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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey
This would suggest that the majority of straight men are homophobic.Every straight man i know would be slightly repulsed by the sight of two men kissing and look away.I have nothing at all against anyone being gay and nothing against gay people.I don't consider myself to be homophobic.However i don't have any desire to watch it in action and would look the other way if two men kiss.Obviously two women kissing is a different story as women are my preference.
accusing people of being homophobic for not wanting to see men kissing is not really helpful for understanding between gay and straight people.
As for "heterophobia".I've never heard of that even being a thing.That would mean people hating even their own parents.I can't see it.
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"Slightly repulsed" lol. Ok, as long it's
low on the scale of repulsion then that's fine. This smacks of "I don't have a problem with it, as long as it's behind closed doors and no one speaks of it!".
You don't have to feel a "desire to watch it". Even if it happens out in the street, you don't have to stand there watching. But
seeing it... and feeling repulsion?! I think that's pretty homophobic. You don't have to
want to see it, but you can still be accepting of it if it does happen. But to try and justify a feeling of repulsion, exclusively towards gay men kissing, suggests that it isn't something you're accepting of. Fortunately, "every straight man you know" doesn't represent the entire straight male population.