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Originally Posted by Shadix
Well that's news to me. How long ago was this? From what I see people are pretty tolerant to that kind of stuff here. It's pretty common for even straight women to mess around with other women at clubs and stuff. I have even seen some people theorize that all women are actually either bisexual or lesbian.
And in terms of dating, yes I think it is easier to be a woman and even a lesbian woman. What does that have to do with entitlement? Do you even know what the word entitlement means?
The fact is this, the number of men who can't get a date is MUCH higher than the number of women, straight or lesbian, who can't get dates. So how can you say it's harder for women?
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Clearly, you are uneducated, homophobic, and-- yes-- entitled. You have straight privilege and are so ignorant that you think your personal struggle is more difficult than the struggle of everyone else. No one in their right mind would claim that dating as a straight man is easier than dating as a lesbian. Your post is extremely offensive. I have spent my life being discrimated against for being gay, and here you are telling me that my experience doesn't matter or isn't real. And that a man would have been beaten up if he had been in my situation-- which, of course, is a stupid and ignorant thing to say. Him and his friends called me a dyke, beat me up, and then had the owner of the restaurant kick me out and put me, bleeding, on the sidewalk. It was during the Pride Parade in San Francisco and I was 17 years old. I also cannot count the number of times I have been told I'm not allowed to use the women's bathroom or locker room because they're afraid I'm a predator. My first year in college, the girls actually refused to let me shower in the girl's bathroom and so I used the guy's shower. While all of my friends were dating in high school and college, I just sat there and tried not to get called names and insults for being gay. I had bigger problems like not being beaten up and finding a place to shower, as opposed to dating. Or getting sexually assaulted by men who wanted to turn me straight-- because that has also happened.
Oh yeah, and when I do date now, let's remember that approximately 2% of the population identifies as lesbian. So, while a straight man has about 48% of the population who might be interested in him, lesbians have 2%. Within that 2%, you then have to account for all of the criteria you're looking for in another person. Oh, and drunk girls at bars "messing around" to turn on their boyfriends is not what any lesbian is looking for. If a lesbian is looking to date or get married (which, you know, was illegal until last month), she wants someone who is genuinely interested in a monogamous, lesbian relationship-- not "messing around" at bars while guys clap.