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Originally Posted by scorpiosis37
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.
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Thank you for sharing.

I am saddened by just once again how horrible people can be, most certainly highlighted by your harrowing story. There is no doubt in my mind that the men and women you speak of are the one's responsible for generating the images in our minds of each gender all of us have shared in this thread. I am so sorry you had to endure such absolutely horrendous treatment by those men, and also the emotional torture by your female counterparts at college.
I think it has become pretty clear at this point in this entire thread that each of us that have posted have been scathed by encounters with people whom we hoped to develop a fondness for, doing what only comes natural - love. It is so heartbreaking to hear of how people have been mistreated, the genuine fears that have manifested in people regarding dating and relationships, and the inevitable resentment which has developed.
I'm pretty sure love was never intended to be so marred by so many bad experiences. I truly wish that all who have posted in this thread will some day find someone who makes life totally worthwhile and renders all this immense suffering to naught. Bless us all

May love finally triumph.