Where did the “gays are feminine and lesbians are masculine” stereotype come from?
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I’ve noticed that there seems to be an increased willingness, tolerance or embrace of taking on all expressions of fashion, expression, etc among those who are gay, it certainly isn’t every gay person of course, but there seems to be a increased average among them of “gender norm erosion”. So of course, other people see this, and it sticks out to them because it is not something they typically expose themselves to. They then commit the logical error of assuming that what they are seeing is representative of gay people. They just aren’t usually aware how many “normal dressed” people in their lives are actually gay. Doesn’t help that the same person who would commit this logical error is likely the same type of person who would think and say other things about “others” that might make a gay person hesitant to out themselves to…so then the belief becomes self reinforcing.
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