I have had the following conversation multiple times over the last weeks and finally decided to bring it to the Dog House to see what PTers think.
Why is female-female hanky-panky(teehee I said hanky-panky and my Mom's gonna read this ) more socially acceptable than male-male hanky-panky?
Think about it, the mainstream media glorifies female on female action all of the time. Have you seen Wildthings and Wildthings 2? Popular opinion is that two chicks making out or getting freaky is "cool". Even in bars: many young women will bump and grind with other young women because it will inevitable bring them more attention from the men- regardless of whether they have homosexual tendencies or not.
However, VERY rarely do you see two men dancing suggestively together to get attention from the ladies. And even more rarely so you see any *ahem* dirty business between two men in movies or mainstream media. A male-male kiss is even quite taboo for mainstream media.
I remember watching this one movie-can't remember the title off the top of my head- and I saw two males kissing. I have no problem with gay men- I even used to be friends with a few before I moved over here, but seeing those two men kissing on screen just made my skin crawl. Upon asking arond I quickly discovered that I was most definately NOT the only person that shared that sentiment. On the flip side, when I watched the Wildthings movies I saw the female-female kissing and thought nothing of it. I might have given a little chuckle because it was a movie with horrible acting, but there was no indication of crawling skin. Again upon asking around I discovered that that too was common public sentiment.
So.... Why do you think this is? Why is it that female-female kissing, etc... is more visible and socially acceptable to promote and male-male kissing, etc... is considered taboo.
I know that some people will laugh at this thread, and that some people will get offended and say "How dare you presume to say what public sentiment is!!?" But I am prepared, I'm even wearing my virtual flame retardent vest, so Bring it On!
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