men, not all by any means, but many straight men seem to think that gay women are here for their viewing pleasure and that is all. if we arnt interested in getting off infront of them or climbing into their beds with another woman then there is something wrong with us. ive got several gay male friends and it just seems as though they definatley get more by the way of physical voilence but us gay women seem to get much much more in the way of sexual harassment.

 

Everybody loves lesbians!

 

It's definately gay women who are more accepted.

 

I agree with the majority here but there is one thing...lesbians are sometimes stereotyped as being angry at the world while gay men are stereotyped as being "Fabulous!!!" So it might sound like men have it easier.

 

No one seems to feel threatened by lesbians for the most part, but a LOT of people feel threatened by gay men. I personally don't understand it. The most erotic 'make out' session I've ever witnessed was at a gay club in West Hollywood between two men out on the dance floor.

 

In my area, it's pretty equal. Some people heckle, but they don't really mean it or they have nothing better to do. However, I voted "gay women" because of personal observation.