Friday, August 31, 2007

Double Standards

When is the last time you heard of a female undercover officer going out to catch lesbians?


Me either. That double standard is so deeply engrained in our society that we don't even think about it. "Gay sex" means sex between men. Most straight men would enjoy seeing two women together so there is no effort made to demonize them, arrest them, or harass them in any way. Most straight men would actually pay to see it.

The reason time and money are spent catching the gay men is because they are somehow threatening to straight concepts of masculinity. Our entire legal system is obviously run by straight white men. Their fears and insecurities define it.

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