[Ashsleigh]

Originally Posted by Firewire

Homophobia isn't necessarily a fear of gay people though

I think a lot of homophobes are pressed because gay people scare them, rather than just hating them for being gay.

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

I think a lot of homophobes are pressed because gay people scare them, rather than just hating them for being gay.

Sure, but not all actually have a fear.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

What about the gays hating women as they get 95%of all men?

[Ashsleigh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

What about the gays hating women as they get 95%of all men?

Isn't disliking women the entire point of being gay tho

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

Isn't disliking women the entire point of being gay tho

Most straight blokes hate women too tbf

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Most straight blokes hate women too tbf

You can't get enough of us, don't lie.

Wouldn't it be good if all these stupid pigeon holes and labels didn't exist? If I really don't like someone it's because they're generally a dick, race or sexual persuasion doesn't come into it. I really do wish everyone was judged on who they are, not what they are.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

You can't get enough of us, don't lie.

Wouldn't it be good if all these stupid pigeon holes and labels didn't exist? If I really don't like someone it's because they're generally a dick, race or sexual persuasion doesn't come into it. I really do wish everyone was judged on who they are, not what they are.

I could not agree more.

[Northern Monkey]

I have never experienced it and am not sure if it exists.I suppose it could idk.I have experienced racism and i'm white so i suppose 'heterophobia' could exist.Maybe it does'nt exist though because it's not a wide scale problem and there are hardly any if any at all cases.Tbh idk.Good question though

[Good King Glennceslas]

No it doesn't exist.

[Northern Monkey]

Tbh i could'nt imagine anyone being heterophobic since their own parents are straight.

[Locke.]

a lot of heterophobia present in this very thread

[Jessica.]

No, I'm straight and I've never felt that I had any disadvantage in my life because of it. I've never seen discrimination or xenophobia towards another straight person either.

[Good King Glennceslas]

I have never heard of a straight person being discriminated against for being straight. I'm laughing out loud at the thought.

[Ninastar]

Thanks to whichever mod cleared this thread up. I think it's a good topic to debate about, as I like hear different opinions about stuff like this.

[Samuel.]

It absolutely can exist. I'm dumbfounded by the idea it couldn't. You can have irrational feelings and be prejudice towards anything or anyone. How can that be disputed?

I'm willing to bet someone out of the 7 billion odd on this planet has an irrational dislike and prejudice for straight people. It's incredibly close minded to rule out the possibility.

Same goes for "reverse racism".

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

It absolutely can exist. I'm dumbfounded by the idea it couldn't. You can have irrational feelings and be prejudice towards anything or anyone. How can that be disputed?

I'm willing to bet someone out of the 7 billion odd on this planet has an irrational dislike and prejudice for straight people. It's incredibly close minded to rule out the possibility.

Same goes for "reverse racism".

Thank you, I totally agree. Well said.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

It absolutely can exist. I'm dumbfounded by the idea it couldn't. You can have irrational feelings and be prejudice towards anything or anyone. How can that be disputed?

I'm willing to bet someone out of the 7 billion odd on this planet has an irrational dislike and prejudice for straight people. It's incredibly close minded to rule out the possibility.

Same goes for "reverse racism".

Of course someone feels that way but it wouldn't be labelled as heterophobia, it's just an anomaly of the small minority of people. Heterophobia doesn't exist but there are obviously people who don't like straight people,just as there are people who don't like gays or have reservations about them who aren't homophobic.

[Samuel.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Of course someone feels that way but it wouldn't be labelled as heterophobia, it's just an anomaly of the small minority of people. Heterophobia doesn't exist but there are obviously people who don't like straight people,just as there are people who don't like gays or have reservations about them who aren't homophobic.

Why wouldn't it be labelled as that?

Originally Posted by iRyan

This. Straight people are not oppressed and that's where this discussion ends.

The only reason gay people could be afraid of straight people is because of the way they have been treated by straight people.

And neither have I seen a definition that says they have to be oppressed or a minority. And when we're talking about irrational prejudice it often doesn't involve any reasoning that is clear to you or me, but to the individual who it involves, so that statement is null.


If heterophobia is the opposite the homophobia:

homophobia
Dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people.

prejudice
Dislike, hostility, or unjust behaviour deriving from preconceived and unfounded opinions

discrimination
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex

phobia
An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something

- Oxford Dictionary

I'm not sure where this idea that it can't exist comes from. None of these definitions even mention oppression.

[kirklancaster]

Of course it exists. The argument that it does not, is really just semantics. If one solitary human contracted a new previously unknown disease, that disease would have a scientific name within minutes which would forever classify any future victims who show the same symptoms and ill-effects.

Numbers are unimportant, if just one person hates straight people, then 'Heterophobia' - if that is its name - exists. How can it not?

It does not have to be endemic or pandemic, it just has to 'be'.

[Merry Mockmas]

Of course it can exist if the gay/lesbian/bisexual person has suffered on homophobia all of their lives by heterosexuals then I think that it can build resentment towards heterosexuals.

And as I've said in the past I think that you can be racist to your own skin colour or be homophobic when you're gay, so why can't people be heterophobic? Or hell even rarer than that and actually be a heterosexual that's heterophobic?

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Of course it can exist if the gay/lesbian/bisexual person has suffered on homophobia all of their lives by heterosexuals then I think that it can build resentment towards heterosexuals.

And as I've said in the past I think that you can be racist to your own skin colour or be homophobic when you're gay, so why can't people be heterophobic? Or hell even rarer than that and actually be a heterosexual that's heterophobic?

Wow, never thought I'd see the day where we agree on something.

[LukeB]

Does anyone actually unfavour straight peoples opinions or are straight people unfavourable and things like that? Straight people do not get bullied/attacked/disowned for being straight. I've never heard a story saying "i was beaten up for being straight" like iryan said gay people could fear/hate straight because of how they treat them.

[Ammi]

...bullying, attacking, dis-owning though Luke are extremes, not everyone who is homophobic would have those reactions, and probably not even the majority of homophobic people...


..yes I think it does exist, not nearly to the same extent though obviously as homophobia does and without any suppression ..I guess we wouldn't know to what extent because it's like the thread that Caitlin also made about whether young children's TV programmes should include more of a balance of gay character...it's what from a very early age we're absorbing and have been taught to absorb what is 'norm'...and heterosexual relationships are what we're given as that 'norm'...so there would always be less openly displayed heterophobia... I mean these homosexual people, they're not 'normal' are they, that's what homophobes feel and society has made it easy for them to feel that and display it much more negatively...

[Josy]

I agree with Sam

[Kizzy]

No I don't, I'm not aware of it must be a new thing.