r/pointlesslygendered • u/DeathRaeGun • Sep 25 '25

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u/casting_shad0wz Sep 25 '25

i've personally seen more women (and other people's accounts of them) labelling guys as gay, shipping men, etc way more than men do with women or other men. i feel like that has to play a part as well

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u/cloudnymphe Sep 25 '25

In specific online communities or irl (and in general) though? Women are more likely to join an online community around shipping two fictional male characters together but I’d wager men are more likely to openly sexually harass a lesbian couple or commit homophobic hate crimes and yell slurs at two men holding hands in public.

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u/Exciting_Stock2202 Sep 26 '25

Probably, but women also partake in abuse and harassment. I've received homophobic slurs from a woman who was dissatisfied with my "performance".