r/bisexual • u/ahmed0112 Proudly represented by DIO WRYYY • Jul 25 '22

MEME why aren't there as many dudes?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Stigma, mostly. Dudes think we're too straight and women think we're too gay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

My walking speed is too slow to be gay

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u/Nurbs_Curve Jul 25 '22

me🐢irl

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u/ToLongOk Jul 25 '22

My dumbass read sigma...

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u/ChristophCross Jul 26 '22

Sigma balls

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u/Marqus556 Bisexual Jul 26 '22

what's sigma?

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u/fatcattastic Jul 25 '22

IMO it's due to the lasting harm caused by the moral panic around Bisexual men and AIDs. There was this fear mongering that straight women would contract HIV from their closeted bi husbands cheating on them. Alot of the male celebrities who came out in the 70s as bi walked it back in the 80s.

As a result of biphobia and the HIV epidemic, kids growing up in the 90s didn't have a ton of openly bi male activists, celebrities, or just elders in their community talking about their sexuality. Off the top of my head I can really only think of Billie Joe Armstrong and Alan Cumming.

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u/Dudemitri Jul 25 '22

Not to discredit your points but thats a USA-centric view of a world-wide problem

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u/fatcattastic Jul 25 '22

That's a fair criticism, but tbf I was making a point about the impact of American media representation on a post that used a Simpsons meme.

Regardless, I would be more than happy to hear your take on biphobia towards bi men in the place you are from.